In 1892 Budapest signed a concession contract with two private companies. The Hungarian Electrical JSC (subsidiary of Ganz Electrical JSC) guaranteed ...

In 1893, General Electrical JSC Budapest began installing the core devices to provide electricity. The boilers were made in József Eisele’s foundry. B...

The new technical creation, the underground, was regarded as a pioneer in many aspects when it was opened. The whole railroad and vehicle fleet were a...

Nowadays it is hard to imagine that cities used to fall into full darkness every evening. Only the Moon cast light on the street, which meant that sta...

Its cost-efficient factor was the main reason the light bulb replaced gas lamps in most places, but they had to get rid of its carbon filament first. ...

The underground got its electricity from cables arriving from the power plant on Kertész Street. Various groups of machines were set up for the underg...

In 1845, one of the biggest machinery factories was established when Ábrahám Ganz opened his foundry. The prime of the company came when they made cru...

In 1859, Ábrahám Ganz asked András Mechwart to work in his factory, which Mechwart was later to lead between 1874 and 1899. His role in developing the...

The electrical department of the Ganz factory was organized by Zipernowsky, where he became a pioneer in the Hungarian electric industry. Within only ...

Siemens established its first company in 1887 to organize transportation developments in the city. In the same year, the Siemens-Halske company built ...

Engineers at the Ganz factory, namely Károly Zipernowsky, Miksa Déri and Ottó Bláthy invented the modern electric transformer which could be produced ...

In 1894, the Ganz factory wanted to start the local production of induction motors, and they appointed Kálmán Kandó for the task. He managed to establ...

Donát Bánki worked for Ganz Factories firstly as a constructor, and as a chief engineer in his last 8 years.

For years he worked with János Csonka and they released many patents together. The most famous of these was the Bánki-Csonka engine, which brought int...

Trams were invented by dr Ernst Werner von Siemens, who showcased his invention in 1879. Emil Asbóth, former professor at the University of Zurich and...