Aserradora Mecanica de Tuason y SampedroAserradora Mecanica de Tuason y Sampedro is a Marked Structure, NHCP located at Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region.
The first full-time mechanical sawmill in the Philippines, the Ascerradura de Mecanica, was opened in the 1880s by Tuason and Sampedro on Gunao Street in Quiapo, a heavily mestizo section of Manila.
Source: Philippine Studies: The Timber Trade and the Growth of Manila, 1864-1881. Ateneo de Manila University. 2002.
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Aserradora Mecanica de Tuason y Sampedro
En 1880 Don Mariano Severo Tuason y Don Miguel Garcia Sampedro fundan La Sociedad Mercantil Tuason y Sampedro, la que monta y opera la primera sierra mecanica en Manila en su actual local Calle Globo de Oro, num 801-817, Quiapo. Contribuyen a la expansion de la industria maderera de pais estableciendo cortes de maderas en Cagayan, Isabela, Mindoro y Mindanao. Dispensa trato justo y equitativo a sus numerosos obreros.