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.
Dear Members, Dear Friends of the Societas Lindleiana,
In the hectic days day of traditional Polish Christmas, so important for every family, the Board of SL wishes you and your families, when you seat tired but happy by the handsomely stocked table and beautifully decorated Christmas tree, a moment of reflection over the passage of time.
And when the snow falls, we invite you to take a walk and seat on a certain bench near Royal Castle and look at the a certain English civil engineer patiently standing beside the bench. Think favorably about his life and what he has done for our city, and by the way, also about us.
We wish you a magical Winter, a happy Christmas, and all the best in 2015!
The Board of Societas Lindleiana,
Warsaw, Poland 2014
The picture shows (from the left to right) William Heerlein Lindley, Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev and imaginary translator on the construction-site.
We find the picture extremely fine and accurate. The Board of Societas Lindleiana congratulates Mr. Mehbaliyev an excelent idea and great artistic talent!
And artist himself:
Local media enthusiastically published the work and information about the author:
English:
On the December 29, 2017, on the website of the city of Mannheim Sabine Pich published an article entitled "It was him who built a sewage system in Mannheim (Er baute Mannheims Abwassersystem)".
Picture 1 and 2 - Mannheim
Picture 3 - łódź
Original text, see: https://www.mannheim.de/de/nachrichten/er-baute-mannheims-abwassersystem
The month of December marks the 100th anniversary of the death of William Heerlein Lindley. We will celebrate it together with the inhabitants of Ochota, the district most connected with the creators of our sewerage and waterworks system as well as the plan of our city.
On December 6 we will be hosted by the Library "Under the Wings"
located at ul. Grójecka No. 109 (corner of Dickens street). The most convenient
connection - tram no. 9.