Signal horn
The signal horn from the 1950s was part of the work equipment used by a shunter for the industrial railway at the…
Konrad Gutkowski
Time clock
The time clock of the brand “Isgus” was used to record working hours on punch cards. Up until the 1950s, the company…
Siren
The electric siren Elektror S0 KB from the 1960s was in use as a factory siren until the 1990s. It was used…
Mine telephone
The mine telephone made by the company Funke & Huster GmbH has been installed in the shaft-hall of the LWL-Industrial Museum Zollern…
Overhead monorail (Wuppertal Suspension Railway) – inside
The overhead monorail, type GTW 72 (also known as the Wuppertal Suspension Railway), was built by Maschinenfabrik Augsburg- Nürnberg (MAN) in the…
Overhead monorail (Wuppertal Suspension Railway)
The overhead monorail, type GTW 72 (also known as the Wuppertal Suspension Railway), was built by Maschinenfabrik Augsburg- Nürnberg (MAN) in the…
Steam locomotive
The steam locomotive “Anna No. 6” was built in 1940 in the Friedrich Krupp factories in Essen. Up until World War II…
Forging of hammer heads
The recorded working noises here are the sounds made by the production of forging-hammer heads in the tool company Krenzer Hammer. It…
“Reider”
In traditional Solingen knife-making the blade is assembled with the handle by a person called “Reider”. He or she does this by…
Eccentric press
In the tool factory Krenzer in Ennepetal (Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia) the eccentric press from the 1950s is used to shape metals (punching…
Hoist
The hoist, which was built cooperatively by the Gutenhoffnungshütte (GHH) and the company AEG (construction by GHH, Elektrik: AEG) in the 1980s,…
Conveyor belt
The conveyor belt, which is driven by an electric motor, is located at the exit of the inclined conveyance heading of the…
Bucket chain
In the coal mixer of the colliery Prosper-Haniel (Ruhrkohle AG) the mined coal is mixed in order to provide a consistent quality…
Coal mixer
In the coal mixer of the colliery Prosper-Haniel (Ruhrkohle AG) the mined coal is mixed in order to provide a consistent quality…
Spring Hammer
The spring hammer (manufacturer unknown) from the 1920s was originally used in a forge in Southern Westphalia for the purpose of metalworking.…
Tumble-wash (Germ.: “Polterwäsche”)
The “Tumble-wash” (manufacturer unknown) from the 1920s was originally used in the wire-making industry in the city of Altena (Southern Westphalia) in…