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Dywan, Tomasz: Od „szkoły berlińskiej” do secesji: przyczynek do architektury miejskich zakładów przemysłowych Lwowa w latach 1858–1914
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decades of the nineteenth century, the typical arrangement of chambers would
have them connected to a common longitudinal courtyard, over which roofs
were generally fitted, resting on an iron structure of truss girders, such as for
instance in the municipal slaughterhouse in Berlin (1870). In this way, a spacious
hall stretched throughout the entire length of the slaughterhouse building, il-
luminated above the entrances to the slaughter chambers via a row of Windows,
which was reminiscent of a basilica-type building. The Lviv slaughterhouse did
not have a common hall for all butchers, which hindered their work in winter and
during the rain, as the slaughter in the chamber had to be operated from outside.
Similar Solutions were used in older slaughterhouse complexes of the French
system, such as in Rouen or in Gumpendorf near Vienna (1851).42
In the building of the municipal slaughterhouse, some of the partition walls
and the whole roof structure were madę of wood, without using iron structures
at alL However, no money was spared for the plants technical equipment. An
iron turnstile mechanism was placed inside each slaughter chamber, allowing
for the slaughtered animals to be hung on a ropę suspended through a błock
attached to the purlin beam. The running water was supplied via a specially
constructed plumbing system fed by a gravitational Węgliński pipeline, four-inch
water supply system.43 The correct water pressure in the installation was provided
from two rectangular water expansion tanks. These were madę of wrought iron
and set at roof truss level, at the eastern gable wali of the building. They were
fed with water raised to that height by means of a piston pump driven by a gas
engine.44 I mention this deliberately, because the availability of running water
in the building was necessary in order to maintain adequate sanitary conditions
of the animal slaughter carried out there.45 Also due to hygiene requirements,
the floors of slaughter chambers were madę of asphalt, and bleeds were fitted
leading sewage through the outlets to the brick channeL In order to drain large
amounts of sewage into the nearest river, the slaughterhouse had to be built near
the Poltva riverbed, north of the dense residential development. Thus attempts
were madę to eliminate excessive pollution of a smali river with sewage in the city
centre.46 This was also one of the reasons for the liquidation of the wooden guild
slaughterhouse, erected above the Poltva riverbed, between the Zbożowy square
and Bóżnicza Street in the years 1807-1810.47 The new slaughterhouse was erected
on a remote plot of land, separated by a railway embankment from the compact
42 L. Klasen, Viehmdrkte, Schlachthdfe, pp. 451-454; S. Tholl, Preufien blutige Mauern, pp. 50-53;
A. Gryglewska, P. Gerber, Wpływ rozwoju technologii, p. 264.
43 Budowle i inne roboty publiczne w miesiącu lipcu, “Dziennik rozporządzeń magistratu król. stół,
miasta Lwowa”, 2,1877, issue 8, p. 3.
44 Czynności rady miejskiej, “Dziennik rozporządzeń magistratu król. stół, miasta Lwowa”, 1,1876,
issue 5, p. 1.
45 In the event of slaughtering large cattle, taking into account also the cleaning of the slaughter
chamber, it was recommended to use about 200 quarts (2271) of running water, see: J. Hennicke,
Bericht iiber Schlachthduser, p. 19.
46 It is worth noting that the commander of military barracks at Zamarstynivska Street linked
the excessive number of deaths among soldiers during the cholera epidemie of 1873 with
the waste lingering in the river, removed from the old guild slaughterhouse at Zbożowy square,
see: dało, file 3, description 1, case 2552,“K.k. General Commando in Lemberg an der lóblichen
Magistrat der Stadt Lemberg, Lemberg 20 11873”, f. 142-143.
47 F. Jaworski, O szarym Lwowie, Lwów-Warszawa 1916 (= Biblioteka Historyczna Altenberga),
p.98.
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have them connected to a common longitudinal courtyard, over which roofs
were generally fitted, resting on an iron structure of truss girders, such as for
instance in the municipal slaughterhouse in Berlin (1870). In this way, a spacious
hall stretched throughout the entire length of the slaughterhouse building, il-
luminated above the entrances to the slaughter chambers via a row of Windows,
which was reminiscent of a basilica-type building. The Lviv slaughterhouse did
not have a common hall for all butchers, which hindered their work in winter and
during the rain, as the slaughter in the chamber had to be operated from outside.
Similar Solutions were used in older slaughterhouse complexes of the French
system, such as in Rouen or in Gumpendorf near Vienna (1851).42
In the building of the municipal slaughterhouse, some of the partition walls
and the whole roof structure were madę of wood, without using iron structures
at alL However, no money was spared for the plants technical equipment. An
iron turnstile mechanism was placed inside each slaughter chamber, allowing
for the slaughtered animals to be hung on a ropę suspended through a błock
attached to the purlin beam. The running water was supplied via a specially
constructed plumbing system fed by a gravitational Węgliński pipeline, four-inch
water supply system.43 The correct water pressure in the installation was provided
from two rectangular water expansion tanks. These were madę of wrought iron
and set at roof truss level, at the eastern gable wali of the building. They were
fed with water raised to that height by means of a piston pump driven by a gas
engine.44 I mention this deliberately, because the availability of running water
in the building was necessary in order to maintain adequate sanitary conditions
of the animal slaughter carried out there.45 Also due to hygiene requirements,
the floors of slaughter chambers were madę of asphalt, and bleeds were fitted
leading sewage through the outlets to the brick channeL In order to drain large
amounts of sewage into the nearest river, the slaughterhouse had to be built near
the Poltva riverbed, north of the dense residential development. Thus attempts
were madę to eliminate excessive pollution of a smali river with sewage in the city
centre.46 This was also one of the reasons for the liquidation of the wooden guild
slaughterhouse, erected above the Poltva riverbed, between the Zbożowy square
and Bóżnicza Street in the years 1807-1810.47 The new slaughterhouse was erected
on a remote plot of land, separated by a railway embankment from the compact
42 L. Klasen, Viehmdrkte, Schlachthdfe, pp. 451-454; S. Tholl, Preufien blutige Mauern, pp. 50-53;
A. Gryglewska, P. Gerber, Wpływ rozwoju technologii, p. 264.
43 Budowle i inne roboty publiczne w miesiącu lipcu, “Dziennik rozporządzeń magistratu król. stół,
miasta Lwowa”, 2,1877, issue 8, p. 3.
44 Czynności rady miejskiej, “Dziennik rozporządzeń magistratu król. stół, miasta Lwowa”, 1,1876,
issue 5, p. 1.
45 In the event of slaughtering large cattle, taking into account also the cleaning of the slaughter
chamber, it was recommended to use about 200 quarts (2271) of running water, see: J. Hennicke,
Bericht iiber Schlachthduser, p. 19.
46 It is worth noting that the commander of military barracks at Zamarstynivska Street linked
the excessive number of deaths among soldiers during the cholera epidemie of 1873 with
the waste lingering in the river, removed from the old guild slaughterhouse at Zbożowy square,
see: dało, file 3, description 1, case 2552,“K.k. General Commando in Lemberg an der lóblichen
Magistrat der Stadt Lemberg, Lemberg 20 11873”, f. 142-143.
47 F. Jaworski, O szarym Lwowie, Lwów-Warszawa 1916 (= Biblioteka Historyczna Altenberga),
p.98.
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