HISTORY
Steen Winch
The Steen forge at "Schleuer" 1835
The Steen The Steen forge 1869
Employees 1898
Steen machine factory before the 1st World War
Employees 1904
Steen & Nolte 1915
Article "Aus der Heimat" July 1983
Article "Aus der Heimat" September 1983
Company 1985
Company today
Company building today
Article "Azubis machen Dampf" 2011
Project work by trainees, project duration approx. 1 year
- “Single-piston steam engine” with shell valve control
- built in 1914 in the former company “Steen und Kaufmann, Maschinenfabrik und Eisengiesserei”
- Output approx. 1.06 HP at approx. 8.5 bar operating pressure
- by a lucky coincidence, the steam engine was found in a cellar and brought to the company “K. Christian Steen GmbH + Co”
- Project start March 2010
- Machine was completely dismantled into individual parts and in a miserable condition
- Thanks to their expertise, we were able to assemble the components into a steam engine
- Dismantling and cleaning of the individual parts
- Replacing the wearing parts (bushes, seals, guide rods)
- After restoring the parts, the machine was assembled and a functional analysis was carried out
- in cooperation with the designers, the machine was fine-tuned (clam slide)
- Test runs: ran jerkily and stopped after a few revolutions
- Determination of the flywheel mass and size of the flywheel
- Test run successful
- Disassembly and repainting of the components in pebble gray and signal red
- Assembly and finishing work on the steam engine
- the engine was used to drive a generator (see photo)
- the steam engine in the photo is still on the steamship “Alexandra” and is used to drive a generator
- as a result of the long project, the engine is approved by Germanischer Lloyd through a functional test (certificate) - this certifies that the steam engine is in working order and has been professionally assembled
- End of project April 2011
History Chronologically
1893
Establishment of Steen and Bracklow Engineering
Works and Iron Foundry by Christian-Ahrend-Johannes
Steen with partner Carl Bracklow in Elmshorn on the corner
of Gärtnerstraße and Johannesstraße; 8 employees
1900
New partner Ludwig Kaufmann
Steen & Kaufmann
1904
Addition of a new assembly hall. Delivery of
castings, ship's main and auxiliary engines to shipyards in Hamburg, Kiel, Rendsburg, Lauenburg and Elmshorn
1907
Ludwig Kaufmann deceased; new partner Friedrich Nolte Steen & Nolte
1916/17
Construction of a new office building, a larger turning shop and an assembly hall; approx. 100 employees
1925
Christian Steen, the founder's son, inherits the compan' Serial production of steam-powered deck machinery, mainly for harbour and seagoing tugs
1931
Re-establishment after the worldwide economic
crisis as K. Chr. Steen GmbH; delivery of ships' auxiliary engines and ships' gear
1951
New office building; 6 employees as well as 13 workers in craft businesses
1962
New construction of a workshop in Elmshorn, Carl-Zeiss-Straße
1963
Klaus Steen inherits the company from his father; 29 employees
1975
Expansion of production facilities and staff rooms of K. Christian Steen GmbH to 3.200 m2
1993
Steen Family sells the company to KGW Schweriner Maschinenbau
2001
Takeover of the company by staff members Jens Bußler and Jörg Wunderlich
2016
Staff members Michael Bock and Thomas Kern acquire the company; about 50 employees
