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Ferries of Norway: Ts Leda, Ms Stena Saga, Ms Queen of Scandinavia, Ms Scandinavian Star, Sf Hydro, Ms Color Viking, Ms Pearl of Scandinavia
Paperback. Books LLC 2010-05-04.
ISBN 9781155444673
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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Ts Leda, Ms Stena Saga, Ms Queen of Scandinavia, Ms Scandinavian Star, Sf Hydro, Ms Color Viking, Ms Pearl of Scandinavia, Ms Superspeed 1, Ms Crown of Scandinavia, Mf Storegut, Ms Color Fantasy, Hsc Silvia Ana L, Sf Ammonia, Ms Color Magic, Sf Rjukanfoss, Bjoren, Fjord Cat, Mf Stord, Ms Bohus, Mf Tysnes. Excerpt: SS Bjoren as she steams away from the old water locks at Storestraum in the northern part of the lake Byglandsfjord . SS Bjoren is a wood-fuelled steamboat that travels the route between Byglandsfjord -Bygland and Bygland-Ose on the lake Byglandsfjorden in the municipality of Bygland in the Setesdal valley. It runs on Sundays in July. Using wood as fuel is a natural choice as there was, and still is, good local access to it. Using wood to fuel the steam engine contributes to make Bjoren a unique part of Norway's cultural heritage and a floating technical museum. History SS Bjorem The steamer Bjoren was built at Akers Mechanical works in 1866. She was 52 feet (16 m) long and had a 14 bhp (10 kW) engine. In 1897, the boat was extended by 6 feet (1.8 m) and in 1914 she was further extended by 10 feet (3.0 m). She had a new boiler installed and new engine that produced 42 bhp (31 kW). Today the boat is 21 metres (69 ft) long and weighs 26 tonnes (26 LT ; 29 ST ). She is certified for up to a maximum of 55 passengers. In the early years Bjoren was in regular use at a place called Kilefjorden , a part of the river Otra . A narrow gauge railroad was opened in 1896 and as a direct cause of this she was moved to her present location in Byglandsfjord, about 30 kilometres (19 mi) north in the valley Setesdal where she was in service until 1957. In the 1920s, buses took most of the traffic in the valley and eventually, when a new road was built in the 1950s, the traffic reasons f
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