Technion Building in Hadar
In the first decade of the century, the Ha'ezra Society of German Jews, with offices in Berlin, resolved to work for the welfare and social betterment of Eretz Israel by establishing an institution for higher technological education. Haifa was chosen because, with the inauguration of the Hijaz Railway Station, the city promised to become an important centre for industry and technology. The handsome building of local stone rose loftily above the old city and became the social, cultural and communal centre of the Jews of Haifa. It was here that a resolution was passed in 1920 to establish the Histadrut (general trade union). Studies commenced in 1925. The site's 93 meter well served as the Haganah's main weapons cache. The original building now houses the National Museum of Science and Technology, the new Technion – Israel Institute of Technology campus having been built in Haifa's Neve Shanan district.
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