Review article
From Water-Mills on the Drava to Osijek (Steam)mills) (A Restrospect at the Turn of Craft into Industry – 19th and the fi rst half of the 20th century)
Zlata Živaković-Kerže
; Hrvatski institut za povijest, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Abstract
Water-mills on the Drava river and steammills in Lower and Upper Town hold a prominent position in the economy of Osijek. Water-mills must be mentioned when giving a survey of technological development of wheat processing for the last 200 years, since they have been improving the production in order to produce more fl our sorts that was then not only purchased in the city and its closer and wider surroundings but was also exported. Steam-shipping on the Drava and in particular fl our processing by steam-mill industrialisation had a signifi cant impact on dying of water-mill craft and at the same time introduced new technology of wheat processing in Osijek.
Keywords
Water-mills; the Drava; Osijek; steam shipping; mills; steammills; 19 century; second half of the 20th century
Hrčak ID:
49348
URI
Publication date:
31.12.2009.
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