{"id":2488,"date":"2026-09-18T10:33:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T13:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/puertasdelsol-larioja.com\/?post_type=nota&p=2488"},"modified":"2026-09-19T10:37:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T13:37:01","slug":"la-ingenieria-que-desafio-la-montana","status":"publish","type":"nota","link":"https:\/\/puertasdelsol-larioja.com\/en\/descubri-la-rioja\/la-ingenieria-que-desafio-la-montana\/","title":{"rendered":"La ingenier\u00eda que desafi\u00f3 la monta\u00f1a"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Cuando pensamos en La Rioja, imaginamos paisajes naturales. Pero la provincia tambi\u00e9n guarda una historia industrial y tecnol\u00f3gica que pocos conocen. Y uno de sus cap\u00edtulos m\u00e1s sorprendentes est\u00e1 escrito en la cordillera, entre Chilecito y la mina La Mejicana.<\/p>\n

Una red de cables en medio de la nada<\/h2>\n

A comienzos del siglo XX, la mina La Mejicana \u2014una de las m\u00e1s importantes de oro y plata de Argentina\u2014 necesitaba una forma de transportar el mineral desde la cordillera hasta Chilecito. La soluci\u00f3n fue audaz: construir una red de cablecarrils que cruzara monta\u00f1as, quebradas y precipicios a m\u00e1s de 4.500 metros de altura.<\/p>\n

El Cable Carril Chilecito-La Mejicana fue, en su \u00e9poca, la red de transporte a\u00e9reo m\u00e1s extensa del mundo. Contaba con m\u00e1s de 35 kil\u00f3metros de cables y m\u00faltiples estaciones.<\/p>\n

La obra fue dise\u00f1ada por el ingeniero alem\u00e1n Schauerman y construida entre 1903 y 1905. Los materiales llegaron desde Europa y fueron transportados en mulas y carretas hasta la cordillera. La construcci\u00f3n fue un desaf\u00edo tit\u00e1nico: trabajadores que viv\u00edan en condiciones extremas, herramientas rudimentarias y una geograf\u00eda hostil.<\/p>\n

Un patrimonio que sigue en pie<\/h2>\n

Hoy, gran parte de la infraestructura original sigue en pie. Las estaciones, los cables, las torres de soporte: todo es testimonio de una \u00e9poca en la que la ingenier\u00eda se atrevi\u00f3 a lo imposible. En la Estaci\u00f3n 1, cerca de Chilecito, se puede visitar un museo que conserva objetos, documentos y maquinaria de la \u00e9poca.<\/p>\n

El Cable Carril no es solo un monumento industrial: es un s\u00edmbolo de la capacidad humana para transformar la monta\u00f1a. Y es tambi\u00e9n una invitaci\u00f3n a descubrir una faceta de La Rioja que sorprende a quienes creen conocerla.<\/p>\n

\u00abLa monta\u00f1a no se conquista: se negocia con ella. El Cable Carril fue esa negociaci\u00f3n.\u00bb<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A comienzos del siglo XX, una red de cables cruz\u00f3 la cordillera riojana para unir la mina La Mejicana con Chilecito.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_joinchat":[]},"categoria_nota":[27],"class_list":["post-2488","nota","type-nota","status-publish","hentry","categoria_nota-historias"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/puertasdelsol-larioja.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nota\/2488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/puertasdelsol-larioja.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nota"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/puertasdelsol-larioja.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/nota"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/puertasdelsol-larioja.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoria_nota","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/puertasdelsol-larioja.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria_nota?post=2488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}