water pipes Archives - Forgotten Galicia https://forgottengalicia.com/tag/water-pipes/ Remnants of the past found in Lviv, Galicia & the former Austrian Empire Sun, 12 Jan 2025 15:29:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://forgottengalicia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Bird-150x150.png water pipes Archives - Forgotten Galicia https://forgottengalicia.com/tag/water-pipes/ 32 32 Austrian-Era Wooden Water Pipes in Lviv https://forgottengalicia.com/austrian-era-wooden-water-pipes-in-lviv/ https://forgottengalicia.com/austrian-era-wooden-water-pipes-in-lviv/#respond Tue, 24 Apr 2018 09:56:02 +0000 http://forgottengalicia.com/?p=2014 In 2013 when one Lviv’s main thoroughfares, Horodotska Street, was being renovated, the construction workers found wooden water pipes that dated from the early years of the Austrian Empire, making them well over 150 years old. These pipes were made by taking wood logs, digging out the core, and placing inside […]

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]]> https://forgottengalicia.com/austrian-era-wooden-water-pipes-in-lviv/feed/ 0 Lviv’s Old Wells and Fountains https://forgottengalicia.com/lvivs-ancient-wells-and-fountains/ https://forgottengalicia.com/lvivs-ancient-wells-and-fountains/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2018 17:05:58 +0000 http://forgottengalicia.com/?p=2105 Wells and fountains were both a practical and aesthetic part of Lviv’s landscape. Records and photographs reveal that there were indeed many of them all around the city, especially near churches and monasteries. In time, with the advent of new infrastructures, these once vital water access points became obsolete, and […]

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