Decades of neglect had transformed it into an anonymous degraded basin: even plants had grown inside and the surrounding area was used as a waste abandonment site. But a good cleaning has restored the luster to the wash house in via Puglie in Carbonia , a structure which in the past also had a certain social importance.
It is located in the heart of the Lotto B district, in the Rosmarino district: the volunteers of the Carbonia Nord Committee have put it back on track with an initiative that has attracted many supporters. Among those present, both the president of the Committee Luciano Pisanu and the councilor for maintenance Piero Porcu rolled up their sleeves.
Apart from the detachment of concrete fragments from some edges, the sink is intact. It has returned in more than decent conditions: "Thanks to the municipal administration - underlines the president - and perhaps compatibly with resources, we do not exclude that it can also be put back into operation".
Immediately after the birth of the city, in 1938, it became not only the place where the housewives of the miners went to rinse their clothes, but also a meeting and social place for women who could thus discuss problems and daily life. An ante litteram social network.