Kristinehamns Mekaniska Verkstad

VAULUNDER locomotive, build number 17/1876, with the last Lisjöbana train (1926)

Kristinehamns Mekaniska Verkstad was a locomotive factory in the Swedish city ​​of Kristinehamn .

history

The workshop was founded as Christinehamns Jernvägs Mekaniska Werkstad . It belonged to the horse-drawn tram built in 1850 as Christinehamns – Sjöändans Järnväg (CJ) and in 1867 built its first steam locomotive for the company. The machines were in a wooden hall, the wood for them came from the demolished old church in Kristinehamn. The locomotive is based on a drawing by Munktell's Mekaniska Verkstad in Eskilstuna . This was followed by a series of locomotives with the bogie patented by Harald Asplund and the radial axis also designed by him .

After the takeover of CJ by Östra Värmlands Järnväg (ÖWJ) in 1873, the workshop was separated as an independent company and named Kristinehamns Mekaniska Verkstad . In 1893 it was leased from Karlstads Mekaniska Werkstad and taken over as a branch in 1897. At this time the locomotive No. 57 was built.

The last locomotive in the workshop was build number 78 in 1902, which was delivered to Brattfors Aktiebolag for the operation of the Brattfors – Gejierstal line .

Karlstads Mekaniska Verkstad moved its production of water turbines to Kristinehamn in 1902 and later also built ship propellers .

From 1860 to 1882 Harald Asplund was managing director. He had previously worked for Munktell's Mekaniska Verkstad . Emil Kjellberg managed the company from 1882 to 1893.

Web links

• Erik Sundström, Rolf Sten: Ånglok tillverkade av Kristinehamn. Delivery list. date = 2007-10-21, accessed December 15, 2019 . 
• Christinehamns-Sjöändans Järnväg (PDF; 149 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gamla ”Meken” en vital 160-årig Verkstad (Swedish). ( Memento from July 6, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )