Tap water is a symbol of urban modernization and indispensable for urban production and life. Today's seemingly ordinary tap water was a novelty in China in the 1950s. At that time, it was inconvenient for many enterprises in Zhuzhou to get water, which brought many difficulties to production and life. 1in March, 954, 33 1 factory leaders approached the mayor, Wu Zhankui, and proposed to build a tap water system for their factory. He said that this is not only the need of life, but also the need of production, such as heat treatment, surface treatment and so on all need a lot of water. As soon as the industrial demand was mentioned, the city leaders immediately took active actions. On June 1954 and 12, Wu Zhankui made a special trip to Changsha for help. Because this expert has just built the first waterworks in Hunan in Changsha, he is Xie Bingnan, then an engineer of the Provincial Architectural Design Institute. After Xie Bingnan arrived in Zhuzhou, major enterprises rushed to find him and wanted him to design the tap water system for the unit. Finally, Xie Bingnan suggested that since Zhuzhou is an industrial city and there are many enterprises that need tap water, it is better to build a large waterworks to supply water in a unified way, which can reduce the construction and operation costs. Wu Zhankui immediately agreed to Xie Bingnan's suggestion and decided to adopt the mode of joint investment between enterprises and * * * and unified management of * * *. But when Xie Bingnan started his field trip, new problems came again. The hilly landform of Zhuzhou is either mountain or water, which is inherently insufficient for the construction of urban tap water. However, difficulties did not stop Xie Bingnan. It took him 103 days to finally design a tap water scheme suitable for Zhuzhou's topographic characteristics, which is called "synchronous water supply mode". 1September, 954, Zhuzhou Municipal Committee specially invited Soviet urban construction experts to discuss Xie Bingnan's plan. As a result, Soviet experts were stopped on the spot, and they greatly appreciated the plan. Finally, the waterworks is located in Yuexingshan in the upper reaches of Zhuzhou section of Xiangjiang River. 1954 10 1 On the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the National Day, the first phase of Zhuzhou Waterworks officially broke ground. 1956 65438+1October 10 is a landmark day in the history of Zhuzhou. After 14 months of intense construction, a waterworks with a daily output of15,000 tons was built, and Zhuzhou became the second city with tap water in Hunan Province. With the urban tap water system, Zhuzhou can also be called a modern industrial city. That is, on March 23rd, 1956, Zhuzhou was upgraded from a county-level city to a prefecture-level city. Although Zhuzhou has made remarkable achievements in industry, its urban construction always lags behind its industrial development. No way, Zhuzhou City has spent all its money on industrial construction, and other aspects can be saved. Even Mayor Wu Zhankui's suggestion of installing screen windows in every dormitory in the city was refuted by Ma Jinzhuo, the vice mayor in charge of finance, on the grounds that there were mosquito nets. What screens are there? Wu Zhankui said nothing. Think about it, too. There is so little money in the city, save it. At that time, the accommodation conditions of employees in various enterprises were also very difficult. In the city with a shortage of funds, a penny could not be spent to help employees improve their housing conditions. Bricks produced by brick factories are used to build factories, so workers use their spare time and mud to build walls, use trees cut from mountains to make beams, columns and furniture, and cut bark to make roof tiles. When building a house, wait until the first layer of mud solidifies and paste it the next day. Repeatedly, the house built in this way will be stronger. Soon, a small courtyard with Hunan style was set up around the factory. The tools they use are so simple and life is so difficult. This shows how the builders of Zhuzhou at that time used * * * to push Zhuzhou forward. Because of paying too much attention to industry and neglecting urban construction, Zhuzhou leaders also received an unforgettable criticism: 1953, the first expressway in Zhuzhou, Jianshe Road, was completed. Jianshe Road runs through the north and south of Zhuzhou and is the main road of the city. In the following years, Jianshe Road was the only expressway in Zhuzhou. Many enterprises located in the suburbs don't even have a formal road to the urban area, and some employees can only walk along the railway line. 1958 10, Marshal Chen Yi passed by Zhuzhou and got off specially to see the construction of Zhuzhou. Ma Zhuangkun, secretary of the municipal party committee, and Wu Zhankui, mayor, accompanied him all the way. They happened to meet a train when they were driving to the South Railway Station of Jianshe South Road. Their car was blocked by the train and could not move forward. Marshal Chen Yi didn't want to spend too much time in Zhuzhou because time was tight, so he asked Wu Zhankui if there was any other way to get around. Wu Zhankui was embarrassed to sayno. Although Mr. Chen didn't criticize, both Ma Zhuangkun and Wu Zhankui broke out in a sweat and really didn't know what to do at the moment. In February, Dong, Luo Ronghuan, Nie, Tan Zheng and other state leaders visited Zhuzhou. Accompanied by Wu Zhankui, they inspected 33 1 Plant, Coal Washing Plant, Hemp Textile Plant and Cemented Carbide Plant. At this time, Nie Shuai found that the car had been running back and forth on the same road, so he said to Mayor Wu in the car, "Why do you always go this way?" As a soldier, I know nothing about urban construction. But I know that if there is a war and the enemy blows up this road in your city, your whole city will be paralyzed. Next time I come to you, if it's still this way, then I'll criticize you. Wu Zhankui blushed and said, "Dong Lao and the marshals are welcome to come to Zhuzhou again in the future. As long as I am the mayor, I will definitely plan to build several roads to ensure that I will not go back and forth. " Nie Shuai's words awakened these passionate young people who were immersed in industrial development. In this market, * * * has planned and built urban roads such as Jiang Yan Road and Renmin Road, and gradually formed an urban loop network. Ma Jinzhuo, the newly completed vice mayor of Jianshe Road, once made a generous move:1At the end of 953, considering that Zhuzhou often needed to receive distinguished guests (mainly Soviet experts and * * *), the province gave Zhuzhou two advanced Warsaw cars. At that time, Zhuzhou was a gravel road except Jianshe Road, and many newly built cars in the factory could not drive in at all. Moreover, the leaders of the municipal party Committee at that time also felt that they were not worthy to take such an advanced car, so Wu Zhankui found Ma Jinzhuo to discuss and prepared to leave a Warsaw car for VIPs and change it to a second-hand jeep. Unexpectedly, this obviously loss-making business was supported by Mayor Ma. In this way, a second-hand jeep has become a tool for the leaders of the municipal party Committee to walk instead of walking. But because of this jeep, they were stopped at the gate of 33 1 factory several times. Because VIPs often visited the 33 1 factory at that time, they were always accompanied by city leaders. 33 1 The janitor of the factory always put the car in Warsaw, but stopped this shabby second-hand jeep. They always thought that this car didn't come with VIP, because the two cars didn't take each other. Finally, only by contacting the factory department and explaining the situation, the doorman will release it. This misunderstanding has happened many times because the doorman on duty is not the same person every time. By the first session of Zhuzhou Municipal Committee in 196 1 and the establishment of Zhuzhou City in 10, Zhuzhou had developed from a small town with a population of 7,000 to a heavy industrial city with a population of 65,438+10,000. At the beginning, the five young people came to Zhuzhou as a blank piece of paper with the great desire of "singing and singing" and the entrustment of the old secretary Yang, and began to paint the most beautiful picture in their hearts. Their paint boxes are full of revolutionary romanticism, and every line and color they draw is very cutting-edge. Then, more and more young people came to this piece of white paper and participated in the creation of this painting. Everyone comes from all corners of the country, saying that the assembly number supporting the construction of the motherland echoes in the ear. Immigrants who came to Zhuzhou in batches have integrated their growth into the blood of Zhuzhou, and Zhuzhou has also begun the journey of becoming one of the top 100 cities in China. By 20 18, the built-up area of Zhuzhou has reached 145.82 square kilometers, and the population of the main urban area is10.2 million. Time flies, time flies, more than 60 years have passed, and Zhuzhou, a poor and white town, has gradually blurred in people's memory and become an unforgettable memory. The builders who created more than 100 "New China No.1" in those years are old, while Zhuzhou is still very young, and the industrial legend belonging to Zhuzhou continues. Today, the story of Zhuzhou Jianshe Road ends here. Finally, I want to talk about the original intention of writing this series of stories. In China, a country with a history of 5,000 years of civilization and only a few decades of history, Zhuzhou is really a very young city, lacking in cultural details. Zhuzhou City has always focused on Yan Di culture in the promotion of traditional culture, but I always feel that Yan Di is too far away from us to arouse people's resonance. Later, I saw many articles and videos about the early history of Zhuzhou city on the Internet, and I was gradually moved by those years. However, due to insufficient publicity, many native Zhuzhou people are not familiar with this history. From Yang, the initiator of Great Ambition, to Wu Zhankui and Tang, the painstaking technicians, and then to Xie Bingnan, an expert and wise man of the Soviet Union. These strange and even nameless heroes should not be buried. The early history of Zhuzhou, full of * * * and full of legend, is really worth understanding and inheriting by everyone in Zhuzhou. So, I decided to collect these clips, organize them systematically, and then let more people know through the media platform. In the process of writing this series of stories, I am often moved by the stories and characters, and even can't sleep. This also made me realize that the true story still has the power to touch people's hearts even if it has been sealed for a long time. Zhuzhou is an immigrant city. In the following decades, many people came to Zhuzhou one after another. Zhuzhou also welcomes them with a broad mind. According to statistics, apart from Shenzhen, Zhuzhou is the second largest immigrant city in China. The first generation of immigrants came here without hesitation in order to support the construction of the motherland. Those eventful years, those ups and downs, should not only stay in their memories, but should be passed down from generation to generation. Their pioneering spirit and hard work are the most precious spiritual wealth left to this city.