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developed and were completed in 185!», by the erection of the Klosterström
foundry. The manufactures of these works have been steam engines for large
industrial works, the first Swedish railway locomotive, the first Swedish machines
for manufacturing rifles on a large scale, machines for wood pulp manufacture,
etc. At present the principal products are portable engines, steam boilers,
threshing mills, straw presses, steam dredging apparatus, digging machines, machine
tools and hand tools, raw oil motors, refrigerators, etc. The value of the
output is about 4 million kronor. The number of workmen amounts to 850.
The Karlstad and Kristinehamn mechanical works, which are owned by the
Aktiebolaget Karlstads mekaniska verkstad, at Karlstad, manufacture steam
launches, lathes for iron rolling works, machinery for the wood pulp and paper
industry, portable engines, railway carriages and other railway material, turbines,
etc., with a value for both establishments of about 1 500 000 kronor. The
number of workmen is 500.
The Ludvigsberg mechanical works at Stockholm, which were founded in
the middle of the 19th century by Jacques Lamm and are now owned by the
Ludvigsbergs verkstads aktiebolag, are also very active in the manufacture of
radiators and ventilators, refrigerators, pumps, steam fire-engines, etc. The value
of the output is about 1 million kronor, and the number of workmen 500.
The Carriage and machine factory of Falun, the Södertälje works, the Arlöf
meclianical works and wagon factory, and the Swedish railway works at
Tan-nefors manufacture annually large quantities of railway coaches and tramcars.
The Jönköping mechanical works make a speciality of steam engines, steam
turbines, steam boilers, sulphite boilers, paper-making machinery, etc.
The Aktiebolaget Diesels motorer, Sickla, near Stockholm. The firm was
From the Motala Mechanical Works.
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