Stockholm's Great Shipyard: Södra Varvet - Two Centuries of Shipbuilding

Built in 1687, Stockholm's Great Shipyard, known as Södra Varvet, was located near Tegelvikshamnen. Initial operations on the site included a tegelbruk and a tjärhov. In 1687, the unstable tjärhov moved to Beckholmen, and a shipyard emerged at this location. The shipyard area was a partially filled bay of Saltsjön. At the bottom of the bay lay the stapelbäddar.

Along Ernstagatan, two bodlängor with material skjul, plankbodar, mallbod, and tackelbod were situated. A klockstapel with vällingklocka and a smedja were also on the site. As the years passed, new bodar and skjul filled the open space between bodlängorna. A house from 1748 with the Building used as the Skeppsbyggmästarbostället (Address Folkungagatan 147), which was likely designed by Johan Eberhard Carlberg, still stands today. William Lindbergs led the varvsverksamheten from 1844 to 1877.

The company was later renamed W. Lindbergs Varvs- och Verkstads AB in 1877, with Lindberg as the main owner. The production specialized in shipbuilding, steam engines, and steam boilers, peaking towards the end of the 1890s. The verksamheten eventually had to stop when Stadsgårdshamnen was expanded. The last stapellöpning was on January 16, 1907, and the company's activities ceased entirely in 1930. The last boat from W Lindbergs, still in service, is S/S Mariefred, launched in 1903.

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