Water Tower in Iosefin

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Water Tower in Iosefin
Turnul de apă din Iosefin
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Water Tower in Iosefin is located in Romania Timișoara
Water Tower in Iosefin
Water Tower in Iosefin
Location within Timișoara
General information
TypeWater tower
LocationTimișoara
AddressGheorghe Barițiu Str. no. 3
CountryRomania
Coordinates45°44′43″N 21°12′06″E / 45.74538°N 21.20160°E / 45.74538; 21.20160
Construction started1913[1]
Completed1914[1]
ClientThe Water-Canal Company of Timișoara
OwnerCity Hall of Timișoara
Height52 m
Design and construction
ArchitectJános Lenarduzzi (1865–1916),
Richárd Sabathiel (1875–1942)

The Water Tower in Iosefin is an industrial monument from Timișoara, Gheorghe Barițiu Street, no. 3. It was one of the sources of water supply in Timișoara at the beginning of the 20th century.[2] It is classified as a National Heritage Site (Romanian: monument istoric) with LMI code TM-II-m-A-06152.

History[]

Main article: Water Tower in Fabric § History

The Water Tower in Iosefin was built between 1913 and 1914, as a twin of the one in Fabric neighbourhood. The 52-meter-tall towers were built at the two ends of the distribution system with the aim of compensating for the maximum consumption level during the day.[3] The towers were executed according to the project made by engineers János Lenarduzzi (1865–1916[4]) and Richárd Sabathiel (28 January 1875, Budapest – 14 June 1942, Budapest[5]).[2][3][6][7]

Just like the Water Tower in Fabric, its superior level is equipped with a drinking water tank of 500 m3, but it also has an industrial water tank (from the Bega River) of 250 m3situated at an inferior level.[3][8]

Perspectives[]

Unlike the Water Tower in Fabric, the one in Iosefin belonged until 2012 to Aquatim (the company which supervises the drainage and water supply system in Timișoara), which in 2011 intended to find a purpose for it and organized, with this aim, a round-table where the Timișoara City Hall, the Directorate for Culture, Cults and Cultural Heritage of the Timiș County, the Timiș County Council, the Timiș County Construction Inspectorate and the Faculty of Hydrotechnical Engineering of the Politehnica University of Timișoara were invited.[9] On this occasion, an exhibition was organized, displaying drawing boards of the 5th year students from the Faculty of Architecture of the Politehnica University of Timișoara. Some of the suggestions were the arrangement of the tower as a science museum, playing ground for children, reading corner or tea house.[10] These ideas did not meet the requirements of Aquatim, therefore, since 23 November 2012, the tower has been signed under the property of the City Hall,[11] which suggested that the tower should be transformed in either a restaurant,[11][12] a café[11] ("Franceso Illy"[13]), a confectionery store[11][12] or a museum.[14]

Before becoming a property of the City Hall, there has been a lot of talk in 2012 about the idea of selling the tower,[15][16][17][18] but some were against it.[14] The space was considered too small for a restaurant or a café. And if it were sold, the investor may only be interested in the 2700 m2 of land and the tower would no longer be preserved.[14] Nevertheless, the idea of selling the tower was not abandoned,[11][12] as it is preferred to the leasing or the letting, which would not make much money for the City Hall.[12]

Its location, near the Bega River, was perfect for its initial purpose, but, unlike the water towers in  [hu; ro], Drobeta-Turnu Severin[19] or Szeged, the area where it is situated is far away from the city center, and there are no other landmarks around. The tower could be the final destination of a tourist circuit through the Iosefin neighbourhood, but at the moment there is no such circuit, which makes it of no interest to the private investors. The tower is now being used only as a GSM antenna holder. However, the desire to renovate it and include it on the list of different activities is there.[20][21]

In 2008, the Timișoara City Hall announced its plans of setting up a small cultural café and a coffee museum inside the tower, dedicated to Francesco Illy, a man from Timișoara who invented an espresso machine.[22]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Mihai Opriș (1987). (in Romanian) Timișoara: Mică monografie urbanistică, București: Ed. Tehnică, p. 148
  2. ^ a b (in Romanian) Turnurile de apă, timisoara-info.ro, access date: 30 March 2017
  3. ^ a b c Ilie Vlaicu, Ioan Hațegan (2012). (in Romanian) Alimentarea cu apă a Timișoarei: istorie, prezent și perspective, Timișoara: Ed. Brumar 2012, ISBN 978-973-602-813-7, pp. 44–46 (online version)
  4. ^ (in Hungarian) A Farkasréti temető 2003-ban, access date: 30 March 2017
  5. ^ (in Hungarian) Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon 1000–1990, oszk.hu, access date: 30 March 2017
  6. ^ Mihai Opriș, Mihai Botescu (2014). (in Romanian) Arhitectura istorică din Timișoara, Timișoara: Ed. Tempus, 2014, ISBN 978-973-1958-28-6, p. 254
  7. ^ (in Romanian) Turnul de Apa din Fabric, timisoara-info.ro, access date: 30 March 2017
  8. ^ (in Romanian) Turnul de Apă din Iosefin va fi refăcut, în caz contrar Primăria riscă să plătească "taxa pe paragină", radiotimisoara.ro, 10 January 2017, access date: 31 March 2017
  9. ^ (in Romanian) Delia S. Barbu, Aquatim vrea să reabiliteze turnul de apă din Iosefin, tion.ro, 28 October 2011, access date: 31 March 2017
  10. ^ (in Romanian) Delia S. Barbu, Săli de lectură și spații de joacă în Turnul de apă de pe Barițiu, tion.ro, 1 November 2011, access date: 31 March 2017
  11. ^ a b c d e (in Romanian) Alina Strugariu, Primăria Timișoara caută investitori pentru Turnul de Apa din Iosefin, aradon.ro, 24 November 2012, access date: 31 March 2017
  12. ^ a b c d (in Romanian) Alina Strugariu, Licitația pentru Turnul de Apă din Iosefin se tot amână, dar primăria vrea să-l dea pe mâna privaților, aradon.ro, 11 April 2014, access date: 31 March 2017
  13. ^ (in Romanian) Primarul Robu vrea cafenea Francesco Illy în Turnul de Apă din Iosefin, tion.ro, 25 February 2013, access date: 31 March 2017
  14. ^ a b c (in Romanian) Alina Strugariu, Păreri pro și contra vânzării Turnului de Apă din Iosefin, tion.ro, 31 October 2012, access date: 31 March 2017
  15. ^ (in Romanian) Alina Strugariu, Aleșii locali din Timișoara vor să vândă monumente istorice și să concesioneze spații în parcuri, tion.ro, 3 August 2012, access date: 31 March 2017
  16. ^ (in Romanian) Alina Strugariu, Primarul Timișoarei repune pe tapet ideea de a vinde Turnul de apă din Iosefin, tion.ro, 28 August 2012, access date: 31 March 2017
  17. ^ (in Romanian) Alina Strugariu, Încă un pas pentru vânzarea Turnului de Apă din Iosefin, tion.ro, 30 October 2012, access date: 31 March 2017
  18. ^ (in Romanian) Alina Strugariu, Vânzarea Turnului de Apă din Iosefin este blocată până după alegeri, tion.ro, 2 November 2012, access date: 31 March 2017
  19. ^ (in Romanian) Turnul de Apă – Istoria unui simbol al municipiului Drobeta Turnu Severin, news-mehedinti.ro, 2 June 2014, access date: 31 March 2017
  20. ^ (in Romanian) Ce zici de o cafea si un concert in turnul de apa din Iosefin, la Timisoara! Proiect dezvaluit!, opiniatimisoarei.ro, 23 December 2016, access date: 31 March 2017
  21. ^ (in Romanian) Cristina Popescu, Turnul de apă din Iosefin, pus în valoare în 2017, Banatul Azi, 24 December 2016, access date: 31 March 2017
  22. ^ (in Romanian) Codrina Diana Tomov, Timișoara va avea un muzeu dedicat lui Francesco Illy, Renașterea Bănățeană, Nr. 8493, 4 January 2018, p. 2 (versiune online)

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