Thomas B. Thrige var en af
Odenses bys helt store sønner, der spillede en meget stor
rolle i dansk industrihistorie og i særdeleshed som storfabrikant i
Odense hvor der i en periode var 5000 mennesker ansat i hans
fabrikker. Thrige blev født i 1866 i Odense, han blev udlært som
smed og videreuddannede sig først på Odense Tekniske Skole og siden
på Københavns Tekniske Skole hvor han blev udlært maskinist.
Han foretog flere studierejser dels i Frankrig og Tyskland og
siden i USA. I 1888 tog han til Philadelphia hvor han fik
ansættelse hos sit store forbillede, ”Troldmanden” Thomas A.
Edison, glødepæren og fonografens opfinder. Hos Edison lærte Thrige
en masse om teknik, og arbejdede på en stor elektrofabrik hvor han
fik indblik i moderne masseproduktion. Efter opholdet hos Edison
fik Thrige en stor stilling hos General Electric, men besluttede
sig i 1894 at flytte hjem til Odense. Han lånte 3000 kr.
af sin morbror, til at starte som selvstændig,
Det hele startede med dette
værksted i på Klingenberg i 1894, først lavede han cykler,
efterfølgende slog han sig på elinstallationsarbejde. I 1891 fik
Odense sit første offentlige elforsyning og efterspørgslen på el
var stor. Derfor begyndte Thrige at fremstille dynamoer og
elmotorer.
Værkstedet på Klingenberg blev for
lille hvorefter han i 1898 opførte en stor fabrik på
Tolderlundsvej som blev udvidet adskillige gange. Han kastede
sig også ud i fremstillingen af elevatorer og biler. se mere på
nogle af de andre Thomas B. Thrige caches. Han blev landets mest
velhavende fabrikant i 1930'erne hvor han var god for 6,4 mil. kr.
For at gavne sin hjemby bekostede i 1930 han en stor udvidelse af
H. C. Andersen-museet. I 1934 skænkede han sine virksomheder til
Thomas B. Thriges Fond. Fonden havde til formål at drive
virksomhederne videre samt at støtte uddannelse og forskning til
gavn for dansk industri. Thrige døde den 9. maj 1938 og ligger
begravet på Assistenskirkegården i Odense. Thomas B. Thriges Fond
yder også i dag fondstøtte til forskellige projecter og
uddannelseslegater, bl.a. her den støttet renoveringen af den
fredede kraftcentral på Thrige firkanten se mere herom på en anden
cache
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mere om Thomas B. Thrige på nogle af de andre Thomas B. Thrige
caches.
GC1J8M8
T.B.T.2 Triangel
GC1JA48 T. B.T.3
Kraftcantralen
GC1JBTG T.B.T.4 "Skattehuset"
GC1JA45 T.B.T.5 Thomas B.
Thrigesgade
EN:
Thomas B. Thrige is one of Odense
fellow-townsman, who played a major role in Danish industrial
history, and particularly as large manufacturers in Odense, in a
period was 5,000 people employed in his factories. Thrige was born
in 1866 in Odense,he was trained as a blacksmith and re-trained
first at Odense Technical School and later at the Copenhagen
Technical School where he was a skilled mechanic. He undertook
several study tours partly in France and Germany and since the
United States. In 1888 he went to Philadelphia where he received
his appointment at great role model, "wizard" Thomas A. Edison,
incandescent bulb and Phonograph inventor. At Edison, Thrige
learned a lot about technique, and worked on a large electric
factory where he was given an insight into modern mass production.
After his stay at Edison, Thrige got a big position in General
Electric, but decided in 1894 to move back home to New Jersey. He
borrowed 3000 DKK of his uncle, to start a
self-employed,
Den unge Thrige/The young Thrige
It all began with this
workshop on Klingenberg in 1894, he first made bicycles,
subsequently, he began to work with electricity. In 1891 Odense got
its first public electricity supply and demand for electricity was
high. Therefore Thrige began producing dynamos and electrical
motores. The workshop at Klingenberg was soon too small, after
which he build a large factory in 1898, at Tolderlundsvej which was
extended several times. He also threw himself into the manufacture
of elevators and cars. See more at some of the other T.B.T. caches.
He was the country's wealthiest manufacturer in the 1930s when he
was good for 6.4 mil. DKK. In order to benefit his hometown he paid
for a great extension of Hans Christian Andersen Museum. In 1934 he
gave his companies to Thomas B. Thrige Foundation. The foundation
was designed to drive business forward and to support education and
research for the benefit of the Danish industry. Thrige died on 9
May 1938 and lies buried at the cemetery Assist in Odense. Thomas
B. Thrige Foundation is also currently fund support to various
project and training grants, including here it supported the
renovation of the power plant in the central square Thrige see more
about this in T.B.T.3
