The Canal de la Infanta, a canalització built between 1817 and 1820, supplies irrigation water to the lands of Cal Trabal in Hospitalet. Authorized with the name Canal de Castaños, it was later renamed the Canal de la Infanta after Infanta Doña Luisa Carlota de Borbón. The cost of the work exceeded the initial budget of 3 million rals, reaching a total cost of 4,350,000 rals.
The canal was built to irrigate the lands of Cal Trabal in the Hospitalet area. However, there were concerns about managing the construction system and the total private funding. Due to this, a group of property owners presented a complaint to General Castaños. The conflict arose because the water supply of the canal was taken from the drainage canal of the mills and factories of Papiol and Molins de Rei. The lawsuit between the Junta de Govern of the canal and the mill and factory owners resulted in the compensation of some water rights.
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