Tonwaren-Industrie Wiesloch
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Formerly called
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Thonwaren-Industrie Wiesloch GmbH |
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| Fate | Closed 1989 |
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| Founded | 1897 |
| Defunct | 14 December 1994 |
| Headquarters | Wiesloch, Baden |
| Products | Roof tiles; Insulated foam |
Tonwaren-Industrie Wiesloch (TIW AG, originally Thonwaaren-Industrie Wiesloch GmbH) was a brickworks which existed in Wiesloch, Germany between 1895–1989. It was one of the largest and most significant factories in Germany. The factory was located just north of Wiesloch-Walldorf station. Raw clay material was excavated from a clay pit in the Dämmelwald, just north of Wiesloch.
The factory contained one of many industrial 600 mm gauge railways in Germany. Use of the narrow-gauge trains to fetch material from the clay pit finished in 1979. Since 2001 the Wiesloch Feldbahn and Industrial Museum has been based at part of the site.
Three of the remaining buildings associated with the factory were advertised for sale by the City of Wiesloch in May 2006.
The factory used a large number of narrow gauge locomotives, the first steam locomotive from Orenstein & Koppel arriving in 1905, and a second in 1921. From the mid-1930s onwards these were replaced by diesel-powered narrow gauge locomotives.
Coordinates: 49°17′46″N 8°40′05″E / 49.2960°N 8.6680°E
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