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Railway Lines in Sør-Trøndelag: Thamshavn Line, Røros Line, Nordland Line, Dovre Line, Stavne-leangen Line, Trondhjem-støren Line
Paperback. Books LLC 2010-05-25.
ISBN 9781156884690
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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. Excerpt: The Thamshavn Line (Norwegian: ) was Norway's first electric railway, running from 1908 to 1974. Today it is operated as a heritage railway and is the world's oldest railway running on alternating current, using 25 Hz 6.6 kV AC. It was built to transport pyrites from the mines at Løkken Verk to the port at Thamshavn, as well as passengers. There were six stations: Thamshavn, Orkanger, Bårdshaug, Fannrem, Solbusøy and Svorkmo. The tracks were extended to Løkken Verk in 1910. It is Scandinavia's only railway with a rail gauge of in), though the nearby Trondheim Tramway also features this gauge. It is the world's only railway with this combination of gauge and electrical equipment. The total length of the railway was 25.15 km (15.63 mi). The transportation of passengers ended in 1963, but the transportation of ore continued until 1974. In 1983, parts of the railway were reopened as a heritage railway. Mining at Løkken Verk had its roots back to 1633 when King Christian IV of Denmark-Norway had opened the mine. At this time all mining was a privilege of the king. Later, in the 1800s, the mine was privatised and owned by Løkken Kobber og Kisværks Interessentskab. In 1868 the local farmer and sawmill owner Wilhelm A. Thams and his accountant Christian Salvesen from Leith, Scotland founded the mining company Ørkedals Mining Company and bought a number of small mines around Løkken. In the early 1880s Wilhelm's grandson, Christian Thams returned from Switzerland and took over the running of the mining company. He realized that to make money from mining, he had to purchase the largest mine of the all, but didn't succeed until 1896 when it no longer was feasible to manually pump out the water, and bought Løkken Mine. Christian Thams understood that for... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=7650255
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Railway Lines in Sør-Trøndelag: Thamshavn Line, Røros Line, Nordland Line, Dovre Line, Stavne-leangen Line, Trondhjem-støren Line
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