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| One of the remaining railway ferries, D/F Ammonia, at Mæl, the terminus of Rjukanbanen, where the railway cars were ferried across Tinnsjø | |
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| Type | Railway |
| Status | Heritage |
| Terminals | Rjukan Mæl |
| No. Tinnsjå ( Tinnsjø, Tinnsjøen) is one of the largest lakes in Norway "Railroad" and "Railway" both redirect here For other uses see Railroad (disambiguation. Mæl Station is a railway station on Rjukanbanen and where the railway cars on the line were transferred to the railway ferry to Tinnoset. of stations | 5 |
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| Opened | 1909 |
| Closed | 1991 |
| Owner | Norsk Hydro |
| Operator(s) | Norsk Hydro |
| Character | Freight trains |
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| Line length | 16 km |
| No. Events Rjukanbanen railway line is opened The 16 km line part of the 80 km Tinnosbanen, connects Mæl and Rjukan in Telemark Events Rjukanbanen railway line closes (opened in 1909) Arts and literature Births January to June Norsk Hydro ASA (,) is a Norwegian Aluminium and Renewable energy company headquartered in Oslo. of tracks | 1 |
| Gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8½ in) |
| Electrification | 15 kV 16⅔ Hz AC |
Rjukanbanen or Rjukan Railway, at first called Vestfjorddalsbanen, was a 16 km Norwegian railway line in Vestfjorddalen between Mæl and Rjukan in Telemark. The Norwegian railway system comprises 4087 km of Standard gauge (1435 mm track of which 2622 km is electrified and 219 km Double track Vestfjorddalen is a Valley in Tinn, Norway, stretching from the lake Tinnsjå westwards past Rjukan, Vemork and Rjukanfossen Mæl Station is a railway station on Rjukanbanen and where the railway cars on the line were transferred to the railway ferry to Tinnoset. Rjukan is a city and the administrative center of Tinn municipality in Telemark. is a county in Norway, bordering Vestfold, Buskerud, Hordaland, Rogaland and Aust-Agder. The railway's main purpose was to transport fertilizer from Norsk Hydro's plant at Rjukan to the harbor at Skien, in addition to passenger transport. Fertilizers ( also spelt fertiliser are chemical compounds given to Plants to promote growth they are usually applied either through the soil for uptake by plant Norsk Hydro ASA (,) is a Norwegian Aluminium and Renewable energy company headquartered in Oslo. A harbor or harbour (see spelling differences) or haven, is a place where ships may shelter from the Weather or are stored is a city and municipality in the county of Telemark, Norway and administrative centre of Telemark County Rjukanbanen terminated at Mæl where the wagons were shipped 30 km on Tinnsjø by a railway ferry to Tinnoset. Tinnsjå ( Tinnsjø, Tinnsjøen) is one of the largest lakes in Norway See also Merchant ship A train ferry is a Ship designed to carry railway vehicles Tinnoset is a village in the municipality of Notodden, Norway, located at the southernmost end of Tinnsjå. Rjukanbanen and the ferries were operated by Norsk Hydro from 1909 until the line was closed in 1991. Events Rjukanbanen railway line is opened The 16 km line part of the 80 km Tinnosbanen, connects Mæl and Rjukan in Telemark Events Rjukanbanen railway line closes (opened in 1909) Arts and literature Births January to June Sometimes the entire stretch from Rjukan to Notodden, including the railway ferry and Tinnosbanen, is mistakenly referred to as Rjukanbanen, a stretch that totals 80 km. is a city and municipality in the county of Telemark, Norway.
The transport chain from Rjukan to Skien consisted of four sections:
- Rjukanbanen, railway line from Rjukan to Rollag (Mæl), 16 km
- Tinnsjø railway ferry from Rollag to Tinnoset, 30 km
- Tinnosbanen from Tinnoset to Notodden, 34 km
- Telemark canal from Notodden to Skien, 54 km with barge
- In 1919 the canal was replaced with the railway Bratsbergbanen from Notodden to Skien. Tinnsjø railway ferry was a Norwegian Railway ferry service on the lake Tinnsjø that connected the railways of Rjukanbanen and Tinnosbanen The Telemark Canal originally consisted of two canals The Norsjø - Skien Canal with locks in Skien and Løveid was built in the period BARGE, the Big August RecGambling Excursion is a yearly convention held in Las Vegas during the first weekend of August Canals are artificial channels for water There are two types of canals water conveyance canals which are used for the conveyance and delivery of water and Waterways [1]
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History
Norsk Hydro was founded in 1905 by Sam Eyde as a Norwegian fertilizer manufacturer, and the first factory was opened in Notodden. Samuel Eyde ( 29 October 1866, Arendal – 21 June 1940) was a Norwegian engineer and Industrialist Fertilizer factories need a lot of energy, and then it was necessary to locate the plants near hydroelectric power plants, and at Rjukan there were several large waterfalls. Hydroelectricity is electricity generated by Hydropower, ie the production of power through use of the gravitational force of falling water In 1911 Rjukan Salpeterfabrikk was opened. [2]
Rjukanbanen was opened in 1909 as a standard gauge (1435 mm) railway along with Tinnosbanen and the railway ferry service, and in 1911 became the second railway line in Norway, after Thamshavnbanen, to be electrified. is a town and municipality in the county of Hedmark, Norway. Hamar was separated from Vang as a city and municipality of its own in The standard gauge (also named the Stephenson gauge after George Stephenson, or Normal gauge) is a widely-used Rail gauge. The railway service utilised Telemark Canal until 1919 when Bratsbergbanen opened from Notodden to Skien. The railway was used both to transport raw materials to the factory and to transport the finished fertilizer to the harbor at Skien. There were also passenger trains that ran.
The railway ferry service was provided by four different ships, D/F Rjukanfoss, D/F Hydro, D/F Ammonia (1929) and M/F Storegut (1956). The first three were steam ships, and the latter two are still anchored at Mæl. A steamboat or steamship, sometimes called a steamer, is a ship in which the primary method of propulsion is steam power, typically driving a Propeller The service was the only ever railway ferry service on a lake in Norway, and D/F Ammonia is the only remaining railway ferry steam ship in the world. A lake (from Latin lacus) is a Terrain feature (or Physical feature) a body of Liquid on the surface of a world that is localized to the [3] In 1944, during World War II, D/F Hydro was the target of the Norwegian heavy water sabotage, when the ferry was sunk to 430 meters deep in Tinnsjø to prevent a shipment of heavy water from reaching Nazi Germany for the development of nuclear weapons. 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 The Norwegian heavy water sabotage was a series of actions taken by Norwegian saboteurs during World War II to prevent the German nuclear energy project from acquiring Heavy water is water which contains a higher proportion than normal of the Isotope Deuterium, as deuterium oxide, D2O or ²H2O Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from Nuclear reactions either fission or a combination of fission and fusion. [4]
In 1929 Norsk Hydro also established itself at Herøya in Porsgrunn, and in 1991 the factory in Rjukan, and therefore also the railway line, was closed. 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. The passenger trains, operated by Norges Statsbaner, had been discontinued already in 1970. Norges Statsbaner commonly know as NSB or the Norwegian State Railways is a Norwegian transport company In 1997 the ownership of the track was transferred to Stiftelsen Rjukanbanen, a foundation that started heritage operation of the line in 1999. A heritage railway ( United Kingdom) preserved railway ( United Kingdom) or tourist railroad ( United States and Canada) is a
Stations
- Rjukan
- Ingolfsland
- Øverland
- Miland
- Mæl
References
- ^ Maana Forlag. Mæl Station is a railway station on Rjukanbanen and where the railway cars on the line were transferred to the railway ferry to Tinnoset. See also Merchant ship A train ferry is a Ship designed to carry railway vehicles Mæl Station is a railway station on Rjukanbanen and where the railway cars on the line were transferred to the railway ferry to Tinnoset. Fakta om Rjukanbanen (Norwegian). Retrieved on 2006-12-12. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 627 - Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II 's Persian
- ^ Norsk Hydro. Norsk Hydro ASA (,) is a Norwegian Aluminium and Renewable energy company headquartered in Oslo. The next gigantic step. Retrieved on 2006-12-12. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 627 - Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II 's Persian
- ^ Maana Forlag. Fakta om Rjukanbanen (Norwegian). Retrieved on 2006-12-12. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 627 - Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II 's Persian
- ^ Rjukan Tourist Office. Rjukanbanen (Norwegian). Retrieved on 2006-12-12. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 627 - Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II 's Persian
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