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hidden Monuments of history and culture | Pavlovsk, town hidden The Taitsi water supply system | |
The Taitsi water supply system (TW) was the water supply system of Tsarskoye Selo built according to the order of Catherine II in 1772-1787 in exchange for the outweared Vittelevo water supply system. The military engineer F.V ... | | The Taitsi water supply system (TW) was the water supply system of Tsarskoye Selo built according to the order of Catherine II in 1772-1787 in exchange for the outweared Vittelevo water supply system. The military engineer F.V. Bauer was the main architect of the original design and so the water supply system was often named “Bauersky water supply system”. I.K. Gerard, E. Karboniyer (Karbonye) and P. Pozdeyev were also among engineers who took part in building the water supply system. The Taitsi water supply system was a gravity system of outside and underground channels with storage ponds and grottoes. This system was supplied with water from so called Hanniball or Soninsky springs located near the grange of Taitsi which belonged to A.G. Demidov since the 1770s. The Taitsi water channels extension was about fifteen kilometers. Walls and bottom of the water system was original wooden. In 1793 it was found out that the wooden casing of channels rotted through so in 1795-1799 it was reconstructed and the wooden casing was changed to stone facing. The reconstruction work was headed by I.K. Gerard. The Taitsi water supply system delivered more than 12.500 cubic metres of water per day to Tsarskoye Selo in summer time but in winter the supplying often decreased in 3-4 times. Firstly the Taitsi water supply system was intended for supplying the Tsarskoye Selo ponds and fountains but really it supplied with the water all population of Tsarskoye Selo, the town of Sophia, Pavlovsk. In the 1880s the Taitsi water supply system was used for creating the system of centralized water supplying system of Tsarskoye Selo (works were completed in 1887). Since 1905 when the Orlov pressure water supply system, which was supplied from the Orlovsky springs, was put into operation, the using of the Taitsi water supply system, for the supplying of the population by fresh water, was stopped. By that time the engineering state of the water supply system has already been inadequate and in the next tens years it fell out as a result of clogging up, destroying and being overgrown of channels. Single fragments of the water supply system can be seen at the present time. In the 1980s a group of enthusiasts made an unsuccessful attempt of restoring the Taitsi water supply system as a monument of engineering idea of the 18th century. Literature: V.D. Dmitriyev “The Taitsi Water Supply System”, http://www.stroy-press.ru/print.php?id=7180 N.I. Falkovsky “The History of Water Supplying in Russia”, M., L., 1947, pages 115-118; M.I. Pylyayev “The Forgotten Past of Saint Petersburg Environments”, SPb., 2006, p. 463 I.A. Krasnov, D.N. Starostin, A.S. Sukhorukova, Ye.D. Yukhneva “Water and the World: Essays on the history of water using.” Part 2: Water in Russia,. SPb., 2007, p-s 46-47 I. A. Krasnov
Persons Bauer Fedor Villimovich Carbonnier (Carbonie), E. Catherine II, Empress Demidov Alexander Grigorievich Gerard Ivan (Johann Konrad) Kondratievich Pozdeyev, P.
Addresses Pavlovsk, town Pushkin, town София
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Water supply system of Tsarskoye Selo; the water supply system of Tsarskoye Selo Town (Detskoye Selo Town, Pushkin Town) and Pavlovsk Town . In the middle of the 18th cent. the water supply system designed by P ... | | Water supply system of Tsarskoye Selo; the water supply system of Tsarskoye Selo Town (Detskoye Selo Town, Pushkin Town) and Pavlovsk Town . In the middle of the 18th cent. the water supply system designed by P. Ostrovski was constructed for the supplying of the Imperial residence from Vittelevsky springs. In the 1770s –1780s F.V. Bauer constructed the new spring water supply system from the Taitsi springs. Nevertheless there was no united water pipe system in the town. Opened canals were used partly for the water supply and the wooden pipes were used partly for the water supply too; citizens used the well water. In the second half of the 19th cent. the population began to rise, the quality of supply water deteriorated due to the incomplete design of the water supply system, the shortage of water began appeare periodically. In 1887 the first tower water supply system was constructed to the design of M.I. Altukhov and two water towers: the Orlov Water Tower and the Pevcheskaya (Ghorus) were constructed too. Nevertheless the problem was not solved and in 1901-1904 the up-to-date water supply system was constructed, it used the water from the Orlov springs ( springs was situated to the 14 kilimeters South-West of Tsarskoye Selo). Water, by gravity, was conducted into settling tank by means of two water pipes and from this settling tank water was supplyed into the well of the water pumping station and then water was supplyed tanks of the water towers. Branch pipe to Pavlovsk was constructed using the well at the Orlov Gates. The residential house, boilerhouse with three Cornish boilers and three Vortingtong pumps, economizer room, engine room, workshop, office, bath-house and laundary were built at the station. All buildings were lit with electricity. The water of the Orlov springs had the highest quality according to analyses. The special commission under the heading of V. E. Timonov supervised on the water supply system constructing that was realized by the Ministry of Transport. Rb 1,640,000 were spent for this project. Since 1905 Tsarskoye Selo and Pavlovsk were provided by the necessary volumes of the pure water due to this project. In 1910-1914 eight pumping constructions were built at the place of the Orlov springs. In this condition, water supply system of Tsarskoye Selo worked until the Great Patriotic War and it was seriously damaged during the battles and the occupation of Pushkin Town and Pavlovsk Town.
Persons Altukhov, Mikhail Ivanovich Bauer Fedor Villimovich Ostrovsky, Pyetr Timonov Vsevolod Evgenievich
Addresses Pavlovsk, town Pushkin, town
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