Shot power plant

Shot power plant
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location
Coordinates	47 ° 41'25 "  N , 9 ° 33'2"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 41'25 "  N , 9 ° 33'2"  E
country	Germany  Baden-Württemberg
place	Brochenzell
Waters	Shot
power plant
owner	LAG, local rail company
operator	LAG / OEW
Start of planning	1895 (license granted)
construction time	1895-1896
Start of operation	1896
Shutdown	1934
Listed since	No
technology
Turbines	1 turbine
Generators	Direct current 650 volts
Others

The Schussenkraftwerk was a former mill on the lower Schussen , which was converted to generate electricity at the end of the 19th century using a weir. The run-of-river power plant between Brochenzell and Meckenbeuren in the north and Kehlen in the south supplied electrical energy for the Meckenbeuren – Tettnang railway until it was converted to diesel operation after the Second World War .

technical structure

building

There was a weir on the lower Schussen between Meckenbeuren and Sammletshofen .

machinery

A direct current generator with an installed line of 88.2 kW (120  PS ) and a generator voltage of 650 V was used  to generate energy .

history

• 1892: The town of Tettnang purchases the Brochenzeller mill from Markus Bosch to generate electricity. The miller Bosch was already generating electricity for his mill and the surrounding houses
• 1894: Sale of the mill to the Lokalbahn Aktien-Gesellschaft , LAG for short
• 1894: planning and granting of licenses
• 1895–1896: Construction of a weir and a railway branch line from Meckenbeuren to Tettnang for freight traffic
• 1926: Sale of the power plant to OEW , today EnbW
• 1934: Demolition of the weir in the course of the Schussen regulation and cessation of electricity production

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Anja Reichert: When the light came on and the train rolled . In: Schwäbische Zeitung , February 28, 2020.
2. ^ Administrative files and site plans of the General Directorate of the State Railways in the Baden-Württemberg State Archives.