Timișoara hydropower plant
| Timișoara hydropower plant | ||
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| location | ||
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| Coordinates | 45 ° 45 '29 " N , 21 ° 15' 55" E | |
| country | Romania | |
| place | Timișoara | |
| Waters | Bega | |
| Height upstream | 86 m | |
| power plant | ||
| construction time | 1907-1910 | |
| Start of operation | 1910 | |
| technology | ||
| Bottleneck performance | 1.2 megawatts | |
| Average height of fall |
5.6 m | |
| Expansion flow | 36 m³ / s | |
| Others | ||
The hydroelectric power station Timişoara , Romanian Uzina Hidroelectrica Timişoara , Uzina de apă Timişoara , electrice Turbinele or centrála Hidroelectrica called, is a hydroelectric power plant in the western Romanian city of Timisoara . It is located on the Bega , at the point where the districts of Fabric , Plopi and Ghiroda Nouă meet. On the right bank, Strada Uzinei leads along Parcul Uzinei to the power station, on the left it is Strada Frédéric Chopin . The entire facility is a listed building . In the German population, the complex is called turbine , turbine or, out of date, electricity center. The corresponding Hungarian names are Városi vízerőtelep , Villamosáram fejlesztő turbina or Villamos turbinák .
history
In place of a weir , the power plant was built between 1907 and 1910 by the architect László Székely and the project engineer Emil Szilard to use the water power of the Bega . It was one of the first hydroelectric power plants in Europe and the first of its kind in what is now the territory of Romania.
The power station was on May 3, 1910, three 600 hp strong water turbines of the Hungarian producer Quite commissioned. The adjustable weir made of steel plates has a storage height of 5.6 meters, with a flow of 36 cubic meters of water per second it has an output of 1200 kW . In May 2010 the operator of the power plant, Colterm Timișoara , celebrated the centennial of the facility.
From 1923 to 1958, the power station was also connected to the Timișoara tram network by Line 1 . The area used to be a popular excursion destination, and in the immediate vicinity there was also the popular bathing beach, the Great Beach ( called Ștrand or Plajă in Romanian ).
Web links
- 360cities.net , 360 ° tour through the power plant
- Pictures on Panoramio : picture 1 • picture 2 • picture 3 • picture 4 • picture 5
- structurae.de , Bega hydropower plant
- ziuadevest.ro , Ziua de Vest: Porți deschise la “Uzina de apă” din Fabric , May 5, 2010, in Romanian
- tion.ro , Timis Online: Zilele Porților Deschise la Uzina Hidroelectrică Timișoara , May 5, 2010, in Romanian
Individual evidence
- ↑ gtztm.ro ( Memento of September 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 246 kB), Lista Monumentelor Istorice 2004 of the Județ Timiș , entry 59, TM-II-mA-06094, Centrală hidroelectrică , in Romanian
- ^ Hometown community Temeschburg-Temeswar: Temeschburg-Temeswar, A Southeast European City in Times of Change . Karlsruhe 1994.