About Christian Steenstrup
Lived 1873 – 1955 (aged 81). Christian Steenstrup was an inventor.
Christian Steenstrup (December 2, 1873 – November 28, 1955) was a Danish inventor who invented the hermetically sealed refrigeration unit while Chief Engineer at General Electric, and held over 100 patents.
His improvement to the refrigerator sent the sales of the G.E. Monitor Top refrigerator soaring.
Streenstrup immigrated to the US in 1894.
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Who was Christian Steenstrup?
American inventor (1873-1955)
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Christian Steenstrup was born on 2 December 1873.
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Christian Steenstrup died on 28 November 1955.
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Christian Steenstrup was an inventor.
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