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Many Kaunas residents remember the prosperity of the Kaunas Silk Factory. So, seeing the chimney demolition in this area, some inhabitants were overwhelmed by ambiguous feelings.
No industry left?
Recently, Kaunas residents noticed that the demolition of the chimney on the Neris embankment had begun. The well-known Kaunas Silk Combine used to operate in this place. It is true that many companies of various profiles are now located in this area, since the factory has been closed for a long time.
“An industrial chimney in the city means that the city is a brilliant man. Chimney demolition, even Soviet, is worse than same-sex marriage. Consequently, there is no healthy proletariat left in the city, only office plankton. Long live the capital of zero units without life ”, described the historian Jonas Palys with wealth in the social network Facebook.
Other Kaunas residents also noted the changes taking place in Vilijampolė and assured that the old silk factory was undeservedly forgotten and could be resurrected to a second life.
“When he scraped something, he redid something, but that old spirit is definitely gone. Now the demolished chimney seems to definitely destroy the memory of this place. Surprisingly, Lithuania did not need factories and was allowed to simply go bankrupt and then destroy buildings. I think that if it weren’t for the silk factory, then for the other production industry it was really possible to adapt the facilities on the Neris embankment, “another interviewee Julius from Kaunas expressed his opinion.
Photo by Justina Lasauskaitė
Will be restored
The old silk factory is located in the area bordering the Neris embankment and Varnių street. There are currently several buildings in the area that are assigned different addresses. The State Inspectorate for Territorial Planning and Construction (VTPSI) specified that the chimney to be demolished is located in Varnių st. 48.
“VTPSI informs that after verifying the data in the building permit and the construction status supervision information system“ Infostatyba ”of the Republic of Lithuania, it was established that in 2020. October 28 City Municipality Administration Kaunas according to the prepared project “Engineering building of another purpose, Varnių str. 48, Kaunas, reconstruction project “issued a building permit for the reconstruction of the chimney”, – it is written in the comment sent by the Inspectorate to Kauno Diena.
The fireplace was old, it was falling apart, so it was decided not to renovate, but to build a new one. (Photo by Justina Lasauskaitė)
The project establishes that in the boiler room of the silk harvester owned by AB Kauno Energija, located at Varnių str. 48, there are six boilers and three economizers, the exhaust gases of which are fed into a common 50 m high brick chimney, which is currently being demolished.
There are no healthy proletarians left in the city, only office plankton.
“The chimney was built in 1954. As the existing brick chimney has been in operation for a long time and is in poor condition, it was decided to disassemble and design it and build a new 40 m high metal chimney with a stainless steel inner lining to wet smoke. The chimney is planned to be built on the site of the brick chimney to be dismantled, using the existing foundation of the brick chimney, ”explains VTPSI.
Chimney demolition work is not the only change to the site of the old silk factory. In 2013, the city council allowed a company to repair the Neris district. Operational administrative building 16. Another company was allowed to make changes next year. On the site of this silk factory, part of the factory premises were rebuilt into administrative premises. This shows that the old factory has already significantly changed its face and the nature of its operations.
A time of prosperity
According to the Center for Architecture and Urbanism, with the intensive expansion of “Tejidos Kaunas”, in 1951. a new workshop was opened in Vilijampolė. This workshop is equipped with the latest knitting machines and other equipment. 1953 the workshop produced the first production.
Three years later, with increasing production volumes, the Vilijampolė workshop separated from Kauno audiniai and became an independent company: Kaunas Plush-Silk Combine, where for the first time in Lithuania the production of various fabrics began high quality plush. 1960 this plant was already one of the largest industrial companies in the republic.
In the 1970s and 1980s, the combine expanded even further and produced around 38,000. m of tissues, and about 30 million. m of silk. The factory at that time was characterized by the latest technology and the ability to weave a variety of fabrics. However, the silk factory, which survived the golden age during the Soviet years, lost its appeal and competition after the restoration of independence, leading to a decline in orders over time and the closure of the factory. .
Photo by Justina Lasauskaitė
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