TODAY IN BERLIN: BURNING RUBBISH
March 1
On this day in 1899 a civil engineer, Carl Wegener of Gitschiner Strasse 14 finally tested his pet-project: the rubbish incinerator. A patent for which he applied for three years earlier, on May 24th, 1896.
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