The Kleinlokomotive (small locomotive), DB-type 332, built in 1966 by Orenstein & Koppel, performed shunting work at small and medium sized train stations...

The sounds of chain forging using a forge hammer and anvil were recorded during a presentation in the Chain Forging Museum in Fröndenberg. They form an...

The rope making machine from the 1970s manufactured drive ropes for industrial use as well as macrame yarn and jute yarn for agriculture at the ropeworks...

The sizing and dyeing machine was manufactured in the Maschinenfabrik Coesfeld (Machine Factory Coesfeld) and presumably dates back to the mid-20th century....

The braiding machine (year of construction and manufacturer unknown) is an exhibition of the LWL-Industrial Museum Bocholt Textile Factory and it is used...

The Adler embroidery machine, model 9-35 (built around 1900), was operated by women in the Vereinigten Wäschefabriken (United Linen Works) Juhl & Helmke...

The Dürkopp button hole machine 555-2-W, constructed in 1931, is an exhibit of the Museum Wäschefabrik in Bielefeld. In the linen works of Th. and G....

The whistling kettle (teakettle) from around the year 2000 is privately owned and serves the purpose of heating water on a stove. There have been whistling...

The Dürkopp Class 566-104 chain stitch button sewing machine from the 1930s was originally used in the Vereinigte Wäschefabriken (United Linen Works)...

The manual coffee grinder from the 1960's was used in households to grind roasted coffee beans for brewing. With the advance of industrialization these...

The manual fire alarm from the 1960s was installed in a public facility in Germany. Today it is kept as an exhibit in the fire department museum in Hattingen. It...

The sound was recorded at the Port of Dortmund. Dortmund's port which terminates the Dortmund-Ems Canal connecting Dortmund to the North Sea was built...