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C O L L E C T I O N O F H I S T O R I C A L E L E C T R I C A L M A C H I N E S
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The collection contains more than 70 objects, which document the development of industrial
electrical engineering from its beginnings in the 1870s until the present. The focus is on direct
current machines, which were manufactured until the turn of the century for use in industry,
crafts and trade. These include the originals of famous manufacturers like Siemens & Halske,
Deutsche Edison-Gesellschaft, AEG, Kummer & Co. and Siemens-Schuckert-Werke. The
collection is supplemented by early alternating current and three-phase current machines, as
well as by cutaway models of modern electrical machines. The Institute of Electrical Power En-
gineering was destroyed in 1945, but many machines were recovered from the debris and gra-
dually restored. Most of the devices are on display in the Görges Building, parallel to the
exhibition in the Altana Gallery.

Institute of Electrical Power Engineering
Görges-Bau · Helmholtzstraße 9
Dr. Nicol Hildebrand · Phone: +49 351–463 331 88 · E-Mail: Nicol.Hildebrand@tu-dresden.de
https://www.et.tu-dresden.de/elmasch/elmasch_public.php

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