Lesjaverk

Lesjaverk

Lesjaverk ("Lesja Iron Works") operated from 1659 to 1812 in the municipality of Lesja, and was an important Dano-Norwegian iron works.

When the forest was hewn, iron production was no longer economically viable at Lesjaverk, and the works were closed in 1812. However, there is still a train stadion on Raumabanen.

Lake Lesjaskogsvatnet has outlets at both ends. A dam that was constructed by the Lesja Iron Works in the 1660s to improve transportation caused the water to also flow eastward into the river Gudbrandsdalslågen.

References

* "East Norway & its Frontier" by Frank Noel Stagg, 1956.
* "Adventure Roads in Norway" by Erling Welle-Strand, Nortrabooks, 1996. ISBN 82-90103-71-9

External links

* [http://www.lesja.kommune.no/ost/otj/otjljvrk.htm Lesjaverk]


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