Paul Michael Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 (edited) Is anyone surveying the D.E.W. fans from Germany? I have only found images of 4 examples, with help from another collector... And what Does D.E.W. stand for? Deutschland Elektro Werks or some such??? Who has one? PLEASE- Show it here! Edited August 16, 2023 by Paul Michael 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralf Augenstein Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garbe,_Lahmeyer_%26_Co. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralf Augenstein Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 Sorry, Wikipedia page only in German. Please use online translation 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ralf Augenstein Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 Garbe, Lahmeyer & Co. (before 1938 also: DEW - Deutsche Elektrizitäts-Werke zu Aachen) is a former electrical engineering company based in Aachen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralf Augenstein Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 The company was founded in 1886 under the technical leadership of the engineer Wilhelm Lahmeyer and the merchant Heinrich Garbe am Pontdriesch in Aachen as Deutsche Elektrizitäts-Werke zu Aachen, Garbe, Lahmeyer & Co. Two years later, the Aachen industrialists Carl Gustav Talbot, Jean Louis Piedbœuf, Gottfried Pastor and Carl Eduard Springsfeld entered the company as further limited partners. As early as 1890, Wilhelm Lahmeyer left the company and founded Wilhelm Lahmeyer & Co. KG in Frankfurt am Main, since 1893 Elektrizitäts-AG formerly W. Lahmeyer & Co. However, his name remained with the Aachen company beyond his departure, which was converted into a stock corporation from 1899. After large companies such as Siemens and AEG dominated the market at the turn of the century, Garbe, Lahmeyer also had to develop structurally. For this purpose, the company acquired available space in the Aachen-Nord industrial district on Jülicherstraße in the immediate vicinity of the Talbot wagon factory and the Aachen Nord station, where the management had new assembly halls with forge and carpentry as well as administrative and social buildings according to plans by the architect Flocke, which were supplemented around 1910 by the Werkstattbauten Nord and Süd according After the change of name in 1938 to Garbe, Lahmeyer & Co. AG, the company had the assembly halls significantly expanded for the ever-growing transformers, which were included in the emergency stage 1 of the organization Todt due to the war-related necessity. During the Second World War, production had to be gradually outsourced to Düsseldorf-Benrath, while the Aachen plant was affected by bomb attacks. After the war, the company returned to its headquarters in Aachen and the reconstruction took place, which was followed by extensions and increases that were already necessary in 1950 and 1960. In 1973, Garbe, Lahmeyer was taken over by CGEE Alsthom after it had run into financial difficulties due to a delay in delivery of silicon metals. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Michael Posted November 26, 2023 Author Share Posted November 26, 2023 On 8/16/2023 at 10:16 PM, Ralf Augenstein said: Ralf, thank you again for sharing this information and these photos. Are these gilt details hand-painted? Or decals/stencil-work? Can you tell with closer inspection? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Roadt Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 1900ish 10" DEW. DC125 V converted to 110 household current Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Michael Posted December 1, 2023 Author Share Posted December 1, 2023 Thanks @Jim Roadt. When am I visiting to see fans and get Blatzed? Would be great if you and @Ralf Augenstein could show cler photos of the tags. Which with the curve might take a few shots. I'm beginning to think D.E.W. was a one-hit wonder, as far as fans go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Roadt Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 not sure why they are sideways...they are correct prior to uploading 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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