Gebläsehalle, Duisburg
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(c) Matthias Baus
The ›Aktiengesellschaft für Hüttenbetrieb‹ was founded by August Thyssen in the north of Duisburg in 1902. By the year 1908, the 200-hectare site was home to five blast furnaces as well as a pit, a sintering plant, a coking plant and a foundry.
The Gebläsehalle or blasting hall forms part of the former steam blasting plant, a complex dating back to the works' beginnings. It is 50 metres long by 12.4 metres wide and still contains four of the electric turbo compressors used to produce the furnace blast needed to smelt iron-ore.
The Kraftzentrale or central power plant was built between 1906 and 1911. 170 metres long, 35 metres wide and 20 metres high, it is one of the largest industrial buildings in Metropole Ruhr. Its six gas blowers produced furnace blast and ten high power gas engines, powered by blast furnace gas, once drove the dynamos producing electricity for the plant as well as for the adjacent works housing. In 1965 the machines fell silent and were later scrapped. The hall itself was used to store equipment right up to the mid- Eighties. In 1997, after a seven-month long overhaul, the Kraftzentrale reopened its doors as a multifunctional location for cultural events.
What is played at this location:
Directions
Shows
August
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Fri15Aug
17.00Romeo Castellucci: Le Sacre du Printemps on 15. August 2014 at 5.00 PM -
Sat16Aug
14.00Romeo Castellucci: Le Sacre du Printemps on 16. August 2014 at 2.00 PM20.00Romeo Castellucci: Le Sacre du Printemps on 16. August 2014 at 8.00 PM21.00freitagsküche for Romeo Castellucci: Le Sacre du Printemps on 16. August 2014 at 9.00 PM -
Sun17Aug
14.00Romeo Castellucci: Le Sacre du Printemps on 17. August 2014 at 2.00 PM20.00Romeo Castellucci: Le Sacre du Printemps on 17. August 2014 at 8.00 PM -
Tue19Aug
20.00Romeo Castellucci: Le Sacre du Printemps on 19. August 2014 at 8.00 PM -
Wed20Aug
20.00Romeo Castellucci: Le Sacre du Printemps on 20. August 2014 at 8.00 PM -
Thu21Aug
20.00Romeo Castellucci: Le Sacre du Printemps on 21. August 2014 at 8.00 PM -
Fri22Aug
14.00Romeo Castellucci: Le Sacre du Printemps on 22. August 2014 at 2.00 PM20.00Romeo Castellucci: Le Sacre du Printemps on 22. August 2014 at 8.00 PM -
Sat23Aug
14.00Romeo Castellucci: Le Sacre du Printemps on 23. August 2014 at 2.00 PM20.00Romeo Castellucci: Le Sacre du Printemps on 23. August 2014 at 8.00 PM21.30freitagsküche for Louis Andriessen: De Materie on 23. August 2014 at 9.30 PM -
Sun24Aug
14.00Romeo Castellucci: Le Sacre du Printemps on 24. August 2014 at 2.00 PM20.00Romeo Castellucci: Le Sacre du Printemps on 24. August 2014 at 8.00 PM -
Mon25Aug
20.00Romeo Castellucci: Le Sacre du Printemps on 25. August 2014 at 8.00 PM
September
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Fri12Sep
20.00Saburo Teshigawara: Broken Lights on 12. September 2014 at 8.00 PM -
Sat13Sep
20.00Saburo Teshigawara: Broken Lights on 13. September 2014 at 8.00 PM -
Sun14Sep
16.00Saburo Teshigawara: Broken Lights on 14. September 2014 at 4.00 PM -
Fri19Sep
20.00Saburo Teshigawara: Broken Lights on 19. September 2014 at 8.00 PM -
Sat20Sep
20.00Saburo Teshigawara: Broken Lights on 20. September 2014 at 8.00 PM -
Sun21Sep
12.00Mammalian Diving Reflex: All Children are Other on 21. September 2014 at 12.00 PMEntrance free20.00Saburo Teshigawara: Broken Lights on 21. September 2014 at 8.00 PM -
Tue23Sep
14.00 - 18.00The Gift: A Form of Cooperation on 23. September 2014 at 2.00 PMEntrance free -
Sat27Sep
16.00The Children's Choice Awards on 27. September 2014 at 4.00 PMEntrance free