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Industry in Germany until 1914

Workers at Krupp, 1912

View of the hydraulic 4000t forging press of Friedrich Krupp AG Essen.

Producing boilers in Germany, 1910

Workers rivet the walls of the boilers.

Automobile paintshop at the Stoewer works, 1910

View of the production hall where the painting of the chassis of motor vehicles is carried out in the automobile manufactury Gebrueder Stoewer, Fabrik fuer Motorfahrzeugen in Stettin / Germany.

Steel moulding shop in the Krupp factory, around 1912

Steel is being formed in Martinwerk VI of the Krupp cast steel factory in Essen. The photo is undated.

The original company building of Krupp, 1910

The original company building of Krupp built in 1822 in Essen.

Workers at Krupp, 1912

View of the hall of the steel factory with Martinwerk VI of Friedrich Krupp AG Essen.

Blast furnace plant, 1910

Blast furnace facility of the Friedrich-Alfred-Huette.

Hall of the Krupp works in Essen, 1910

Hall of a steel forming shop in Martinwerk VI of the Krupp Works. It is 23000 square meters large and stores a daily output of about 570000 kg of produced steel casting compound.

Transmission factory, 1910

A view into a factory with unsecured transmission belts, which posed a high health hazard for industrial workers. Serious industrial accidents were not uncommon in such workshops. The priority of safety at work was enforced by the unions through decades of struggle.

Upholstery workshop of Stoewer works, 1911

Workers making car seats in the upholstery workshop of the Stoewer works.

Production of automobiles, 1911

A worker in a factory working on a crankshaft on the shaper.

Crankshaft for automobile production, 1911

A skilled worker in an automobile factory at the lathe while turning a crankshaft, which he measures with the calliper gauge for accuracy.

Women working at a punching machine, 1911

Women work on punches to manufacture tin lids for cans in a factory.

Motor vehicle production at Stoewer, 1911

Workers install the engine and the transmission.

Iron foundry, 1912

Industrial worker in an iron foundry in Essen.

Production of an aircraft, 1912

Workers during the production and completion of an aircraft.

Mine accident at the Minister Achenbach coal mine , 1912

Two police officers with a spiked helmet guard the entrance to the administration building of the Minister Achenbach mine in Luenen after a mine accident occurred there. There had been an underground explosion. In front of the gate a crowd has gathered.

Workers of the Krupp company, 1912

Workers at the rolling mill for light rails, sleepers, section and bar iron at the Friedrich-Alfred-Huette in Rheinhausen.

Tank turrets in the Krupp cast steel factory, 1912

Armored turrets manufactured by the Krupp company.

Krupp cast steel factory in Essen, 1912

Ship stern for a 50,000 t steamer in the Krupp cast steel factory.

Forging press in the Krupp Gusstahlfabrik (Cast Steel Works), 1912

The big forging press in Essen.

Blast furnace plant of the Krupp company, 1912

View of the blast furnace facility of the Friedrich-Alfred-Huette steelworks in Rheinhausen.

Centenary at Krupp, 1912

Ships and boats are launched on a canal on the occasion of the centenary of the Krupp company.

In the Bessemer factory in Essen, 1912

Workers in the Bessemer factory of the Krupp company. The Bessemer bulb was used to produce steel from pig iron.

Blast furnace plant of the Krupp company, 1912

The blast furnace plant "Friedrich-Alfred-Huette" in Rheinhausen.

A forging press of Krupp, 1912

A large forging press in the Krupp Gusstahlfabrik (Cast Steel Works) in Essen.

Sound industry in Papendorf, 1912

Men work at a brick kiln in a clay factory in Papendorf, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Miners in a mine, 1913

Miners drill in a tunnel with a horizontal drill.

Issuing office of an amber factory, 1913

Workers of the Palmnicken amber factory in East Prussia / Germany hand in the amber stones they processed at home.

Amber workshop in East Prussia, 1913

This photo shows the production of jewelery and other objects of daily use in an amber workshop in the royal amber mine in Palmnicken in East Prussia / Germany.

Employees at the Royal Amber Mine in Palmnicken, 1913

Employees of the Royal Amber Mine in Palmnicken, East Prussia / Germany (today: Jantarny), produce cigars and cigarette holders, pipes and other utensils.

Shipbuilding industry, 1913

Workers in a German shipyard.

Candle production, 1913

Factory worker involved in the production of altar candles.

Machinists check a diesel motor, 1900

A diesel engine of a machinery of the Berliner Scherl Verlag is checked by the machinists.

Shipyard in Wilhelmshaven

The Imperial Shipyard Wilhelmshaven.

Oil mill in Gdansk, 1900

Gdansk oil mill limited partnership on shares, Patzig and Co.

The Bessemer steelworks of Krupp, around 1900

The first Bessemer steelworks in Europe, which was commissioned by the Krupp company in 1862. Undated photo.

Krupp's "Hammer Fritz", around 1900

In September 1861 the world-famous "Fritz" hammer designed by Alfred Krupp was used for the first time in the Krupp factories. It could be used to forge cast steel weighing up to 50,000 pounds for the heaviest ship shafts and other mass objects. With the "Fritz" hammer the cast steel factory joined the ranks of the largest forges in Europe and the world. Undated photo.

Workers at the Merck chemical factory, around 1900

Workers in Darmstadt. Many of them had to walk up to two hours from their homes to their workplaces. The photo is undated.

Power station in the Scherl publishing house, 1900

The power station in the new building of Scherl Verlag in Berlin.

The factory A. Schoenicke und Co. in Danzig, 1900

A drawing of the factory of the company Danziger Parkett- und Holzindustrie A. Schoenicke und Co. from the year 1800. On the factory premises the wood is piled up for further processing.

Skilled worker at the switchboard, 1900

A skilled worker at the switchboard of the new machinery of the Scher publishing house in Berlin.

Paper money production in the Reich printer, 1902

This image from the Reich printer shows copperplate printer during preparing the printing plates for the manufacturing of paper money.

Homeworker at basket weaving, 1902

Home workers in Upper Franconia weaving baskets.

Home workers for the toy industry, 1902

A lot of homework was contracted out for the toy industry, where the raw material, in this case the prefabricated doll's heads, was supplied by the middlemen and the painting work was later billed at a starvation wage.

Celebration of the largest nickel steel plate, 1902

Men wearing frock coat and bowler hat, admire and celebrate the world's largest rolled nickel steel plate so far, which is considered a triumph of German technology. The plate weighed 106 000 kg and became famous all over the world.

Steam engine, 1903

A steam engine manufactured in the Richard Raupach Engineering Works Goerlitz in 1903 is in service in the machinery of the Berliner Scherl Verlag. The worker responsible for the machine refills the oil with a can.

Doll manufacture, 1902

Workers in a Berlin toy factory under the roof at their simple workplaces. They form the individual body parts of the dolls from dough.

Mining until 1945

Gun carriage adjustment, 1904

Production of mountings, thus mobile racks on which a weapon can be mounted at the Krupp company.

Krupp cannon factory hut, 1904

The Krupp company in the weapons industry.

Automatic screwing bench, 1904

A worker in front of an automatic screwing bench of the Archimedes company.

Cotton spinning mill, 1905

In a cotton spinning mill, female workers operate the spinning machines that weave the yarn into fabric. The photo was taken in 1905.

Boiler manufacturing plant, 1905

Construction of modern water tube boilers. The photo shows marine boilers during the air pressure test.

Female workers in a spinning mill for asbestos yarn, 1905

Women in the industry: Asbestos yarn spinning mill.

In a bicycle factory, 1905

Worker in the turning shop of a bicycle factory.

Workers of a Berlin engraving company, 1905

Industrial worker in the engraving plant "Koenigliche Muenze".

Engine production in Germany, 1906

Workers in a German engine plant here when adjusting the valves of the engines during the engine assembly.

Home workers during the production of handmade paper, 1907

A home worker of the Bernauer timber industry in the Chiemgau with his family in the living room during the manufacture of handmade paper (wood vessels). In the background, stacked up in front of the door, are the finished goods for delivery to the intermediary.

Production of artificial flowers, 1907

Workers dyeing the punched leaves.

Ship stern in a factory, ca. 1907

Ship stern for a 5000 ton steamer from the Krupp cast steel factory in Essen.

Production of artificial roses, 1907

Workers punching rose petals.

Gobelin weaving mill, 1908

Gobelin stuffing and repair room.

Workers in a cigar factory, 1908

Female workers in a German cigar factory in 1908.

Small business in the steel industry, 1908

Factory manager and workers in a small steel production company.

Workers in an iron plant, 1908

Workers in the metalworking industry.

Manufacture of hides and furs, 1908

Workers in a workshop manufacturing fur coats and jackets.

AEG plant in Berlin, 1908

In one of the largest cable factories of the German electrical industry, cables are wrapped with paper tape. Unsecured transmission belts and uncovered turned parts on the cable bench are a constant safety hazard for workers. However, the plant is ultra-modern for its time.

Print shop in Berlin, 1908

Young men and women work in a machine room in a Berlin printing house.

Women in a cigar factory, 1908

Women working on machines in a German cigar factory.

Production of artillery gun turrets at Krupp, 1909

Artillery gun turrets are produced in the central hall of the VI mechanical workshop .

Asbestos factory in Reinickendorf, 1909

This shot from the asbestos factory in Reinickendorf shows the hall for stuffing boxes.

Painting work on a bike in Germany, 1909

Worker in a German car factory when painting a car wheel.

The Krupp Works in Essen, 1909

Look at the steel foundry in Martinswerk in the plant in Essen.

Homeworker in Upper Franconia, 1909

Home workers make round fruit baskets.

Production of hats, 1909

Female workers manufacturing Florentine hats. In this workroom the finished hats are lined and decorated with ribbons. The finished hats are stacked along the wall to the right. This photo was taken in 1909.

Work in a straw hat factory, 1909

The picture from 1909 shows women workers at their sewing machines while making straw hats. Gas lamps hang from the ceiling to illuminate the room.

Look into a tunnel, 1909

View into a so-called cross cut downhole. On the left is a miner with horse. It pulls loaded drams.

Shift change at Krupp, 1909

During shift changes in the Krupp works, a crowd of workers walk along the public main road through the factory.

Krupp cannon workshop, 1909

The Cannon Workshop V of the Krupp company.

Family making animal figures,1909

A family making animal figures in the toy village of Seiffen in the Saxon Ore Mountains.

Asbestos plant in Reinickendorf, 1909

Braiding room for stuffing box packings at the asbestos plant in Reinickendorf.

Workshop for balloons, 1909

Workers in a workshop where balloons are made.

Martinswerk VI, 1909

Casting of an ingot in the Martinwerk VI of the Krupp works.

Workers at Krupp, 1909

View of the production hall of Friedrich Krupp AG Essen. Workers rolling an armour plate.

Krupp factories, 1909

Rolling an armor plate in the armory of the Krupp Works in the Ruhr area for the German Empire.

Miners at work underground, 1909

Miners mend the supporting structure of a tunnel in September 1909.

Ironworks in Solingen, 1870s

The ironworks of the Zwilling J. A. Henckels company in Solingen. The drawing was made around 1870.

The painting "The Iron Rolling Mill" (Das Eisenwalzwerk) by Adolph Menzel, 1875

The painting "Iron Rolling Mill" by the painter Adolph Menzel from 1875 shows a factory for railway tracks in Koenigshuette in Upper Silesia (today Chorzow). It was the first large-format painting depicting a large-scale technical operation. On the right, some workers are hastily eating the meal they brought with them.

Industry in Graudenz

Factory of Herzfeld and Victorius in Graudenz, West Prussia.

Sugar factory Culmsee, 1880

Sugar factory in Culmsee in West Prussia.

Steel foundry of F. Schichau in Elbing, 1880

Steel plant of F. Schichau in Elbing, East Prussia.

Crucible steel melting shop, 1880

The crucible steel melting shop of the Kruppsche Gussstahlfabrik in Essen.

Steel industry, 1880

Casting in a foundry of the Krupp works in one of the largest factory halls. The shown hall had a length of 200m, a width of 80m and covered an area of 21000 sqm.

German steel factory, 1890

Bessermer plant of the company Krupp.

Machine factory of F. Schichau in Elbing, 1880

Machine factory of F. Schichau in Elbing, East Prussia.

The Gdansk oil mill limited partnership on Actien Patzig and Co. at the turn of the century

Bessemer works in Essen, 1895

Decarburization of pig iron in the Bessemer converter at the Krupp plant in Essen.

Women working in a cable factory, 1895

Industrial workers work on their machines in the wire spinning mill of a large cable factory of AEG.

Rubber rolling mill in Berlin, 1897

The rubber rolling mill of AEG in Berlin, at that time a modern and new plant. Picture from the year 1897.

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