Skoda Works Plzen
1859 - Operational
Overview
Emil Skoda turned a small foundry into the largest arms maker of Austria-Hungary, later a giant of heavy engineering from tanks to turbines. The Plzen works still forge heavy machinery, and the town brewery next door gave the world another famous Skoda export story.
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