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The Bakarčić-Simonić Tannery
The Bakarčić-Simonić Tannery once operated in Ružićeva Street, at today’s number 29. The founders of the tannery were Anton Bakarčić and Ljudevit Ružić. However, Ružić soon withdrew from the company and was replaced by Anton Simonić. Anton Bakarčić died in 1889. The tannery was initially a modest manufacturing plant, but after 1900 it experienced a lot of investments, it was modernized, expanded and the production and employment increased. Around 50 workers produced 15 to 20 wagons of the ...
The Town Icehouse
In the 1920s, the political situation between Rijeka and Sušak changed significantly, when they became parts of two different states. Therefore, there were initiatives in Sušak to build their own meat factory and an icehouse, as the use of Rijeka icehouse Gorup, situated on the right bank of the Rječina, became rather uncertain. During 1925, on several occasions, the newspaper Primorski vjesnik pointed out the need for building an ice factory within the existing meat factory. The i ...
Paper Mill
The administration building was erected in 1827. It has been preserved until today, but in modified form. It is a two-storey building, built to the greatest extent with reinforced concrete, with wall additions made of brick. The stone decorations on the door and window lintels have been preserved. A very specific detail is the roof lantern, placed above the triangular pediment. The lantern ends with a roof turret that has an iron pointer with the four cardinal directions.The story of ...
The Matešić Mill
The Matešić Mill operated in the immediate vicinity of the Matković Mill, below upper Orehovica, in Podbadanj, on the left bank of the Rječina river. It was probably built in the 1840s, because, according to archival sources, Antonio Mattessich wrote to the Glorious Council in 1839 and sought permission to build a mill on Rječina. The mill should have been located on Matešić’s estate at Comune di Cosala. Andrija Rački states in his work on the history of the town of Su&scaron ...