Rjukan is a city and the administrative center of Tinn municipality in Telemark. This is a list of cities in Norway. The Norwegian name for City is by. Tinn is a municipality in the county of Telemark Norway. The parish of Tin was established as a municipality January 1 1838 (see Formannskapsdistrikt is a county in Norway, bordering Vestfold, Buskerud, Hordaland, Rogaland and Aust-Agder. It is situated in Vestfjorddalen, between Møsvatn and Tinnsjå, and got its name after Rjukanfossen ("The Smoking Waterfall") west of the town. Møsvatn (or Møsvann) is twelfth largest lake in Norway with a surface area of 78 Tinnsjå ( Tinnsjø, Tinnsjøen) is one of the largest lakes in Norway Rjukanfossen is a Waterfall of 104 meter in the western part of the Westfjord valley in Tinn, a municipality in the county of Telemark, Norway The Tinn municipality council granted township status for Rjukan in 1996. Tinn is a municipality in the county of Telemark Norway. The parish of Tin was established as a municipality January 1 1838 (see Formannskapsdistrikt The town has 3 386 inhabitants (Jan. 2007).
History
Rjukan was formerly a significant industrial center in Telemark, and the town was established between 1905 and 1916 when Norsk Hydro started saltpetre production there. is a county in Norway, bordering Vestfold, Buskerud, Hordaland, Rogaland and Aust-Agder. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Norsk Hydro ASA (,) is a Norwegian Aluminium and Renewable energy company headquartered in Oslo. Rjukan was chosen because Rjukanfossen, a 104-metre waterfall, provided easy means of generating large quantities of electricity. The man with the idea to use the Rjukan falls was Sam Eyde, the founder of Hydro. It is estimated that he together with A/S Rjukanfoss (later Norsk Hydro) used about 2 times the national budget of Norway to build Rjukan and that there were at the most approx. Norsk Hydro ASA (,) is a Norwegian Aluminium and Renewable energy company headquartered in Oslo. 12,000 workes (Rallare) from Sweden, Denmark, and Finland as well as Norway building the factories and the town.
In 1934 Norsk Hydro built at the time the world's largest powerplant at Vemork in Rjukan, and with it a hydrogen plant. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Norsk Hydro ASA (,) is a Norwegian Aluminium and Renewable energy company headquartered in Oslo. Vemork is the name of an hydroelectric Power plant outside Rjukan in Tinn, Norway. Hydrogen (ˈhaɪdrədʒən is the Chemical element with Atomic number 1 A by-product of hdyrogen production via water electrolysis was heavy water. In chemistry and manufacturing electrolysis is a method of separating chemically bonded elements and compounds by passing an Electric current Heavy water is water which contains a higher proportion than normal of the Isotope Deuterium, as deuterium oxide, D2O or ²H2O It was the later winner of the Nobel prize Odd Hassel who told Norsk Hydro that they were in fact producing heavy water. The Nobel Prize (Nobelpriset (Nobelprisen is a Swedish prize established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Peace, Literature Odd Hassel ( May 17 1897 &mdash May 11 1981 was a Norwegian physical chemist and Nobel Laureate Norsk Hydro ASA (,) is a Norwegian Aluminium and Renewable energy company headquartered in Oslo. Heavy water is water which contains a higher proportion than normal of the Isotope Deuterium, as deuterium oxide, D2O or ²H2O The was run by the Germans during World War II, and later sabotaged multiple times by the Norwegian resistance movement and the allied forces. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Norwegian Resistance Movement (Norske Motstandsbevegelsen is a militant offshoot of the Swedish Resistance Movement, with its base in Norway The Allies of World War II were the countries officially opposed to the Axis powers during the Second World War.
Today, the powerplant at Vemork has been made into Norsk Industriarbeidermuseum (Norwegian Industrial labour's Museum) where the history of Rjukan and the history of the Industrial labour is shown, in addition to the war and the history of the sabotage connected to it. Vemork is the name of an hydroelectric Power plant outside Rjukan in Tinn, Norway.
After 1960, most of the saltpetre production in Rjukan was transferred to Norsk Hydro factories at Herøya in Porsgrunn. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Norsk Hydro ASA (,) is a Norwegian Aluminium and Renewable energy company headquartered in Oslo. Herøya is a peninsula in the municipality of Porsgrunn. It is located between the fjords of Frierfjord to the west and Gunneklevfjord to the east at the Porsgrunn is a town and municipality in the county of Telemark, Norway. Some industry is still present in Rjukan, among them Scan Alloys.
Rjukan has a long history of tourism. Tourists have come to the narrow valley for over a century. The Rjukanfossen waterfall is a famous landmark in Norway, and has been portrayed by several famous artists. The area has good terrain for skiing, and the town is a good starting point for hiking on the Hardangervidda plateau. The word 'hiking' is understood in all English-speaking countries but there are differences in usage The Hardangervidda is a mountain plateau ("vidda" in Norwegian) in the Hardanger region of western Norway. In the 1860s, Krokan by the Rjukan waterfall was Norwegian Mountain Touring Association's (DNT) first hut. Events and trends Technology The First Transcontinental Railroad in the USA was completed in 1869 The Norwegian Mountain Touring Association (In Norwegian, Den Norske Turistforening &ndash DNT) is a Norwegian association which maintains mountain The waterfall was later harnessed for hydropower production and the hut was sold. Today it is re-opened, situated by the main road from Rjukan (Tinn) to Vinje. Tinn is a municipality in the county of Telemark Norway. The parish of Tin was established as a municipality January 1 1838 (see Formannskapsdistrikt Vinje is a municipality in the northwestern corner of the county of Telemark, Norway. In later years Rjukan has become famous for its possibilities for ice climbing. Ice climbing, as the term indicates is the activity of ascending inclined ice formations The season is long, from November to April and the waterfalls are many and varied.
See also
- Norwegian heavy water sabotage during World War II
External links
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