Iron Gates

Energy and water in Drobeta Turnu Severin

The Hydroelectric Power System of the Iron Gates  The Hydroelectric Power System of the Iron Gates (SHNPF)

The local officials bestowed particular attention to the lighting of the town by introducing street lamp lighting in 1850 and later, the electricity produced by the power plant located in the public gardens (1907).

Today, the kilowatts are pumped by the power giant from Gura-Vaii. Built as a result of the cooperation between Romania and neighboring Yugoslavia, it has an installed capacity of 2,050 Mw, half of which belongs to the Romanian party.

The Turbine Hall at the Iron Gates

The Turbine Hall at the Iron Gates

The Turbine Hall at the Iron Gates

The Hydroelectric Power System of the Iron Gates

The Hydroelectric Power System of the Iron Gates (SHNPF)

The Hydroelectric Power System of the Iron Gates

Danube Gorge - Iron Gates

Middle Ages

During the early Middle Ages, the Iron Gates region continued to be an important area of economic and major strategic interests. It was for more than once that political interests prevailed in front of the economical ones.

Medieval Severin Fortress Medieval Severin Fortress - N-E Tower

Dacians and Romans

Trajan, Emperor of Rome Trajan, Emperor of Rome Decebalus, King of the Dacians Decebalus, King of the Dacians

Bronz-made Chalice

Bronz-made Chalice found at Portile de Fier (the Iron Gates)

Bronz-made Chalice

Sunset at Iron Gates

Behind the golden western hills
The sun goes down, a founder'd bark,
Only a mighty sadness fills
The silence of the dark.

O twilight sad with wistful eyes,
Restore in ruth again to me
The shadow of the peace that lies
Beyond the purple sea.

The sun of my great joy goes down,
Against the paling heights afar,
Gleams out like some glad angel's crown,
A yellow evening star;

The glory from the western hills
Falls fading, spark on spark,
Only a mighty sadness fills
The spaces of the dark.

(George Charles Whitney, Sunset)

 

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