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Feature03 November 2016,
updated04 November 2016Portfolio CompaniesNuremberg
The discovery of the dynamo-electric principle has brought about greater changes to the way our society lives than practically any other scientific breakthrough. By inventing the dynamo machine, not only did Werner von Siemens help bring about the advent of electrical machinery, he was also instrumental in accelerating and facilitating industrial processes. Seen from the perspective of society, this completely changed accepted concepts of time and mobility.
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The dynamo-electric principle
The dynamo-electric principle – a powerful driving force for 150 years
Structure of a dynamo machine
Press Pictures: 110 Years Dynamowerk Berlin
Klaus Helmrich, Member of Managing Board of Siemens AG, speaks at the customer event in Berlin.
Klaus Helmrich (right), Member of Managing Board of Siemens AG, and Juergen Brandes, CEO of the Process Industries and Drives Division, at the customer event in Berlin.
Nearly 70 customers celebrating 110 years of innovation in the Siemens Mosaik Hall in Berlin.
Klaus Helmrich, Member of Managing Board of Siemens AG, speaks at the customer event in Berlin.
Klaus Helmrich (middle), Member of Managing Board of Siemens AG, visits Siemens employees at the dynamo plant.
Nearly 70 international customers visited the dynamo plant in Berlin.
Nearly 70 international customers visited the dynamo plant in Berlin.
Nearly 70 international customers visited the dynamo plant in Berlin.
Historical Pictures
The Dynamowerk around 1906
The Dynamowerk factory seen from Motardstrasse, taken around 1906. The Dynamowerk is among the oldest production buildings in Siemensstadt. Work began on its construction in 1906. By 1940, Siemens had extended the factory in several stages.
Dynamowerk Berlin around 1913
View into the Railway Hall of the Dynamowerk in around 1913. From approximately 1930 onwards, the "E 44", the world's first multi-purpose electric locomotive, was produced here using a welded construction.
Locomotive Hall around 1925 in the Dynamowerk Berlin
View of the Dynamowerk with the Locomotive Hall in 1925 seen from Nonnendammallee.
Single-phase generator in the Dynamowerk
Mighty single-phase generators were produced in the Dynamowerk for what was then the world's biggest storage power station, the Walchsenseekraftwerk commissioned in 1924.
Assembly Hall of the Dynamowerk
By constructing the generators used in the Ardnacrusha hydroelectric power plant on the River Shannon, Siemens played an instrumental role in the electrification of Ireland. These shots taken in 1928 show the assembly hall of the Dynamowerk.
Assembly Hall of the Dynamowerk
By constructing the generators used in the Ardnacrusha hydroelectric power plant on the River Shannon, Siemens played an instrumental role in the electrification of Ireland. These shots taken in 1928 show the assembly hall of the Dynamowerk.
Assembly Hall of the Dynamowerk
By constructing the generators used in the Ardnacrusha hydroelectric power plant on the River Shannon, Siemens played an instrumental role in the electrification of Ireland. These shots taken in 1928 show the assembly hall of the Dynamowerk.
Dynamowerk Berlin around 1929
A Dynamowerk employee, taken in around 1929.
Aerial view of the Dynamowerk
View of the Dynamowerk after it was rebuilt in the post-war years. During the Second World War, the substance of the building sustained major bomb damage and was largely rebuilt between 1949 and 1956.
Short-circuit generator in the Dynamowerk
For what was then the world's biggest high-power testing laboratory in Berlin, the Dynamowerk was used to produce a short-circuit generator, also the biggest in the world. It took the Dynamowerk employees around 100,000 man hours to produce this gigantic generator. The picture shows the generator stand, which weighed around 100 tons.
The Dynamowerk in Berlin
Siemens AG, Dynamowerk Berlin, Nonnendammallee 72, in 13629 Berlin
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150 years of the dynamo-electrical principle
The discovery of the dynamo-electric principle has brought about greater changes to the way our society lives than practically any other scientific breakthrough. By inventing the dynamo machine, not only did Werner von Siemens help bring about the advent of electrical machinery, he was also instrumental in accelerating and facilitating industrial processes. Seen from the perspective of society, this completely changed accepted concepts of time and mobility.