The centerpiece of the show monument is the Gas Dynamo Machine III built by Thyssen & Co. in 1923.

At 22 meters long, it is the last surviving large gas engine in the new German states. It was in operation for 65 years as a generator with an output of 2 megawatts. Purified blast furnace top gas was used as the working medium. For 35 years it worked exclusively for the Maxhütten network. It was decommissioned at the turn of the year 1988/89. For demonstration purposes, the movements of the gas dynamo can be slowly reproduced by means of a trolley over the flywheel. In addition, you can hear the original sound of the gas center from a bygone era. A short video (excerpt from a DEFA film) shows the machine in operation...   PLG_GSPEECH_SPEECH_BLOCK_TITLE The centerpiece of the show monument is the Gas Dynamo Machine III built by Thyssen & Co. in 1923.At 22 meters long, it is the last surviving large gas engine in the new German states. It was in operation for 65 years as a generator with an output of 2 megawatts. Purified blast furnace top gas was used as the working medium. For 35 years it worked exclusively for the Maxhütten network. It was decommissioned at the turn of the year 1988/89. For demonstration purposes, the movements of the gas dynamo can be slowly reproduced by means of a trolley over the flywheel. In addition, you can hear the original sound of the gas center from a bygone era. A short video (excerpt from a DEFA film) shows the machine in operation...