#15 Rijeka – candidate city for ECoC 2020 Mystery Cache

Zgrada crpne stanice sagrađena je 1894. godine. Sastoji se od svega nekoliko prostorija, raspoređenih prema tlocrtnom L-obliku. Zidovi su obloženi raznobojnom ciglom svjetlijih tonova, a prozorski otvori dodatno su istaknuti natprozornicima od lepezasto postavljene opeke. Osim lezena, kojima je postignuta jednostavna dekoracija zidova, možda su najzanimljiviji detalj secesijske florealne konzole od kovanog željeza ispod samog krovišta. Stilski gledano, može se pretpostaviti da je ova zgrada bitno utjecala na izgradnju kompleksa Termoelektrane koji je građen tek 1906. godine.

Nakon izgradnje Spalionice smeća, crpna stanica Zvir je, kao i obližnja Klaonica, koristila njezinu toplinsku energiju za pokretanje parnog stroja koji je potom okretao elektrogenerator od 150 kWA. Proizvedena energija služila je za rad elektromotora u crpki.

Izvor Zvir koristio se i u ranijem razdoblju za opskrbu vodom Rijeke i Sušaka. Isprva je Sušak koristio vrelo nedaleko od Tvornice papira u tadašnjoj Tvorničkoj ulici. Voda se pumpala u vodospremu na Lujzinskoj cesti za nisku opskrbnu zonu (Sušak s Brajdicom i Pećinama) i vodospremu Trsat za visoku opskrbnu zonu (Trsat i Bulevar). Problem je nastao nakon što je u Sušaku izbila epidemija tifusa, čiji je uzrok bio u zagađenom izvorištu pitke vode. Sušačani su bili primorani otkupljivati vodu iz izvora Zvir koristeći riječki vodovod izgrađen 90-ih godina 19. stoljeća. Troškovi otkupa vode bili su izrazito visoki, što se donekle reguliralo nagodbom 1908. godine, nakon čega su dobili pravo otkupa vode za 9 filira po kubnom metru. Problem s dovodom vode Sušak je riješio 1913./1914. izgradnjom novog vodovoda, vodovodne pruge koja je do Sušaka dovodila pitku vodu iz 18 kilometara udaljenog vrela na Rječini.

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 assumed that this building significantly influenced the construction of the thermal power plant complex, which was built later, in 1906.

After the construction of the Waste Incineration Plant, the Zvir pumping station, just like the nearby Slaughterhouse, used its thermal energy to run a steam engine, which in turn drove an electric generator with a rated power of 150 kVA. The energy produced was used to power the electric motors in the pumping station.

The Zvir spring was used in the previous period for water supply of Rijeka and Sušak. At first, Sušak used a spring near the Paper Mill in the former Tvornička Street. The water was pumped into the water tank on Louisiana Road for the low supply zone (Sušak with Brajdica and Pećine) and Trsat’s water tank for the high supply zone (Trsat and Boulevard). Problems arose after the outbreak of typhus in Sušak, its cause being a contaminated source of drinking water. The people of Sušak were forced to buy water from the Zvir spring using Rijeka’s aqueduct which was built in the 1890s. Reportedly, the costs of buying water were extremely high and that was, to some extent, regulated with the agreement from 1908, after which they received the right to purchase water for 9 fillér per m³. In 1913/14, the problem of Sušak’s water supply was finally solved with the construction of a new water conduit, a water main that brought drinking water from the 18 km distant Rječina spring to Sušak.