Poland
Silesian Voivodeship
Żory
Żory
Gichta Tower of the Former Waleska Ironworks in Palowice
Poland
Silesian Voivodeship
Żory
Żory
Gichta Tower of the Former Waleska Ironworks in Palowice
Gichta Tower of the Former Waleska Ironworks in Palowice
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This Highlight is in a protected area
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Location: Żory, Żory, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
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A few kilometers north of the center of Żory, in the forest, by the Gichta pond, there is a brick hoist tower operating here in the first half of the 19th century, the "Waleska" smelter. The tower, called the gichta, was used to pull the charge - i.e. bog iron ore, charcoal and fluxes - to a considerable height with a manual crane, in order to cover a nearby cylindrical blast furnace. The building was built in the 1830s on a plan similar to a square. It is 15 m high, the interior dimensions are 610 by 775 cm. The walls are almost a meter thick.
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•June 7, 2021
It is worth visiting on the occasion of the Palowickie Lake District
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