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Recklinghausen Substation (Museum)

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Location: Ruhr Region, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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2. View of Zeche Ewald – EmscherLand Sign on the Hill loop from Recklinghausen Hauptbahnhof

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DirkOnTour

January 30, 2017

When the Vereinigte Elektrizitätswerke Westfalen commissioned the Recklinghausen substation in February 1928, no one suspected that this would once be the location of an unusual combination of industrial monument, modern factory and a museum.

Located at the edge of the city on the banks of the Emscher and the Rhine-Herne canal, the plant comprised five buildings at the time: a 110,000 volt and 10,000 volt switchyard, a control room, a residential building for employees and a transformer house.

After various renovations in the following decades, the substation was finally, between 1991 and 1994, restored as part of a project of the International Building Exhibition Emscherpark and technically modernized.

Since December 2000, the "Museum Strom und Leben", Germany's largest electricity museum, takes its visitors on an exhibition space of 2,500 square meters on a journey through the history of electrification.

A special feature of the house are its many tangible objects. The spectrum ranges from the largest plasma balls in Europe, the walk-in tram to old household appliances and the already "historic" video games "Ping" and "Tetris". You and many other small and large objects more, invite you to try out, be amazed and linger.

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Julia

April 30, 2018

"After the shutdown of the substation, the historic center of the VEW finds its place in the buildings from the time of the" New Objectivity ": the Elektromuseum brings 100 years of electricity supply to Westphalia to life. The company archive and library offer the opportunity to gain even deeper insights into the history of electrical engineering and the supply of electricity. Above all, the substation has the same task as it did 70 years ago. Equipped with the latest technology and faithfully restored, she does her work as ever. Old and new uses, industry and culture go hand in hand here. Under the attractive roof of the VEW substation Recklinghausen-Süd, it will find space, the new old industrial culture.

The substation illustrates on 2,000 m² of exhibition space how electricity has changed society sustainably within just a few generations. Historical exhibits from different epochs document the history of power generation and distribution. Examples from industry, trade, agriculture and household show application techniques and invite visitors to an exciting and active tour of the history of electricity.

The archive is used to document the history of the company and is primarily available to the scientific public as a source of information. Particularly noteworthy is the photo inventory, which meets the highest standards in terms of quality and quantity. The library of more than 30,000 volumes represents one of the most historically valuable collections of literature on electrical engineering and electricity supply in the German-speaking world. "
Source & further information: route-industriekultur.ruhr/ankerpunkte/umspannwerk-recklinghausen/seite-4.html

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DiDo Schropa

October 14, 2017

Interactive museum on the history of electric energy supply.

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1. Emscherland – EmscherLand sign on the hill loop from Bergwerk Consolidation

2. View of Zeche Ewald – EmscherLand Sign on the Hill loop from Recklinghausen Hauptbahnhof

3. Emscherland Experience Park – EmscherLand sign on the hill loop from Dortmund-Mengede

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