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| Siemens recalls pioneers of the first age of electricity At a ceremony in Linderhof Palace on May 25, 2011, Prince Luitpold of Bavaria, Bavarian Finance Minister Georg Fahrenschon and Siemens President and CEO Peter Löscher honored the first pioneers of the age of electricity. It was at Linderhof in 1878 that Sigmund Schuckert built – by order of King Ludwig II – the world's first power plant to use electric dynamos operating on the Siemens principle. Around 100 guests from society, politics, the business world, the scientific community and the media were on hand at Linderhof Palace for the ceremony in honor of the Pioneers of the Age of Electricity. As early as 1878, King Ludwig II, who died 125 years ago on June 13, 1886, had electrical lighting installed in the palace's Venus Grotto. The magical blaze of color that Ludwig II envisioned for the Venus Grotto was made possible by 24 electric dynamos operating on the Siemens principle and an array of carbon arc lamps from Siemens. These electrical systems were firmly in place at Linderhof a year before Thomas A. Edison's first experiments with incandescent light bulbs and four years before the construction of the first public power plants. While Ludwig II was mainly concerned with aesthetic effects, the pioneers of today are focused primarily on the optimization of efficiency. write your comments about the article :: © 2011 Construction News :: home page |