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Died Alexander Caspar, the great-grandson of William H. Lindley

We have received the very sad news of the death of Alexander Caspar, one of the oldest descendants of William H. Lindley.

Alexander Caspar with wife Beatrice (on the left) and Hanna Żelichowska 

in Blackheath (2015)

Alexander Walter Horst Caspar (6 April 1934-26 February 2021), was the great-grandson of W.H. Lindley and the grandson of his daughters Julia Fanny Elizabeth and Robert Boveri. He spent his childhood in Germany and worked in Swiss banks. There he met his wife Beatrice Spotti, with whom he has two daughters.

He showed a deep interest in the history of the family and was an outstanding source of knowledge about their many connections with famous European families.

Alexander Caspar's grandmother, Julia Fanny, stayed with her father, W.H. Lindley in Warsaw in 1901.

Alexander Casper visited our city with his wife in 2006, took part in family reunions, incl. Baku and London (2015), where a memorial plaque on the Lindley family home was unveiled.

Alexander Caspar and the family (from left:) wife Beatrice, sister Ursula (in the background) and Heinke Peschke with Karin Deubner

Alexander Caspar's family has long musical traditions, many of its members played different instruments. This tradition is continued by the youngest daughter Julia, a talented Swiss violinist.

With his passing, a very important chapter in the history of the Lindley family has been closed. He was a living link between the distant past and the present. I owe him a lot of invaluable information about the past. It is regrettable that the epidemic took our time to continue these fascinating journeys into the times of the pioneers of civilization's progress at the time.

May He rest in peace.

Hanna and Ryszard Żelichowscy, in the name of Societas Lindleiana

February 2021

200 anniversary of birth of Socrates Starynkiewicz

In the history of Warsaw, the capital of the liquidated Kingdom of Poland, he has been assigned the ungrateful role of the military president of Warsaw. He held this function as a major general of artillery in the Russian army in the years 1875-1892. He liked Warsaw and stayed with it for the rest of his life. He died on August 23, 1902. His character was viewed positively by Poles from the very beginning. The Monument to Starynkiewicz at the Filter Station and the square bearing his name are the only commemorations from the period of the Russian partition preserved in Warsaw, and his grave in the Orthodox cemetery in Wola is under the care of the capital MPWiK S.A.

He became famous for his responsibility and honesty. His out-of-pocket payments to the municipal treasury for damages caused by improper investment purchases have become legendary. During the years of his term in office, there were great investments in infrastructure, including the construction of water and sewage systems, the launch of the first public horse-drawn tram line, the opening of a large Bródno cemetery and the construction of a new gas plant in Wola.

Without diminishing the merits of Starynkiewicz in building the largest investment in Warsaw - water supply and sewage systems - the Russian sources unknown to the then national journalists reveal that it could only be possible thanks to the successful appeals to Tsar Alexander II and Alexander III by two Russian governors-generals - Paweł Kotzebue and Piotr Albedyński -  placed higher in the hierarchy of military power administering Warsaw than the provisional president!

        

Peaceful and relaxing Xmas holidays and healthy 2021!

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.

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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). 

World Water Days and the Coronavirus 2020

 

Today, instead of joint public festivities we propose  „Wirtualne zwiedzanie Stacji Filtrów” (Virtual visit to the Museum of Warsaw Water Works)

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