Baku Carriage Repair Factory
Baku Carriage Repair Factory (formerly Baku Repair Factory and Baku Carriage Repair Factory) is an industrial enterprise located in Baku, Azerbaijan. History Pre-communist period The founder was German industrialist, Karl F. Eisenschmidt. The workshops were equipped with one 10-horsepower steam engine and a steam boiler. The factory housed a foundry, a blacksmith and a mechanical shop under one roof. In 1897 it employed 107 workers. Cast iron and copper castings, as well as shaft and drill rigs were manufactured. Repairs and mechanical work for the oil industry were carried out. Eisenschmit fell ill in 1903 and transferred management to his brother-in-law. On the second floor of the manager's quarters lived the family of a German and a manager. At the bottom was the manager's office. The factory's main products before 1919 were equipment for the oil-producing and oil-refining industry. At the end of 1918, the factory passed to the National Musavat government and was renamed the Main Railway Workshops. Soviet period In 1920, after the establishment of Soviet power in Azerbaijan, the Main Railway Workshops were transferred to the administration of the Transcaucasian Railway. The production of oil equipment ceased and the factory became an enterprise working for the railway.