Landscape. Västergötland
In the background The new building.
Jonsered’s factory clock.
The story of the beautiful bronze bell that has been hanging for many years in its belfry on the factory grounds.
William Gibson, Jonsered’s founder, was a man who was sewing with many things. Among other things, he ran a shipping movement to export his timber products
His private fleet included a ship called L "Industrie.
The factory clock is said to be L “Industrie”’s ship clock.
On the bell there is the following inscription: "In Stockholm cast af Gerh. Meyr A. 1771. 
Sophia Magdalena, the ship. Sophia Magdalena was a cheese maker who made her last voyage in 1786. How this bell came to be L “Industrie”’s ship clock is not entirely clear.
Source: William Gibson (1783-1857) and his children. 
Written and published by John Gibson in 1962.
Bohuslän Museum

Landscape. Västergötland In the background The new building. Jonsered’s factory clock. The story of the beautiful bronze bell that has been hanging for many years in its belfry on the factory grounds. William Gibson, Jonsered’s founder, was a man who was sewing with many things. Among other things, he ran a shipping movement to export his timber products His private fleet included a ship called L "Industrie. The factory clock is said to be L “Industrie”’s ship clock. On the bell there is the following inscription: "In Stockholm cast af Gerh. Meyr A. 1771. Sophia Magdalena, the ship. Sophia Magdalena was a cheese maker who made her last voyage in 1786. How this bell came to be L “Industrie”’s ship clock is not entirely clear. Source: William Gibson (1783-1857) and his children. Written and published by John Gibson in 1962.

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Bohuslän Museum

Landscape. Västergötland In the background The new building. Jonsered’s factory clock. The story of the beautiful bronze bell that has been hanging for many years in its belfry on the factory grounds. William Gibson, Jonsered’s founder, was a man who was sewing with many things. Among other things, he ran a shipping movement to export his timber products His private fleet included a ship called L "Industrie. The factory clock is said to be L “Industrie”’s ship clock. On the bell there is the following inscription: "In Stockholm cast af Gerh. Meyr A. 1771. Sophia Magdalena, the ship. Sophia Magdalena was a cheese maker who made her last voyage in 1786. How this bell came to be L “Industrie”’s ship clock is not entirely clear. Source: William Gibson (1783-1857) and his children. Written and published by John Gibson in 1962.

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