Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 164,987 pages of information and 246,457 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Werkspoor

From Graces Guide
1912. Diesel Engines of the motor ship Juno.
Werkspoor engine 1922.
April 1952.
1960.

Werkspoor (Koninklijke Nederlandsche Fabriek van Werktuigen en Spoorwegmaterieel) of Amsterdam.

Founded in 1827 by Paul van Vlissingen (1797-1876) and Abraham Dudok van Heel (1802-1873).

Dutch Wikipedia entry here. Google's English translation here.

1912 1,000 H.P. Marine Diesel engine for MS Juno.

1912 North Eastern Marine Engineering Co approached Werkspoor for a licence for its design of diesel engine but the war delayed construction work[1]

1920s Marine diesel engines built (presumably) under licence by the North Eastern Marine Engineering Co

1927 A cylinder head/liner assembly made by Werkspoor for the Bergen-based tanker MT Hallanger is on display at Bergen Maritime Museum. The Hallanger was torpedoed in 1943.

1928 Description and illustrations of an 'Extra-High Pressure' two-cylinder horizontal reciprocating steam engine at the Werkspoor works in Amsterdam, with Meier-Mattern hydraulically-operated valves. Steam pressure 40 atm. (approx 570 psi). Cylinder bore 210 mm diameter. Central flywheel, rope drive. Steam from Werkspoor-Vickers-Spearing boilers.[2]


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Sources of Information

  1. [1] The British Marine Industry and the Diesel Engine
  2. [2] 3 Feb 1928