Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon was a Swiss engineering company based in the Oerlikon district of Zurich, known for early work developing electric locomotives. It was founded in 1876 by the industrialist Peter Emil Huber-Werdmüller under the original name Werkzeug- und Maschinen-Fabrik Oerlikon, operating from a large works next to Oerlikon railway station.
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Swiss engineering company (1876-1967)
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inception: 1876
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dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1967
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Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon was a Swiss engineering company based in the Zürich district of Oerlikon known for the early development of electric locomotives.
Wikidata: Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon
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