- 40, Kozhevennaya liniya Territory of Sevkabel Port
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59.924916966306, 30.240080851249 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)
- DC generator in Sea Square / Morskaya ploshchad of the public space. Sign on the pedestal in front of the generator. Information in the Russian language
- Units of measurement given in the text
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вольт, год; V, year
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Историческая справка
The first Russian business contacts with Werner von Siemens were established by engineer colonel Karl von Lüders who was sent to Berlin in 1849. He purchased four telegraph sets and 30 versts of isolated gutta-percha telegraph wire from Siemens & Halske for testing on St. Petersburg-Moscow telegraph line under construction. Subsequently, Siemens & Halske played a vital role in implementing all telegraph projects in the Russian Empire in the 1850’s, and Karl Lüders headed the telegraph office in 1866.
In 1853, Siemens & Halske opened a St. Petersburg branch, which was headed by Karl, Werner’s younger brother. The company launched the construction of the Russian telegraph network. The large order brought a significant financial success to the company founded in 1847.
In the spring of 1879, Karl Siemens purchased two land plots in Kozhevennaya liniya with access to the bay and started the construction of Russia’s first cable plant. Creating the plant accelerated the city electrification replacing gas lighting from the streets of St. Petersburg. In addition to the cable plant, the Siemenses developed the production of lamps and copper mill products. Three enterprises were called Joint Stock Company of Russian Electrotechnical Plants Siemens & Halske.
In 1914, the plant was nationalised and reoriented its production to fulfil orders of the Military and Naval Departments. After the nationalization in 1918, the company began to bear the familiar name Northern Cable Plant.
Production grew, the country was actively electrified according to the GOELRO plan, and cables were needed more than ever. Sevkabel products were widely used to construct the most important hydroelectric power plants in the Soviet Union, metallurgical plants, and the Moscow Metro. During the Second World War, the plant workers accomplished a feat by providing the besieged city with electricity. The plant manufactured the armoured “life cable.” It was laid by the Ladoga military flotilla along the bottom of the Lake Ladoga to the Volkhov HPP. In the post-war years, Sevkabel continued to develop unique projects, lay underwater cables, and connect distant points with lines. For example, an iceberg-protection cable was developed for the Arctic. In 1949, the Sevkabel Research Institute was established next to the plant in Kozhevennaya liniya.
Already in the 21st century, the Sevkabel management decided to modernise the company structure and logistics, vacating the territory in Kozhevennaya liniya. In 2017, some more than century-old vacated historical buildings on the bay shore were given over to create the cultural and business space Sevkabel Port.
Входил в трассы категорий Лев & Единорог
Статистика взятия: 32/48 (67%).
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- Лев & Единорог: 32/48 (67%)