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The steam mill begin. 20th century
Full name of the monument :

The steam mill begin. 20th century

Region :
Chernihiv region
Address of the monument :
Nizhyn, Franka St., 20
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
поч. ХХ ст.
Time classification according to the installation epoch :
Imperial period from XVIIІ centuries to 1918
Person/event, object the monument is dedicated to :
object(s)
Material :
mixed materials
Type of art composition :
technical or industrial ready-made object(s)
Artistic approach :
abstract art
Narrative commemorates :
Ukrainian statehood from the IX to the XVIII centuries
The preservation state of the monument at the time of the research :
exists
Institution responsible for maintenance :
Nizhyn city council
Institution’s website :
nizhynrada.gov.ua
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
A steam mill is a mill driven by a steam engine. At the end of the 19th century the first steam mills appear, later - also mills with oil and gas generator engines, which produced a large amount of flour and of a higher quality. In the 90s of the XIX century. in Nizhyn, a steam mill with a capacity of 17 horsepower was already operating at the flour mill and groats plant, which processed 60-70 thousand poods of various types of flour per year. Architectural monument