had an illegitimate daughter named Sofia, but she died at birth in 1840. It is likely that Josep and the mother of his child, Jesusa Romero, became a couple. References Footnotes Bibliography Burning Barcelona by Roger Williams (Bristol Book Publishing 2008, ) is an historical novel about the installation of the steam engine by Josep Bonaplata and William Sanford, an engineer from the Boulton & Watt manufactory. Businesspeople in textiles Businesspeople from Catalonia 19th-century ironmasters 1795 births 1843 deaths 19th-century Spanish businesspeople Spanish industrialists 19th-century industrialists