| Fishmeal factories in Westman Islands |
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First fishmeal factory in Westman Island was built in 1912 by the British. Intermediary was a man of Gisli J. Johnsen consular , who came in contact with an English company in Grimsby, which produced fish meal in large quantities. The factory was built by Gisli in law, but the Grimsby company actually built the house and put in all the machines. This British company was had a strong chain fishmeal factories all over England and had a high production capital. Halldor Magnusson tells the story of the fish meal factories in the Westman island in the newspaper Blink from 1972. |