Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,257 pages of information and 244,498 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
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of Rubbestadneset, Norway
Wichmann diesel engines were made by M. Haldorsen & Sønner Motorfrabrikk. The company was started by Martines Haldorsen in Rubbestadneset. His son, Haldor Andreas Haldorsen constructed the first engine, a single-cylinder 2 hp two-stroke engine in 1903.
The factory was sold to the Finnish group Wärtsilä in 1986.
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