The Sulzer steam engine shown here was build in 1903 and belonged to the spinnery Blumer & Söhne which was shutdown in 1982. Today the building is part of the big industrial ruin Jakobstal.

A german abstract about the history and current development (or stagnation) about the ruin can be read here:

http://www.zuonline.ch/storys/storys.cfm?db=zuonline&vID=13034