HI Lads , here are a few of the photos I took on my visit to the museum ,the museum is well worth a look if your ever in Berlin , having a wide section of exhibits and demonstrations .
Its easy to spot the museum from a distance as its the only building with a Douglas C-47 Skytrain/Dakota suspended from the corner of the building . One of the aircraft used in the Berlin airlift
One of the first exhibits is of a working engineering shop from the early 1900, complete with all the line shafts ,driven from a very fine example of a beam engine .
Another very fine beam engine , there are red boxes that are viable in a few of the photographs these are positioned next to an exhibit and give the time at witch the next demonstration will be given .So if there is something you have a particular interest in seeing its just a case of noting the time and wandering back to see the demonstration .
A few of the locos they have on display , one which has been sectioned so you can see how things work.
Some of the 1/5 scale model locos and rolling stock , these were built to a very high standard .
The jewellery manufacturing shop was excellent with chain making ,embossing ,drawing,rose engines and guilloche demonstrations ,the display cases showed a step by step processes of spin and lost wax castings , sadly no casting demonstration that day . Wile on the subject of ornamental work I was lucky enough to pick up a five volume set of Holtzapffes Turning and Mechanical Manipulation 1850 on my way back through London,nice addition to my library.
Think i will make one of these engraving vice.
Now this was something else , whats hard to see due to the glass is the amount of rivets in this model of a boat lift , similar to the Anderton Boat Lift here in the UK , This model was still under construction , but the chap did give me a quick demo .
AS well as sail boats they had a good selection of steam boat engines .
An Oscillating steam engine
Video
aviation
aero motors
Above is just a very small selection of what was on display ,some of the other displays were computing,chemistry,transport,brewery and windmills . They were doing some remodelling of the museum at the time of or visit but this did not detract from or experience .
Rob
