RUBIO SACRISTÁN

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28.11.1891 Zamora/E - 29.1.1972 Las Arenas de Guecho/E

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Ricardo Rubio Sacristán graduated in 1915 as a civil engineer from the Escuela de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, Madrid. After a short stay with the Spanish Publish Works Corps, he joined in 1919 the Sociedad Hispano-Portuguesa de Transportes Eléctricos. He there came into contact with problems in applied hydraulics, notably during his collaboration for the Esla Hydroelectric Scheme in Ricobayo, where he also had the chance to learn from the dam designer José Orbegozo. In 1944 Rubio Sacristán was appointed chief engineer and he was from 1956 a General Inspector of the Spanish Public Works Organization. He was awarded the Gran Cruz del Mérito Civil by the Spanish Government in 1949, and the Official Cross of Légion d'Honneur, France.

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When the Sociedad Hidroeléctrica Ibérica and the Sociedad Hispano-Portuguesa de Transportes Eléctricos merged to Iberduero in 1944, Rubio Sacristán was appointed General Director of the company, a position he held for twenty years. His career initiated during the Esla hydroelectric development in 1929, where he designed the diversion tunnels, the cofferdam, the main dam and the powerhouse installations. After a drawback due to floods, the scheme was taken into service in 1935. Rubio Sacristán was also involved in the Castro, the Aldeadávila, the Saucelle and the Villalcampo dam schemes, some notable designs in Spain with maximum dam heights below 200 m. He was further the technical director of the Villarino power plant and the Almendra Dam on Tormes River.

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_{Gil Saurí, M.A. (2006). Ricardo Rubio Sacristán. Personal communication. P}

_{Rubio Sacristán, R. (1925). Sondeos para las grandes presas de los Saltos del Duero. Revista de Obras Públicas 73(2440): 489-493.}

_{Rubio Sacristán, R. (1928). Algunos aspectos económicos del aprovechamiento de aguas, con especial referencia a la Cuenca del Duero. Revista de Obras Públicas 76(2504): 240-243.}

_{Rubio Sacristán, R. (1929). Problemas de hidrometría: La correlación en las estadísticas de aforo. Revista de Obras Públicas 77(2522): 125-128.}

_{Rubio Sacristán, R. (1934). El Plan Nacional Obras Hidráulicas. Revista de Obras Públicas}

_{82(2648): 253-255; 82(2653): 340-342.}

_{Rubio Sacristán, R. (1940). El túnel aliviadero del Salto del Esla. Revista de Obras Públicas}

_{88(2705): 157-161.}