Holló Szilvia Andrea: Budapest's Public Works - Our Budapest (Budapest, 2010)

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In 1896, János Wein was retired in full appreciation of services rendered, with Mihály Kajlinger succeeding him in his position. The advances made rendered raw water collection from the Danube superfluous by the end of the century, and the auxiliary wells on Margaret Bridge were also taken out of the system. With the completion of the 17,500 cubic-metre reservoir in the side of Gellért Hill completed in 1904, there was no need to worry about water shortages.

The Waterworks Board of Directors worked from 1889 to 1911 under the aegis of the Engineering Bureau. When the highest-level central organisation was disbanded, the management became an independent body under the name of Budapest Waterworks Board of Directors. The first measure the new organisation intended to take was the construction of lift stations and reservoirs in order to improve the water supply of the Buda hills. Although the management set about to implement their plans, and the Óra út and Budakeszi út plants had in fact been completed before the outbreak of World War I, the construction of the water tower on Eötvös út and of the Christina Town pumping station had to be postponed. During the war

■ The iiender water tower in Cötvöi út

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