August Julius Albert Borsig (born 7 March 1829 in

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; died 10 April 1878 in Berlin) was a German entrepreneur. He was the son of August Borsig and founder of the Borsig company.Kurt Pierson: Borsig – a name goes around the world. Rembrandt Verlag,

1973, , p. 77.

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Albert Borsig attended the Friedrichwerdersches Gymnasium for the last three years of his school education. He spent a large part of his free time in the workshops of his father's company and had already learned molding when he graduated from high school in 1848. After extensive practical training in the factory, he attended the Royal Commercial Institute in Berlin, and then the military service. At the age of 25 he joined the family business in 1854, and took over management after August Borsig's death. His three sons (

Ernst Borsig Ernst August Paul Borsig (13 September 1869 in Berlin-Moabit – 6 January 1933 in Gut Groß Behnitz, Brandenburg) was a German industrialist.Henry Ashby Turner : The big entrepreneurs and the rise of Hitler , Siedler Verlag, Berlin 1985, p. 357 ...

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, and

Conrad von Borsig Conrad von Borsig (April 23, 1873, in Berlin – February 13, 1945, in Prillwitz) was a co-owner of the German mechanical engineering .Friedrich Schildberger: Borsig, Johann Friedrich August. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 2, Duncker ...

) in turn directed the mechanical engineering institute and iron foundry in Berlin-

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until the Berlin production facilities were merged into one large plant near Berlin-

Tegel Tegel () is a locality (''Ortsteil'') in the Berlin borough of Reinickendorf on the shore of Lake Tegel. The Tegel locality, the second largest in area (after Köpenick) of the 96 Berlin districts, also includes the neighbourhood of ''Saatwinkel'' ...

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