The view of Kolyvan' stone factory |
The complex of Kolyvanskaya grinding-works is of a unique value. It includes the dam, the pond, industrial buildings (the construction was begun in 1727 and finished in 1820-s; the planning by the architects F. V. Strizhkov and S. V. Laulin). The complex is located near Fabrichnaya mountain. The Kolyvanskoye lake in which the Belaya river has its source, is situated to the south-east. To the south rises Sinyuha mountain, composed of white stone and gray quartz with dark mica. The height of the mountain is 1117 m. above sea level.
The factory is built on the place of the first regional plant -- the copper melting plant, which was founded in 1727. The construction of the factory is connected with the 18th century discovery in the Altai of rich deposits of minerals, stones for production, various raw materials, including gray-violet porphyries, jaspers, quartzites, granites, marbles and others. |
Kolyvanskaya dam is made of wood and earth. It is a dam of a Russian type. The height is 10 m., the length -- 150 m. It has a light metal fence. An old spillway from the side of the pond from which water flows through the plant in a canal, has remained. The masonry of the walls of the canal (2m. high) is in a good condition. In 1801--1802 a water wheel was mounted to supply water to the machines of the Kolyvanskaya grinding-works; in 1820 a second water wheel was mounted because the building for producing large objects of art had been built.
The main industrial building was planned by F. V. Strizhkov. It is two-storeyed building, made of granite, rectangular in plan, under a gable roof; the interior dating back to the 19th c. has remained. The building is a monument of Russian Industrial Classicism of the beginning of the 19th c. Besides, it is a memorial, connected to the history of the art of stone-cutting in Russia. It is also connected to the work of the mechanic-inventor and the first stone-cutter of Kolyvan, F. V. Strizhkov.
The project of the building for production of large objects of art was made by Strizhkov in 1807 and finished under the guidance of the factory manager S. V. Laulin. It is a one-storeyed building, made of stone, rectangular in plan, under a gable roof. The area of the department of polishing of large stone objects is 35 square m. The Queen of vases at the Hermitage was made here from revensk green jasper. It was designed by the architect Melnikov. The complex of the Kolyvanskaya grinding-works is a very valuable memorial of industrial architecture of Russia of the 18th c. to the first half of the 19th c.
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