PT Journal
AU Chmelensky, J
TI Prague Power Engineering of the Late 19th to the First Half of the 20th Century : What is left of it in Prague
SO Staleta Praha
PY 2020
BP 45
EP 67
VL 36
IS 1
DI 10.56112/sp.2020.1.03
WP https://staletapraha.cz/en/artkey/pha-202001-0003.php
DE Prague - Holesovice - Ervenice - Vrane nad Vltavou - Strekov - industrial heritage - industrial architecture - monuments of electrical engineering - power station - converter station - transformer station - energetics - electricity production - Frantisek Krizik - Frantisek Vahala
SN 02316056
AB The dynamic building development of Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, has resulted in the past and today in rapid disappearing of historic industrial buildings, potentially the most endangered category of monuments. This also includes monuments of historical power engineering. The article primarily sums up an overview of important Prague power stations and other power plants and draws attention to their heritage values. Secondarily the issue of power engineering monuments is outlined regarding the substance of power stations - their electrotechnical devices. The descriptive part is concluded by appeal to higher awareness of the values of today's rare electrotechnical equipment, which in fact determines the value of power plants more than their purely architectural form. Despite the sad decline in recent years, several architecturally interesting industrial monuments of Prague electrification at the end of the 19th and the first half of the 20th century have survived to the present day.
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