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Crikvenica Water Supply System in the 19th and Beginning of the 20th Century
Sanja Škrgatić
; Centar za kulturu Dr. Ivan Kostrenčić Crikvenica
Sažetak
The article showcases the water supply of the inhabitants of Crikvenica during the 19th and in the first decades of 20th century. An indicative review of deposite water supply facilities is being presented, from the oldest ones, starting from the period of late antiquity and the Middle Ages, to the public water supply system Žrnovnica built under the highway, in 1932., which is still in use today. During the first decades of the 20th century and the tourism development of Crikvenica, the water supply of the locality depended on traditional forms and methods of supply. Water was mainly brought in containers from small local sources, from cisterns, wells and ponds. One stronger local source, Pod veli kamik was captured in 1890. and in the same year, the first public water spout was built on the old road to Grižane. The article showcases a larger number of high-altitude and coastal water sources with areas for doing the laundry, and small ponds in the near hinterland, as well as numerous private and public wells and cisterns, which the local inhabitants also refer to as štirne. The first water supply of the city was built in 1895. for the needs of a health resort. Its designer was the engineer Vjekoslav Horaček, employed at the Royal District authority of Sušak. The construction of the modern water supply system in Crikvenica was encouraged by the Ban Khuen Héderváry, and was funded by the Royal Government in Zagreb. The background of this project contained the political intention of the government of Budapest to build a balneological tourist center of the Hungarian Riviera in Crikvenica, in response to the construction of the Austrian Riviera in Opatija. The construction of the water supply was preceded by long-term studies and capacity measurements of a larger number of water sources in the hinterland of Crikvenica. Measurements have been carried out from the year 1892. until 1894., but in the end, wells, to feed the water supply system, were excavated in the region of Podbadanj, in the valley of the creek Dubračine. Water supply pipes were laid down along the path of the new road, which was at the time built from the center of Crikvenica in the direction of Tribalj and was later completed all the way to Tribalj. The first water supply line was laid down along today’s Vinodolska and Tomislavova street to the new Hotel of the Archduke Joseph (Therapia, today called Kvarner palace). At that time, the town only received one public water spout for drinking, placed on the Cirkul by the city harbor, so that the inhabitants had to be supplied with drinking water in the traditional way for a long time after that. Up until 1914. five public water spouts in total were installed on-site. The construction of the city’s water supply network progressed slowly, because until the year 1906. connecting single-family homes to the public water supply was not allowed. The water supply system of Crikvenica has received the Statut za porabu vode iz zemaljskog vodovoda u Crikvenici (Statute on the use of water from the regional water supply in Crikvenica) and the first price list in 1908. The capacity of the water supply system was weak and largely depended on rainfall, so it was left without water during summer droughts. The situation had improved by adding new pumping stations in the area of Tribalj in the year 1903. Later, the number of pumping stations had been increased on a number of occasions, but, nevertheless, in the ’20s of the last century, during the summer months there have been water shortages again. Only by moving to a new pumping station from the water source Žrnovnica in 1932., a reliable supply of running water to Crikvenica had been achieved.
Ključne riječi
Crikvenica; traditional water intake facilities; springs; ponds; cisterns; wells, the first water supply in the city; the Hotel of the Archduke Joseph; Ban Khuen Héderváry; the Royal National Government; engineer Vjekoslav Horaček; Districat Tehnical Office Sušak
Hrčak ID:
330999
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Datum izdavanja:
12.12.2021.
Posjeta: 203 *