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Żur Hydroelectric Power Plant

Żur, gm. Osie, woj. kujawsko-pomorskie

  • Curiosities & Technology
  • Technical Monuments

Żur Hydroelectric Power Plant

A historic hydroelectric power plant on the Wda river, built under the direction of Prof. Alfons Hoffmann in a record time of 18 months and put into operation in February 1930 by President Ignacy Mościcki. Together with the Gródek power plant, it forms a valuable complex of hydrotechnical monuments.

Significance

  • An example of interwar hydropower engineering in Poland

Practical information

Scope

  • Historic hydroelectric power plant from 1930

Seasonality and hours

Tours for groups by prior arrangement, mainly 8:00-14:00 on working days.

Getting there

Żur, Osie municipality, on the Wda.

Cost: Zwiedzanie grupowe po uzgodnieniu Visit duration: About 1 h Seasonality: Tours by arrangement Opening hours: Ok. 8:00-14:00 (po uzgodnieniu)

Source: https://nswiecie.pl/artykul/elektrownie-w-grodku-n655025; https://pomorskie.travel/en/articles/the-hydrotechnical-monuments-route/