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    Motala Verkstad is one of the oldest engineering companies in Sweden. The company was founded in 1822 during the construction of Göta Canal. Motala Verkstad...
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    With the Swedish municipal reform of 1971, Motala became the seat of Motala Municipality. Motala Verkstad is an engineering company specialising in bridge...
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    och Fabriksaktiebolag in 1853. The company was one quarter owned by Motala Verkstad and specialised in constructing ships of steel. The first steel steamship...
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    canal had one major industrial legacy in the shape of Motala Verkstad - a factory established in Motala to produce the machines such as cranes and steam dredgers...
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    425; Hycop 325; Saab-Bofors Dynamics circa 300; And Motala Verkstad some 180. (source [1]) Motala is twinned with: Daugavpils, Latvia Hyvinkää, Finland...
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  • Lidköpings Mekaniska Verkstads AB (LMV) is an engineering manufacturer in Lidköping, Sweden. It has been a subsidiary of Motala Verkstad Group AB (MVG) since...
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    successful oil tanker was Zoroaster, built by Sven Alexander Almqvist in Motala Verkstad, which carried its 246 metric tons (242 long tons) of kerosene cargo...
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    first forged iron bridge to be constructed in Sweden, manufactured by Motala Verkstad in 1861. The Gilded Crowns on Skeppsholmsbron are a set of two crowns...
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    in Motala) was a Scottish engineer who built a successful career in Sweden. In 1822, he founded the first engineering industry in Sweden, Motala Verkstad...
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  • was a 339-ton passenger/cargo ship completed as Wisingsö in 1883, by Motala Verkstad, Sweden. Torpedoed and sunk off Honningsvåg, Norway, on 24 March 1944...
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    banned. In 1841 a ship industry was initiated as a branch of Motala Verkstad in Motala. In 1850 the industry had over 600 employees making it Sweden's...
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    ring composed of titanium. The main landing gear, manufactured by Motala Verkstad, was highly strengthened as well; each leg held two small wheels fitted...
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  • (Newport News, VA) Greece (Palaio Faliro) — Angantyr 1909 Ferry Sweden (Motala Verkstad) Sweden (Stockholm) 76 ft (23 m) Ardwina 1909 Thames sailing barge...
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    had been built by Swedish builders NOHAB (Nydqvist & Holm AB) and Motala Verkstad in the years from 1901 to 1905. They were withdrawn from service in...
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  • Nobel and Sven Alexander Almqvist, built by Sven Alexander Almqvist at Motala Verkstad and delivered to the Nobel brothers in Russia The Nobels' oil facilities...
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    entertainment and cultural events during the summer months. She was built by Motala Verkstad in Sweden and transported in pieces by rail and horse carts to Minnesund...
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  • built in Turku. Her 90 horsepower (67 kW) steam engine was built by Motala Verkstad. Furst Menschikoff (II) was built in Turku in 1850. She too was a paddle...
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    various Swedish operators between 2002 and 2006 including three to Motala Verkstad, two to Svensk Tågteknik (STT), and single units to TÅGAB, Inlandsgods...
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  • of Fenris began in the Norrköping shipyard of engineering company Motala Verkstad in 1871 and she began her service the following year. "Svenska Flottan...
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    was given a high position.: 76  96 locomotives were built for SJ by Motala Verkstad, NOHAB and Vagn och Maskinfabriken Falun between 1909 and 1919;: 268–274 ...
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  • Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes 1 January  Sweden Motala Verkstad Norrköping Berserk Hildur-class monitor For Royal Swedish Navy. 1 January...
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    by a pair of four-cylinder triple expansion steam engines built by Motala Verkstad, each driving a three-bladed screw. The engines were rated at 9,400...
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    is by the movement of the vessel." Garmer was launched in 1867 by Motala Verkstad at Norrköping and delivered the following year. When the Royal Skerry...
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    Swedish motor vessel, and former steam ship, that was built in 1909 at Motala Verkstads Nya AB. She now operates cruises and charters for the Strömma Kanalbolaget...
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  • service in Polatlı, Ankara, he went to Sweden to work as a welder in Motala Verkstad's locomotive factory in 1951. He was very young when the Varlık Vergisi...
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  • locomotive, built by ASEA. 5 st. Experimental locomotive built by AB Motala Verkstad for LKAB mine train Some replacement engines of TCDD DE24000 Eldfisk...
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    254 millimeters (10 in) of armor. Berserk was launched in 1875 by Motala Verkstad at Norrköping. She was sold in 1919 and converted into an oil barge...
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  • Crown Sunderland Euphony Barque For J. Ditchburn. Unknown date  Sweden Motala Verkstad Norrköping Folke Hildur-class monitor For Royal Swedish Navy. Unknown...
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    by Salomon Kasarnowsky, E. Nilsson Fabrication by Dortmunder Union, Motala Verkstad Construction start 1931 Construction end 1935 Inaugurated...
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    from 1950. NSB chose to buy six more or less identical units from Motala Verkstad in 1954 and an additional two in 1957 from NOHAB. But the ore production...
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