Waterfall - Ekaterinburg, Russia
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N 56° 50.268 E 060° 36.222
41V E 353814 N 6301890
Waterfall is located in Ekaterinburg, Russia.
Waymark Code: WMM4P3
Location: Russia
Date Posted: 07/21/2014
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At the end of the pond in the middle of Ekaterinburg is a dam from which one can see this manmade waterfall. This is the story about it :
"The large body of water in the center of Ekaterinburg is frequently called a lake by visitors, but in fact it’s an artificially created City Pond. The pond and the dam once fed the mills for the iron works, which originally gave birth to the city.
How does the pond relate to the iron works and metal production? To produce iron in the 18th century, one had to use the energy of falling water to make the heavy hammers work through a sophisticated system of water-wheels. The steam power was introduced only at the end of 18th century!
While European factories usually used water channels to power iron works, the Ural factories used the dam and the pond instead to create an artificial waterfall.
For this reason, the factory pond sits in the heart of almost any Ural town, but you won’t find it in other parts of Russia. A dam and a pond in the heart of the city is a typical feature for towns in the Ural region.
The Ekaterinburg iron works were constructed in 1723, part of an effort to develop industry, and were implemented at the will of the ambitious emperor, Peter the Great.
The dam blocked the flow of the Iset river, and an artificial waterfall was constructed. As a point of information, the central parts of the dam are made of granite and larch wood, which is now three-hundred-years old!"
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