[Vuangfos Lock, Bandak Canal, Telemarken (i.e, Telemark), Norway] (LOC)

[Vuangfos Lock, Bandak Canal, Telemarken (i.e, Telemark), Norway]

[between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900].

1 photomechanical print : photochrom, color.

Notes:
 Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J--foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905.
Print no. 7104.
Forms part of: Landscape and marine views of Norway in the Photochrom print collection.

Subjects:
 Norway--Telemark fylke.

Format: Photochrom prints--Color--1890-1900.

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Part Of: Landscape and marine views of Norway (DLC) 2001699563

More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available athdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pgz

Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsc.06242

Call Number: LOT 13432, no. 140 [item]

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    AustinChernich, sakraft1, ˙ʞ ʎlǝ, HeadOvMetal, and 40 other people added this photo to their favorites.

  2. sakraft1 (47 months ago | reply)

    That's quite a canal!

  3. StianH (47 months ago | reply)

    Title should be Vrangfos Lock, not Vuangfos. Nowadays Vrangfoss (litt. "difficult waterfall").

  4. The Steam Tavern [deleted] (47 months ago | reply)

    Also, the canal is nowadays called "Telemarkskanalen", i. e. Telemark Canal. It goes all the way from Dalen to the sea (Skagerrak), with a side-arm stretching north to Notodden. Just great for canoeing and camping!

  5. nilsenhelgeir (47 months ago | reply)

    Vrangfoss is the correct name. It is also a regrettable fact that nowadays
    tourist agencies use the collective name Telemarkskanalen for two canalizing projects with different history, but linked by the Norsjø lake:
    Bandakkanalen (or Norsjø-Bandakkanalen) and Skien-Norsjøkanalen
    Vrangfoss is the highest waterfall on the Bandak canal / Bandakkanalen
    Central area of the picture is position 6573658 N, 511558 E.. UTMV32
    General axis of view about straight NW , probably shot from
    a small elevation beside the old tourist pathway between Eidsfoss and Vrangfoss: Kongens utsikt (The King's view, don't actually know
    wether the union king of Norway and Sweden actually ever stood there, but he visited the canal a year after the opening ceremony)
    at position 6573512 N, 511702 E. UTMV32

  6. liltiffanyu (40 months ago | reply)

    This looks like a very simple but elegant canal. It doesn't look like it's cluttering the area like most seem to do.

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