The Danish mechanic F.A.H. Petersen established in 1875 a workshop in the street Borgergade in Copenhagen. In 1898 the workshop changed to a real factory named Vølund A/S. In 1921 moved the factory to a new place in the street Øresundsvej at Amager near to Copenhagen.

Read "The Völund Steam Roller" advertisement here

 Read more about the  history of the Vølund company here

Damptromleklubben bought this steam roller in 1965 for the sum of DKK 700. The roller was transported to Taastrup, where it was dismanteled for restaurasion. BUT there was some heavy corrosion in the smokebox, which demanded more that we could do. The roller re-assembled and painted in its original red color.

Here are some photos from the salvation and first restauresion of the roller.

Pictures of the two Vølund rollers before Vølund Senior was send to Esbjerg

Vølund Senior arriving at Babcock & Wilcox Vølund in Esbjerg

The team behind the project

Dismantling Vølund Senior