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[[Image:JD 2019 Aker Fram.jpg|thumb|Engine for Nansen's polar exploration ship 'Fram', 1892. Photographed at Akers Mekaniske Verksted. Photo on display at Tromso Polar Museum]]
[[Image:JD 2019 Aker Fram.jpg|thumb|Engine for Nansen's polar exploration ship 'Fram', 1892. Photographed at Akers Mekaniske Verksted. Photo on display at Tromso Polar Museum]]
of Norway
of Norway
Now Aker ASA.


Formerly Akers Mekaniske Verksted, Norway's largest shipyard, which closed in 1982.   
Formerly Akers Mekaniske Verksted, Norway's largest shipyard, which closed in 1982.   
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1892 Made the 169nIHP triple expansion engines for Nansen's polar exploration ship 'Fram'.<ref>[https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Special:MemberUsers?file=e/ed/Er18930324.pdf] The Engineer, 24 March 1893, pp.246 & 252</ref> <ref>[https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Special:MemberUsers?file=5/5a/Eg18930707.pdf] Engineering, 7 July 1893</ref>
1892 Made the 169nIHP triple expansion engines for Nansen's polar exploration ship 'Fram'.<ref>[https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Special:MemberUsers?file=e/ed/Er18930324.pdf] The Engineer, 24 March 1893, pp.246 & 252</ref> <ref>[https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Special:MemberUsers?file=5/5a/Eg18930707.pdf] Engineering, 7 July 1893</ref>


Now Aker ASA.


== See Also ==
== See Also ==

Revision as of 12:48, 26 July 2022

Engine for Nansen's polar exploration ship 'Fram', 1892. Photographed at Akers Mekaniske Verksted. Photo on display at Tromso Polar Museum

of Norway

Formerly Akers Mekaniske Verksted, Norway's largest shipyard, which closed in 1982.

1892 Made the 169nIHP triple expansion engines for Nansen's polar exploration ship 'Fram'.[1] [2]

Now Aker ASA.

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. [1] The Engineer, 24 March 1893, pp.246 & 252
  2. [2] Engineering, 7 July 1893