The southwestern slope of Petrov, called Puhl\u00edk, originally fell very steeply to the marshy meadow by the Svratec dam. In 1415, the town council agreed with Prokop of P\u00edsek, who had built a waterworks in \u010c\u00e1slav, and the wealthy Brno patrician V\u00e1clav Haas to use his own money to build a waterworks from the Svratka across Puhl\u00edk. The water pipeline was supposed to supply the fountains at the Upper and Lower Market, to bring water to breweries and individual houses. In 1416, King Wenceslas IV confirmed the arrangement and the first water supply system was built in Brno. Water was taken from the Svratka embankment and pumped by a pump that stood at the so-called Lampl mill (approximately at the site of today's spa on Kope\u010dn\u00e1) to a height of 140 feet (44.2 m) to the water reservoir on Puhl\u00edk. The pipe system was originally wooden (drilled pipes made of pine wood, connected by short iron cylinders), later stone and iron. The water passed through a complex system of settling tanks and overflow chambers to the wooden water tanks and from there through Starobrn\u011bnsk\u00e1 Street to the town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 1818, when the slope of Petrovsk\u00fd slope was modified to Denisovy sady, the old water tank was removed and replaced by a new wooden one. At the same time, two new, still preserved brick water tanks were built on the parkland wall and put into operation in 1820. They are accessed by a stone walkway along the building, accessible from the Bishop's garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The building consists of two chambers 16 m and 17 m long, 6 m wide. The space is vaulted (8 m above the floor), on which the terrace of the bishop's garden lies. In 1873, this waterworks was abandoned as the water system was completely rebuilt. Since then, the building has not been used and is gradually falling into disrepair. However, the size of this space, which resembles an empty cathedral, directly invites architects and builders to consider the possibility of its future use.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In Denisov\u00fdvh sadech (Denis Gardens) today we can see two preserved masonry reservoirs on the defence walls that were put into operation in 1820.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[30],"class_list":["post-1286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-historie-brnenskeho-podzemi","tag-19-stoleti"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n