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New sculpture of W.H. Lindley in Warsaw

This summer, Warsaw’s artistic landscape has been enriched by the new effigy of William Heerlein Lindley. It is the the bust of  W.H. Lindley sculptured by professor Jan Pastwa from Warsaw Fine Art University. He is also the author of the full sculpture of W.H. Lindley standing next to the bench dedicated to him at Warsaw Podzamcze Park. The bench has been designed by Dr Norbert Sarnecki with assistance of Anna Sarnecka.

The bust of W.H. Lindley stands in the latest addition to Warsaw Supply Company - water ozonation and water filtration on the activated carbon.

The relief depicting William Lindley-father on the pediment of the building is visible from Filtrowa Street but the bust of William Heerlein is not publicly accessible. It can be admired only by the guests of the Company.

We are very glad of the fact that W.H. Lindley is also commemorated in the new Water Supply Company building, but we regret that Professor Pastwa has not benefited from our iconography and  gave his sculpture the profile (intuitively rightly) of the author of this note, who tirelessly do research into career and life of the Lindleys, the family of the great English Civil engineers...

About the artists see: http://sculpture.com.pl/files_NS/index.htm

Exhibition „Underground City. 125 years of Warsaw water supply"

Exhibition „Underground City. 125 years of Warsaw water supply

125 years ago the first inhabitants of Warsaw could drink fresh and filtered water direct from their taps. The modern design based on experience gained in Hamburg and Frankfurt on Main made the Lindleys heroes of the day.

The construction started in 1883 and only three years later the dream came true. On this occasion the Warsaw Municipal Waterworks Ltd. (MPWiK) have planned two majour events: a special edition of a new photo-album and a photo exposition under the same title.

The presentation of the album took place on 31 May, in the mid of the day, on a beautiful location of Warsaw treasure premises – Old Orangerie in Łazienki Park.

On the same day the photo exhibition was opened for the general public. Set on beautifully renovated drawings as well as old photographs from MPWiK collection are to be admired from 1 June in the so called Open-air Łazienki Gallery along Aleje Ujazdowskie avenue.

Hoppe, Lindley, WPG, Warsaw Cartography 1641-2009

At the end of March 2009 The Warsaw Surveying Company WPG S.A. took place an important exhibition about Warsaw „Hoppe, Lindley, WPG, Warsaw Cartography 1641-2009”. The exhibition was organized by The Warsaw Surveying Company WPG in cooperation with the State Archive of City of Warsaw (APW). 

Author of the exhibtion was Paweł  Weszpiński, member of Board of our Societas Lindleiana, which administers and takes care of the so called Lindley plans in the archive.  The exhibition was dedicated to the 150 anniversary of birth of Josepha Lindley, the younest of three Lindley brothers.

The exhibition reminded Young generation that the waterworks and sewage systems as well as modern surveying of the city is to thank family of English civil engineers, father William Lindley (1808-1900), and sons Sir William Heerlein Lindley (1853-1917), Robert Searls (1854 – 1925) and Joseph (1859-1906).

Warsaw, March – May 2009. Author of the exhibition Paweł Weszpiński (on the photo first to the right). Introduction to the catalogue Ryszard Żelichowski.

http://muzeum.wpg.com.pl/en/page/wydarzenia/gid/24

Tube Museum [Museum of Lodz Sewer]

This is industrial tourism at its best, allowing visitors to Łódź to penetrate the earths core and visit the sewers that lie below.





The entrance to the sewer



Designed by William Heerlein Lindley, and put into action by Stefan Skrzywin, this red brick subterranean reservoir was originally opened in 1926, serving the original purpose to clean and purify the sewage produced by the natives. Running a length of 142 metres, and holding a capacity of 300,000 litres of water, it was finally shut down in the 1970s and allowed to gather rats and damp in equal measure.


Reopened on May 28, 2008 the Dętka has now been fully restored, with your guided tour taking you past a catalogue of photographs and documents put together by Robert Kuśmirowski. Claustrophobics and other assorted weaklings should note the tunnel is 1.5 metres wide and 1.87 metres in height.

Ticket office Pl. Wolności 2, Admission 5/3zł.

For panoramic view go to: 

http://www.muzeum-lodz.pl/inne/detka.php