Götaverken
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Götaverken was a Swedish shipbuilding company that was located on Hisingen, Gothenburg. It was founded in 1841, and ceased building ships in 1989.
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- Instance of
- shipyard
- Country
- Sweden
- Located in
- Gothenburg Municipality
- Headquarters
- Gothenburg
- Industry
- shipbuilding
- Image
- Gotaverken-flyg.jpg
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- Götaverken
- inception
- 1841-01-01
- located in/on physical feature
- Hisingen
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1989-00-00
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Götaverken was a Swedish shipbuilding company that was located on Hisingen, Gothenburg. It was founded in 1841, and ceased building ships in 1989.
==History== thumb|Götavarvet in the 1960s|left The company was founded in 1841 by Scottish businessman Alexander Keiller under the name Keillers Werkstad i Göteborg, and was aimed at industrial production. After bankruptcy in 1867, the company was reorganised into Göteborgs Mekaniska Verkstads AB.
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