Zaporizhzhia

Powerstation

Buildings

Description

  • Built in 1911-1916, the design capacity was calculated at 120 wind street lamps and 7,500 incandescent bulbs. Main Building Structures: The station house, outbuilding and pavilion have survived to this day and are monuments to this day of preserved old engineering structures that are still used for their intended purpose.

The power plant is a complex of structures: 1) a station house 2) an outbuilding 3) a pavilion. The construction of the station house and auxiliary structures, as well as the most important additions were made during the 1910s.

The main building forms a fenced-in large courtyard that houses the old, still-preserved power plant buildings, along with modern structures. The station house is a one-storey building with two-storey towers and brick walls. The structure is almost rectangular in plan and with a risalite of the yard facade.
The roofs are hollow and gable, covered with slate (originally the roof was iron with world lanterns), the dome covering of one of the towers - a metal sheet of zinc. In the towers are cells of old two-story stone steps.
The one-story main volume of the old station is divided in the middle part by a longitudinal wall-jumper into two approximately equal parts. The style of the house is sustained in modernized forms of the neo-renaissance.
The outbuilding is located on the side of the courtyard not far from the station house, parallel to the longitudinal axis of the buildings. Erected, probably, with the station house. It is used for administrative services, which also corresponds to the original purpose of the house. The building is one-storey, brick, roofed hipped and covered with slate.
The pavilion, which is individually located, but has a longitudinal axis in common with the wing, that is, forms the courtyard of the old building of the station. One-story, horn roof under slate. The building is almost square in plan, its main facade, like the outbuilding facing the station house, is located here and the only exit. The interior of the room is single-chamber, undivided. The facades are cut with blind windows with wide, modern, wedge-shaped beamed beam.

The power plant is a complex of structures: 1) a station house 2) an outbuilding 3) a pavilion. The construction of the station house and auxiliary structures, as well as the most important additions were made during the 1910s.

The main building forms a fenced-in large courtyard that houses the old, still-preserved power plant buildings, along with modern structures. The station house is a one-storey building with two-storey towers and brick walls. The structure is almost rectangular in plan and with a risalite of the yard facade.
The roofs are hollow and gable, covered with slate (originally the roof was iron with world lanterns), the dome covering of one of the towers - a metal sheet of zinc. In the towers are cells of old two-story stone steps.
The one-story main volume of the old station is divided in the middle part by a longitudinal wall-jumper into two approximately equal parts. The style of the house is sustained in modernized forms of the neo-renaissance.
The outbuilding is located on the side of the courtyard not far from the station house, parallel to the longitudinal axis of the buildings. Erected, probably, with the station house. It is used for administrative services, which also corresponds to the original purpose of the house. The building is one-storey, brick, roofed hipped and covered with slate.
The pavilion, which is individually located, but has a longitudinal axis in common with the wing, that is, forms the courtyard of the old building of the station. One-story, horn roof under slate. The building is almost square in plan, its main facade, like the outbuilding facing the station house, is located here and the only exit. The interior of the room is single-chamber, undivided. The facades are cut with blind windows with wide, modern, wedge-shaped beamed beam.

How to get there?

By public transport to the stop «Maidan University» Nearby: Profitable House Ya.I. Leshchynskyi, Oleksandrivsk railway station, Catherine's railway station, Alexander Women's gymnasium building, Holy Pokrovsky Bishops' Cathedral, Zaporizhzhya Regional Museum

And also nearby

HISTORY

  • Construction of the power plant began in 1910, in September of the same year the foundations for engines were prepared. Already at the beginning. In 1911, the power plant began operations.

The station house had two gas-fired engines with a 100 kW DC generator.

The events of December 1917 are connected with the Alexander City Power Station. On the night of December 13 to December 14, 1917, an uprising began in the city for the establishment of Soviet power. The Bolsheviks, with the support of detachments of the Black Sea sailors under the command of O. Mokrousov, seized a power plant, a post office, a telegraph and other administrative institutions. Late in the evening, both sides went to negotiate the exchange of prisoners of war and ceasefire. Negotiations were held with the participation of city government representatives. The Ukrainian side demanded the release of prisoners of war and the immediate departure of the Bolshevik troops from the city. On the evening of December 12, the captured objects were released. The fighting lasted until December 15, ended with the victory of the forces of the Ukrainian Central Council, but the Bolsheviks received reinforcements and the fighting continued. The Bolshevik government in Oleksandrivsk was finally established on January 2, 1918.
The power plant is a landmark that is of great topological value as a complex with old engineering structures that have a successful and stylistically defined architectural solution. Until now, it is used by the Zaporizhzhya enterprise of city electric grids.

The station house had two gas-fired engines with a 100 kW DC generator.

The events of December 1917 are connected with the Alexander City Power Station. On the night of December 13 to December 14, 1917, an uprising began in the city for the establishment of Soviet power. The Bolsheviks, with the support of detachments of the Black Sea sailors under the command of O. Mokrousov, seized a power plant, a post office, a telegraph and other administrative institutions. Late in the evening, both sides went to negotiate the exchange of prisoners of war and ceasefire. Negotiations were held with the participation of city government representatives. The Ukrainian side demanded the release of prisoners of war and the immediate departure of the Bolshevik troops from the city. On the evening of December 12, the captured objects were released. The fighting lasted until December 15, ended with the victory of the forces of the Ukrainian Central Council, but the Bolsheviks received reinforcements and the fighting continued. The Bolshevik government in Oleksandrivsk was finally established on January 2, 1918.
The power plant is a landmark that is of great topological value as a complex with old engineering structures that have a successful and stylistically defined architectural solution. Until now, it is used by the Zaporizhzhya enterprise of city electric grids.

INTERESTING FACTS

  • The power plant worked on solid fuels: most often on coal or peat.
  • Despite the single floor, the building has a height of more than 7 meters, as well as a two-storey extension with a brick height of about 9 meters. The plinth of the building is made of granite, rising a meter from the ground.
  • The power plant worked on solid fuels: most often on coal or peat.
  • Despite the single floor, the building has a height of more than 7 meters, as well as a two-storey extension with a brick height of about 9 meters. The plinth of the building is made of granite, rising a meter from the ground.