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Kronika: časopis za slovensko krajevno zgodovino
History and Topography of Water Supply in Kranj Until the Early Twentieth Century
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Kranj’s location on a pier above the confluence of the Sava and Kokra rivers made its water supply difficult. Until 1842, there were only three private deep wells (known so far) in the town. Most inhabitants had to gather water from both rivers and store it in house cisterns. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, there were unsuccessful attempts to collect water from the Sava River using a pumping device. After a fire destroyed the town in 1749 mainly due to a lack of water, the town authorities revived the old plans to build a new water supply system. The pipeline connecting the Kokrica River and the main town well in 1751 did not function properly. In 1771–1772, Gabrijel Gruber, a professor of mechanics in Ljubljana, built a water pump on the Sava River. In 1862, it was replaced by a new one, which, combined with three public deep wells, continued to provide the town with water for more than a decade after the construction of the modern water supply system in 1911.
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- identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/11686/71512
- title
- Zgodovina in topografija oskrbe z vodo v Kranju do začetka 20. stoletja
- History and Topography of Water Supply in Kranj Until the Early Twentieth Century
- creator
- Dušan Kos
- contributor
- Miha Preinfalk (odg. ur.)
- Barbara Šterbenc Svetina (teh. ur.)
- Manca Gašperšič (prev.)
- Rok Janežič (lekt.)
- subject
- Kranj
- vodnjaki
- hidravlična črpalka
- vodovod
- oskrba z vodo
- 15.-20. stoletje
- wells
- water pump
- water system
- 15.-20. century
- description
- Lega mesta Kranj nad sotočjem rek Save in Kokre je skozi vso starejšo zgodovino pogojevala oskrbo z vodo. Do leta 1842 so bili v mestu le trije (doslej znani) zasebni vodnjaki. Večina prebivalcev je morala prinašati vodo iz obeh rek. Poskusi, da bi s črpalno napravo pripeljali vodo iz Save, v 16. in 17. stoletju niso bili uspešni. Po požaru, ki je leta 1749 uničil mesto predvsem zaradi pomanjkanja vode, so mestne oblasti obudile načrte za mestni vodovod. Ta vodovod iz rečice Kokrica do vodnjaka na glavnem trgu ni deloval. V letih 1771/72 je Gabrijel Gruber, profesor mehanike na jezuitskem kolegiju v Ljubljani, postavil vodno črpalko ob Savi. Leta 1862 jo je zamenjala nova črpalka, ki je skupaj s tremi javnimi globokimi vodnjaki zagotavljala vodo še več kot desetletje po izgradnji modernega vodovoda leta 1911.
- Kranj’s location on a pier above the confluence of the Sava and Kokra rivers made its water supply difficult. Until 1842, there were only three private deep wells (known so far) in the town. Most inhabitants had to gather water from both rivers and store it in house cisterns. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, there were unsuccessful attempts to collect water from the Sava River using a pumping device. After a fire destroyed the town in 1749 mainly due to a lack of water, the town authorities revived the old plans to build a new water supply system. The pipeline connecting the Kokrica River and the main town well in 1751 did not function properly. In 1771–1772, Gabrijel Gruber, a professor of mechanics in Ljubljana, built a water pump on the Sava River. In 1862, it was replaced by a new one, which, combined with three public deep wells, continued to provide the town with water for more than a decade after the construction of the modern water supply system in 1911.
- publisher
- Zveza zgodovinskih društev Slovenije
- date
- 2025
- type
- besedilo
- identifier
- identifier: https://doi.org/10.56420/Kronika.73.2.07
- language
- Slovenščina
- Angleščina
- isPartOf
- rights
- license: ccBySa