The Rickmers Yard crane on the River Geeste in Bremerhaven-Lehe — a striking relic of the city’s shipbuilding era. This full-portal tower slewing crane (Vollportal-Turmdrehkran) was installed in 1956 by Hans Seebeck Maschinenbau-Eisenbau GmbH (Bremerhaven-Lehe) and stands 35.5 m tall. Depending on outreach, it could lift up to 20 tonnes (or 7.5 tonnes at maximum outreach). After the Rickmers shipyard closed in 1986, the crane remained as an industrial monument and was refurbished in 2003 — today it’s officially protected as a heritage site. // #Bremerhaven #Lehe #Geeste #RickmersWerft #RickmersCrane #Shipyard #Shipbuilding #IndustrialHeritage #MaritimeHistory #HistoricMachinery #UrbanHistory #BlackAndWhitePhotography #NorthernGermany #Germany #Pixelfed

A historic steam-driven shunting crane stands on the former western quay in the southern part of Bremerhaven’s Old Harbour. Built in 1939/40 by Orenstein & Koppel AG in Lübeck, this dockyard crane was used at the Kurt Bartels yachtyard in Elsfleth until 1972. Powered by a horizontal reversible twin-cylinder steam engine, it could lift up to 3 tonnes, reach 6 meters, and rotate a full 360 degrees — a fascinating piece of maritime industrial heritage.

#Bremerhaven #OldHarbour #AlterHafen #SteamCrane #ShuntingCrane #MaritimeHistory #IndustrialHeritage #HistoricMachinery #HarborLife #GermanMaritimeHistory #DeutschesSchifffahrtsmuseum #NorthernGermany #Germany #UrbanPhotography #Pixelfed

Eicher tractor meet-up in the Waldenburg area. Even if I often cycle the same roads there is something interesting to see every day.
#EicherMotors #Eicher #historicmachinery #cycling #countryside

On Friday, April 26, 2024, we donated a N&K electric motor from 1925 to the Machine Museum Kiel Wik. This motor was in continuous service in a carpentry workshop in Eisenhüttenstadt, powering a bandsaw via a leather belt. Mr. Hansen from the Maschinenmuseum is a fantastic guy who showed us many interesting things :-) Photos by Regina Baltschun #museum #kiel #kielerförde #vintagetechnology #electricmotor #history #1925 #kielhistory #technikmuseum #industrialheritage #antiquetechnology #mechanicalengineering #historicmachinery #vintageengineering #collectorsitem #engineeringhistory #classicmachines

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Am Freitag, den 26.04.2024 haben wir dem Maschinenmuseum Kiel Wik einen N&K Elektromotor von 1925 als Schenkung übergeben. Dieser Motor hat bis zuletzt in einer Schreinerei in Eisenhüttenstadt seinen Dienst getan. Hier trieb er über einen Lederriemen eine Bandsäge an. Herr Hansen vom Maschinenmuseum ist ein echt toller Kerl und hat uns noch vieles gezeigt :-) Fotos: Regina Baltschun #museum #kiel #kielerförde #vintagetechnology #elektromotor #history #1925 #kielerstadtgeschichte #technikmuseum #industriekultur #antiketechnik #maschinenbau #historischemaschinen #vintageengineering #sammlerstück #ingenieurgeschichte #klassischeMaschinen

Second session of #TextileConf22 I've picked is about stitching together evidences of #IndustrialHistory from disparate sources (#archaeology #archives #BuiltEnvironment #museums #HistoricMachinery #art) through the #CongruenceEngine project.
https://www.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/project/the-congruence-engine/