The following photographs from the Odessa Flyer newspaper dated 20th May 1901 were scanned from the original paper by John Charles Platts, July 2001.
The following photographs from the Odessa Flyer newspaper dated 20th May 1901 were scanned from the original paper by John Charles Platts, July 2001.
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One of the four pump-machines delivering water into the city from a reservoir. Water pipes.
A boiler-house which produces energy for the pumps to work.
A general view (panaroma) from Chumnoi hill where the waterworks "Chumka" is situated. Translator's note: Chumnoi if translated from Russian basically means plague-stricken or have a connotation of 'a bit crazy','half-witted'.
An inner yard of the waterworks. A building of the engine room and a workshop.
Floodgates of the new reservoirs.
Filters in the settlement of Belyaevka.
( Photographs by G. Pivarovich )
Link to John Joseph Platts, Manager of Odessa Waterworks 1900