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Industrihistoria Pumpen Traditional Cache

Hidden : 10/24/2013
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Sv: Självklart måste en av stadens historiskt viktigaste industrier – Pump-Separators Gjuterier ha en egen cache.

Eng: Of course there must be a cache at one of our towns historically most important industries – The Pump-Separator Foundry.


English version further down.

1916 startade en av Katrineholms industripionjärer Gustav Robert Grönkvist ett modernt gjuteri i staden. Gjuteriet låg tvärs över gatan från Grönkvists Mekaniska Verkstad (GMV) och dess gjuteri som han samma år tvingats sälja till SKF efter en tvist om patentintrång. Som komplement till GMV:s traditionella produkter för jordbruket hade han nämligen börjat tillverka kullager. Produktionen kom snabbt igång eftersom Grönkvist lyckades locka med sig de flesta av sina yrkeskunniga gjutare från GMV till det nya gjuteriet. Produktionen gick så bra att Grönkvist redan året efter, 1917 kunde göra en god affär och sälja gjuteriet till AB Pumpseparator. Förutom delar till separatorer tillverkades dels jordbruksredskap, dels t ex gräsklippare. Mer hushållsnära produkter som Katrineholmsspisen och elmangeln Alfa var också stora produkter.

 

English version

In 1916 Gustav Robert Grönkvist, one of the industrial pioneers in Katrineholm, set up a modern foundry in the city. It was built just across the street from his old company, Grönkvists Mekaniska (GMV) which he the same year was forced to sell to SKF due to a fight regarding a SKF patent. GMV traditionally produced equipment for agriculture but as a complement he had started producing bearings for which SKF owned the patent. Production started quickly in the new foundry since Grönkvist managed to tempt his skilled foundry workers to follow him to the new factory. Only a year later the foundry was sold to AB Pumpseparator. Beside parts for separators farming equipment was produced. Over the years the product range was widened to among other things lawn movers, the famous stove Katrineholmsspisen and the electric mangle Alfa.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Sv]: Bz qh fgåe cå aåtbaf nkyne xnafxr qh aåe. [Eng]: Vg pna or tbbq gb unir fbzrbar’f fubhyqref gb fgnaq ba.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)