Nordberg Manufacturing Company

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Bruno Victor Nordberg was born in Helsinki, Finland in 1858. He graduated from the Polytechnic Institute in Helsinki in 1878. In 1880 he migrated to the U.S. and to Milwaukee, and in 1889 founded the Nordberg Manufacturing Co. to manufacture an automatic governor, for which he held the patent. The company soon expanded into the manufacture of valve engines, pumps, hoists, compressors, and similar equipment. Nordberg was vice-president, designer, and draftsman for the company from 1890 to 1912, its president from 1912 to 1924, and chairman of the board at his death in 1924. He held 58 patents on various machines and devices, was a member of numerous engineering societies, and was the author of several papers on engineering subjects (excerpted from http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/, accessed Sept. 2011).

From the description of Nordberg Manufacturing Company Engineering Blueprints Collection, Circa 1890-Circa 1946. (Michigan Technological University). WorldCat record id: 758504198

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creatorOf Nordberg Manufacturing Company. Photographs, ca. 1910. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Climax Molybdenum Company. Report on Climax power problem 1934. Denver Public Library, Central Library
referencedIn Warner, Irving, 1882-1964. Papers, 1794-1964. Hagley Museum & Library
referencedIn Quincy Mine Hoist Association. Quincy Mine Hoist Association Collection, 1917-2009. Michigan Technological University, J.R. Van Pelt & Opie Library; Michigan Tech
creatorOf Nordberg Manufacturing Company. Nordberg Manufacturing Company Engineering Blueprints Collection, Circa 1890-Circa 1946. Michigan Technological University, J.R. Van Pelt & Opie Library; Michigan Tech
referencedIn Brater, Eric R. Trade catalogs of engines, 1947-1955. University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library
referencedIn Friend, Jacob Elias, 1857-1912. Papers, 1899-1901. Library Council of Metropolitan Milwaukee
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associatedWith Climax Molybdenum Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Friend, Jacob Elias, 1857-1912. person
associatedWith Quincy Mine Hoist Association corporateBody
associatedWith Warner, Irving, 1882-1964. person
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Milwaukee (Wis.)
Wisconsin--Milwaukee
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Machinery
Machinery industry
Mining machinery
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