Polski
Wąchock is one of the villages located on the Kamienna river, which in the 19th century was called one of the most industrious Polish rivers.
It was then that a string of industrial plants was built along its course. The assumptions were constructed in accordance with the plan, which assumed the industrialization of the lands of the then Kingdom of Poland.
The construction of the Wąchock metallurgical plant was completed in 1827. As for those times, modern solutions and rich equipment were planned here. Pig iron was processed into steel in as many as 6 furnaces (so-called fryszers). The work of metallurgists was facilitated by 3 hammers.
However, the difficult history of the 19th century also left its mark on the plant in Wąchock. A few years after the fall of the January Uprising, the closed and devastated factory changed its owners several times. The plant itself, originally intended for the production of steel, changed its function to a grain mill.
Finally, in 1899, the buildings of the former factory were purchased by Mikołaj Schoenberg. The entrepreneur organized a mill machinery factory, a mill and a foundry here. The machines, initially driven by a complex water drive, began to be powered by turbines in the late 19th century.
Further history was also not kind to the industry in Wąchock. The great flood in 1903 destroyed most of the machinery. Although the Schoenberg family quickly removed the damage, World War II brought the plant to an end. After 1945, the factory's equipment was gradually dismantled.
The impressive palace erected by Mikołaj Schoenberg next to the mill housed a militia station, commune office, flats, a kindergarten and a medical clinic within its walls. Today, the residence stands abandoned, arousing the curiosity of tourists walking around the lagoon on the Kamienna River.
