The building for the production of paraffin
address: Street Milutin BaračPeriod: Historicism
Kind: Immovable material heritage
Century: 19
Year: 1835
Purpose: industrial
The production of paraffin started two years after the founding of the Refinery. The production plant was located in a house with a double-sided roof, which had basilical illumination in the central part of the roof. The facility was also designed by Mate Glavan.
Valorization:
The administrative building is the only part of the refinery still being used, while the rest of the complex is not in function. A large part of the plant still contains the machines in situ.
Bibliography:
DARI, JU 51, kutija 113, 116, 118, 122, 146
Klen, Danilo; Kolombo, Marijan, Ina-Rafinerija Rijeka 1882.-1972., INA-Prerada Rafinerija Rijeka, Zagreb, 1972.
Magaš, Olga, Industrijska arhitektura, Arhitektura historicizma u Rijeci, MMSU, Rijeka, 2001.
Matejčić, Radmila, Kako čitati grad, Adamić, Rijeka, 2007., str. 411
Žgaljić, Josip, Radničkim stazama Riječke rafinerije, TMG Vjesnik, Zagreb, 1977.
