Exhibition „Underground City. 125 years of Warsaw water supply
125 years ago the first inhabitants of Warsaw could drink fresh and filtered water direct from their taps. The modern design based on experience gained in Hamburg and Frankfurt on Main made the Lindleys heroes of the day.
The construction started in 1883 and only three years later the dream came true. On this occasion the Warsaw Municipal Waterworks Ltd. (MPWiK) have planned two majour events: a special edition of a new photo-album and a photo exposition under the same title.
The presentation of the album took place on 31 May, in the mid of the day, on a beautiful location of Warsaw treasure premises – Old Orangerie in Łazienki Park.
On the same day the photo exhibition was opened for the general public. Set on beautifully renovated drawings as well as old photographs from MPWiK collection are to be admired from 1 June in the so called Open-air Łazienki Gallery along Aleje Ujazdowskie avenue.
On 7-13 April 2014, four members of the Lindley family from Germany, Switzerland and Scotland, along with the President of Societas Lindleiana and his wife, received an invitation to the CATEC W- ater Technologies Exhibition and Conference, organized in Baku by Azersu OJSC (State water supply Company, open joint-stock company). Azersu organized us a wonderful program, through which we were able to not only learn about the history of the Republic, the city and the great changes made by Presidents Heydar Aliyev and Ilham Aliyev, but also see Shollar, a magic place where he William H. Lindley found the source of drinking water for Baku.
Group employees of Azersu with guests of the Lindley family( from left to right: Manaf Suleymanov, Xadija Abdullayeva, Ryszard Żelichowski, Hanna Żelichowska, Alexander Caspar, Tasognov Abdulbagi, Karin Deubner, Hijran Aliyeva-Sztrauch, Catharina Porter, Eugen Deubner and Shakir Mammadov. In the background the monument of H. Tagiyev w Shollar).
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.
***
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).
World Water Day is an annual UN observance day (22 March) that highlights the importance of freshwater. The day is used to advocate for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. The theme of each day focuses on topics relevant to clean water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), which is in line with the targets of Sustainable Development Goal 6.
Source: https://www.igwp.org.pl/index.php/informacje/wydarzenia
Today, instead of joint public festivities we propose „Wirtualne
zwiedzanie Stacji Filtrów” (Virtual visit to the Museum of Warsaw Water Works)
https://pl-pl.facebook.com/hashtag/mpwikwarszawa?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG&__tn__=*NK-R