Prague aeration station (museum) - a former underground plant for treatment plants in Prague

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Prague aeration station (museum) - a former underground plant for treatment plants in Prague

         In its current form, the sewage system in European cities began to form at the beginning of the XIX century. Before this, the sewage merged directly into the street. In the cities there was a strong stench, and so long could not continue. In 1889, an international competition for the construction of sewerage in Prague was announced.
         The winner was the engineer Lindley. To work on the Prague sewer system Lindley first came as an expert who evaluated the designs of two Czech engineers, and after familiarizing himself with the terrain, he rejected both. For example, they did not sufficiently solve the problem of the system during the flood and how many natural underground tributaries will be allocated. Therefore, he was asked to create his own project, which included the best ideas of the previous ones. The Czech projects were not bad, but Lindley had experience in sewage construction in several large cities. He knew that one could not rely on diluting sewage with river water and that the city should have its treatment facilities. Past projects did not take into account population growth, and Lindley decided to build a system based on the population of a million people. As a result, a huge system of collectors for sewage and rainwater was built, as well as an underground plant for treatment plants.
Prague expanded, the amount of impurities also increased, and by the 1980s, a more powerful cleaning station was built in the city, and Lindleevskaya was restored and converted into a museum.