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Mill in Žakalj
Centuries ago, the karst area alongside the Rječina river with its length of 17.3 km was settled and divided into properties of the religious brotherhoods, the city treasury and private estates. The Rječina was a very suitable area for the development of commerce and crafts related to hydropower. With the beginnings of the industrial, or rather the more active manufacturing production, mills started being built on the Rječina river as well as sawmills for wood processing, fulling mills for proce ...
The pumping station
The building of the pumping station was erected in 1894. It consists of only four rooms arranged according to an L-shaped ground plan. The walls are covered with colourful bricks of a lighter tone, and the windows were additionally emphasized with fan-shaped brick lintels. Besides the pilaster strips which were used to achieve a simple decoration of the walls, perhaps the most interesting detail is a wrought iron Art Nouveau floral console under the roof. Stylistically speaking, it can be assume ...
The Waste Incineration Plant
The Waste Incineration Plant was built and commissioned in 1905. The project was made by the specialized Viennese company Alphons Custodis and, subsequently, the design was partially altered by architect Giovanni Randich. The building consists of two rectangular spaces, a larger one on the north side and a smaller and lower one on the south side. The south side is also the location of the main entrance with a porch. The plant is made of brick with large arched mesh-glazed windows. Besides lintel ...
The power plant complex
The original plan was to build a hydro-thermal power plant on Grohovo. The drafts were made by Pal Holfeld in 1903. He provided for a regulation of the Rječina river in order to ensure sufficient water flow for driving the turbines. Afterwards, the drafts were completed by Giuseppe Giordano. However, the hydro-thermal power plant on Grohovo was never constructed. Instead, the Zvir thermal power plant was realized. During construction, the existing architectural plan from 1906 was used, which was ...