Nils Ericson (engineer)
Nils Ericsson , later Nils Ericson (born January 31, 1802 at Långban in Värmland , † September 8, 1870 in Stockholm ) was a Swedish engineer .
Life
Nils Ericsson was the older brother of John Ericsson , an inventor who worked in England and the USA . He was promoted to lieutenant in the engineering corps of the Swedish Army in 1823 and to lieutenant in 1828 . Further promotions in his military career were in 1830 to captain , in 1832 to major and in 1850 to colonel in the mechanical corps of the Swedish Navy , which in 1851 became Väg- och vattenbyggnadskåren .
From 1855 Ericsson worked as chief engineer of the state's railroad structures . As an engineer, he was best known for the construction of the Trollhätte Canal between 1837 and 1844, the Saimaa Canal between the Saimaa in Finland and the Gulf of Finland (1849-1856) and finally through the expansion of the Swedish railways.
When he resigned from the management of the railway in 1862, the imperial estates granted him a lifelong pension of 15,000 Riksdalers annually. As early as 1854 he was ennobled and in 1860 raised to the rank of baron .
literature
- Nils Ericson . In: Theodor Westrin (Ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 7 : Egyptologi-Feinschmecker . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1907, Sp. 762 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
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| SURNAME | Ericson, Nils |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ericsson, Nils |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 31, 1802 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | near Långban , Värmland |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 8, 1870 |
| Place of death | Stockholm |