Colonia de Obreros Textiles “El Mayorazgo”. Un testimonio de la cultura industrial poblana

Abstract

The colony was founded by workers who worked in the factory El Mayorazgo located south of the city of Puebla, where a hacienda was located since the time of the viceroyalty and a wheat mill. In the third decade of the nineteenth century, the site was transformed into an industrial emporium that attracted labor from different places, the population grew gradually to consolidate into a working community radiated socially and culturally by the union projects that materialized with the participation of the factory owners.