Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft Karlsruhe
The Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft Karlsruhe ('Karlsruhe Engineering Works') was a locomotive and
The origins of the firm go back to an engineering works founded in Karlsruhe in 1837 by
The Maschinenbaugesellschaft Karlsruhe always belonged to the ranks of those smaller steam locomotive manufacturers that mostly built locomotives under licence which had been designed by other firms. Their major customers were the
After a period when the factory was working to full capacity during the course of the
The factory for the engineering works was initially located south of Karlsruhe's city centre at Karlstor. In 1902 it was transferred to a new site at Karlsruhe's western station (Westbahnhof) in Grünwinkel. During the first 30 years of its existence, a number of notable engineers worked for the Karlsruhe locomotive builders, including Emil Kessler, Niklaus Riggenbach, Carl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach.
References
- ^ Eisenbahn Journal, Band No. 2, Typenblätter, Baureihen 60-98, Archiv 1/2001, Horst J. Obermeyer, p77
Literature
- Werner Willhaus, Die Geschichte der Maschinenbaugesellschaft Karlsruhe und ihrer Vorgänger. EK-Verlag Freiburg, 2005. ISBN 3-88255-837-7