Großstation Nauen.

Before World War I Germany, with help of the Telefunken Company, had build up a world-wide radio communication network. And the heart of this network was the Nauen transmitting station. It was one of the greatest transmitting sites at that time.
In addition Telefunken was using the Nauen Station as a test site for new technologies.

You can find a map of the radio network here (the size is 4 ¹/₂ MB):   .

Pictures from Nauen 1908 - 1918:

The station started small in 1908:

but became greater in the next 10 years:

The station building stands more or less today as it did in 1918:

The aerial system changed a lot over the years and in 1918 it looked like this:

And the communication distance increased almost yearly from 1908 to 1918:

In 1920 the Telefunken company published a festschrift with the name "Festschrift zur Einweihung der Grossfunkstelle Nauen am 29.9.20"

 

and you can download a extract from this book here (it is in the German language):

To keep the size down it is coded in DJVU and you can find a free DJVU reader plug-in here: 

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