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Samara Walk of Fame for William H. Lindley

In 1909 the city authorities of Samara decided to build a sewage system according to W.H. Lindley's plan. In 2016 he was honored with his own "star" on the city's Walk of Fame...

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Samara Walk of Fame for William H. Lindley

Samara (Russian Самара, in the years 1935–1991 Kuybyshev, Куйбышев) - a city in Russia, a river port on the Volga. The capital of the Samara region.

In October 2016, on the occasion of the 130th anniversary of the Samara waterworks, in front of the main entrance to the SKS-Samara Ltd. (Municipal Systems in Samara), the Walk of Fame was opened, on which the names of prominent representatives of the municipal water and sewage industry were placed.

Every year, the Avenue of Stars is replenished with new names of "stars". Their role is played by slabs of gray elegant local stone.

In 2016, on the Walk of Fame, the names of the founders of the city's water supply and sewage network were immortalized: William H. Lindley, Alfred von Vacano, Peter Alabin and Nikolai Zimin.

William Heerlein Lindley is the author of the first Samara sewer design.

In 1906, the Samara City Hall (Duma) decided to build a sewage system in the city according to his design. The main parts of the sewage system have survived to this day. In 2019, 110 years have passed since this event. The letter "H", an abbreviation of Heerlein, part of his surname (according to the British tradition of his mother's name) is missing from the record. We asked to supplement it. Perhaps our Russian friends will make this necessary adjustment.

Alfred Josef Marie Ritter von Wellho Vacano (Альфред фон-Вакано) (1846-1929), Austrian subject, entrepreneur, philanthropist, owner of a brewery in Samara. Initiator and sponsor of the construction of the first sewage system in Samara. In 1909, a 4.2 km long trial sewage system financed by him was put into operation.

Opening ceremony in 2016

Peter Alabin (1824-1896) served as mayor from 1884 to 1891, and in this position he largely contributed to the opening of the first waterworks in Samara in 1886.

Nikolay Zimin is the author of the design of the first waterworks in Samara.

In 2017-2019, the Avenue of Fame was enriched with another four boards.

General view of the Walk of Fame in 2016

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The photographs were kindly offered to our Society by courtesy of Director General SKS Samara Vladimir Biryukovowi (Главного управляющего директора ООО "Самарские коммунальные системы" Бирюкова Владимира) and Maria A. Almazov, head of the PR department of SKS (Мария Александровна Алмазова, начальник отдела по связям с общественностью ООО).