Umspannwerk Recklinghausen

The former substation on Uferstraße houses Museum Strom und Leben, built around the switchgear and the old control room, with household appliances and advertising material for electricity use alongside. A public guided tour runs on the first Sunday of every month at 15:00. The site sits on node 89 of the radrevier.ruhr cycle network.

Coordinates: 51.5611508, 7.2075348

Part of The anchor points of the Ruhr's Route der Industriekultur

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