31 total sounds
  • Angel chimes

    The Swedish sound of Christmas? Angel chimes are a form of Christmas decoration popular in Europe and North America. Angel chimes have candle holders at...
  • Box mangle

    Box mangle

    This box mangle consists of a heavy frame with two large heavy rectangular stones. The lower stone is fixed and the upper one moves back and forth. Between...
  • Box mangle

    Box mangle

    Box mangle On this recording both rollers have rolled sheets. The sheets are rolled on the roller which is placed between the mangle stones. It has to...
  • Climbing the metal stairs up at Alcoholic beverage plant in Rajamäki (Rajamäen Ryyppi -museum)

    At the alcoholic beverage plant in Rajamäki there is a factory- and alcohol museum Rajamäen Ryyppi. The plant is now owned by Altia. Altia is joint-stock...
  • Coal crane

    The coal crane built in 1946 was originally in use at the Bahnbetriebswerk (locomotive depot) Dahlhausen which ceased operation in 1968. It was used to...
  • Cops Winder

    The cops winder made by the Wuppertal company Hacoba (Germany North Rhine-Westphalia) in 1949 was used in the textile industry. It produces yarn bobbins...
  • Dial-operated telephone

    The W48 (from German: Wählfernsprecher) was a dial-operated desktop telephone developed in 1948 in West Germany. It is made from the polymer Bakelite...
  • Electric printing press

    This printing press is part of the Slovenia Printing Shop, which was the largest and best equipped Partisan printing shop in the western part of Slovenia....
  • Four Stationary Engines from 1940’s

    Stationary engines were common in Finland especially in the countryside. They were used to power up for example farm machines and mills. Usually the...
  • Hammer drill

    The pneumatically driven hammer drill by the manufacturer Flottmann-Werke drills holes into soft or medium-hard rock (for detonations, for example). It...
  • Hydropower Station

    The hydropower station within the Slovenia Partisan Printing Shop was set up to generate energy for the printing press. It is fitted with a Pelton turbine,...
  • Mechanical weight-driven block-signalling apparatus

    Mechanical weight-driven block-signalling apparatus used in the first half of the 20th century. This announced train movements through a section or ‘block’...