Description

For almost a century, Sewell was the main camp of El Teniente -the largest underground copper mine in the world- established by the Braden Copper Company, between 1905 and 1906.

With its unique layout, it slowly became a city with over 15 thousand inhabitants. Today, Sewell is a former camp, which still serves as an industrial area for the El Teniente Division, housing an Ore Concentrator, administrative offices, and of course, the beautiful town hall, residential and service buildings, that make Sewell a "traditional and picturesque area".

Through its history, Sewell has been called "the city of stairways" or "the city spread over the hill", given its location in a very mountainous terrain.