History

On land in the municipality cadaster, Josef Přibil from Nové Město nad Metují built a small, single-story building with a water-driven machine for folding yarn and its own weir.

Removal of the machine, rebuilt as a mill

New owners of the mill Jan and Anna Holeček from Černilov.

Václav Holeček buys the mill from his parents.

The mill burns down on the day of the Krčín fair.

On the site of the mill, the Krčín municipality establishes a hydroelectricity plant with a Francis turbine, produced by the company Josef Prokop and Sons from Pardubice (52 pieces).

Municipality power plant is established.

Equipped with a diesel water turbine.

Annual production is 100,000 kWh.

The Krčín municipality installs a second Francis turbine, produced by the company Bernard from Prague-Karlín (32 pcs, 40 and 25 kW generators).

Engraved

Annual production 258,640 kWh.

Modernization of the power plant behind Kaplan turbine, with installed output of 80 kW.

Kaplan turbine

Privatization of the Krčín Small-Scale Hydroelectricity Plant.

Floods, shutting down of operation.

Reconstruction and modernization of the Krčín hydro power plant.

January – start of electricity generation