Description
Have you ever wondered how steel is made? Or what iron powder is used for? Then there’s the oldest enamelling plant for household utensils – where do you think that might have been? And what about the environmental fallout from its presence? The Thale Hüttenmuseum provides answers to all those questions.
The museum presents the history of iron smelting and iron processing by drawing on the example of the Thale Ironworks in the Northern Harz region. In Thale, the development of ferrous metallurgy began in the Middle Ages. A sheet metal works was founded in 1686, and in the 20th century, that evolved into a major industrial operation, the Thale Ironworks.
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Stations of this Audioguide
- 1
- Welcome
- 2
- The Thale Works after 1990
- 3
- The Beginnings
- 4
- Bennighaus: the First Sole Owner
- 5
- Thale Becomes a Town
- 6
- Armaments Production
- 7
- Great Depression, "Third Reich" and Second World War
- 8
- The End of the War
- 9
- The Immediate Post-War Years
- 10
- Training Organisation in the GDR
- 11
- The VEB’s Main Clock
- 12
- Industry and the Environment
- 13
- Steelworker, Angler or...?
- 14
- Puddling Steel Mill, Siemens-Martin Steel Mill
- 15
- Steelworkers' Protective Gear & Tools, Electric Arc Furnace
- 16
- The Stamp and Hammer Mill
- 17
- Steam Engine No. 7
- 18
- History of the Foundry – and a Bathtub
- 19
- A Closer Look at Enamel.
- 20
- Enamelled Household Utensils from 1890 to 1985
- 21
- Welding Technology and Raw Container Production, THALETEC Image Film
- 22
- The Tank Enamelling Furnace
- 23
- Powder Metallurgy
- 24
- Production Now
- 100
- Fireless Steam Locomotive
- 101
- Steam Engine No. 7