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The Woolwich factory was severely bombed (27 air raids were aimed at the plant) and many buildings were destroyed or damaged. Shortly before the war, the workforce numbered over 9,000. During the war it fell to around 7,000. [1] After the war Siemens Brothers joined with Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Company to further develop radar for ships ...
The first unit was delivered in April 2004 as part of the "Rubin" project, which planned to introduce fully automated trains on the Nuremberg U-Bahn. [4] [1] Rubin is an acronym for Realisierung einer automatisierten U-Bahn in Nürnberg (Implementation of an automated U-Bahn in Nuremberg). [6] [7] Automated test running on line U3 began in ...
Johann Sigmund Schuckert (18 October 1846 in Nuremberg - 17 September 1895 in Wiesbaden) was an electrical engineer and the founder of Schuckert & Co. (after 1903 Siemens-Schuckert). He was a pioneer of industrialization in Nuremberg and for the electrical industry a pioneer of international status.
Siemens-Schuckert designed a number of heavy bombers early in World War I, building a run of seven Riesenflugzeug.Intended to be used in the strategic role in long duration flights, the SSW R-series had three 150 h.p Benz Bz.III engines in the cabin driving two propellers connected to a common gear-box through a combination leather-cone and centrifugal-key clutch in SSW R.I to the SSW R.VII ...
This includes the first generation VAG Class DT1, the newer VAG Class DT2, the newest VAG Class G1 (based on the Siemens Inspiro platform) and even the MVG Class A cars that have been used to alleviate temporary or long lasting rolling stock shortages in Nuremberg. The first series of VAG Class DT3 was initially designed for automatic operation ...
The VAG Class G1 is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft Nürnberg on the Nuremberg U-Bahn system. They have replaced the VAG Class DT1 and VAG Class DT2 previously in service on Nuremberg U-Bahn line U1. [4] [5] On 20 August 2020, the first of three G1 trains entered into the revenue service. [6]
Siemens & Halske (S & H) was incorporated in 1897 and then merged parts of its activities with Schuckert & Co., Nuremberg, in 1903 to become Siemens-Schuckert. In 1907, Siemens (Siemens & Halske and Siemens-Schuckert) had 34,324 employees and was the seventh-largest company in the German empire by number of employees.
Gescha was the name of a toy manufacturer established in Nuremberg, Germany in 1923. Sometime around 1980, the name was changed to Conrad Models , after the family that owned the company. History