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4210.01.03 Ilmenittverk (Ilmenite smelter works), Tyssedal, seen over Sørfjord (an arm of Hardangerfjord), Hordaland, Norway. Industry started here in "Trolldalen" in 1906, the original power station, having a 180m long turbine hall and being fed with a 410m head of water, was the largest high pressure hydroelectric power station in northern Europe. It is now a museum. The smelter is still powered by hydroelectricty, the water being impounded behind the Ringedals Dam in Skjeggedal, the distance. Taken 1995. Keywords: Norwegian heavy dirty industry industrial scene iron steel production smelting manufacture production long low building air pollution emissions high pressure hydroelectric power station fjord waterside surrounded by high mountains valley bottom industrial landscape scene Sorfjord Sorfjorden Sørfjorden Hardangerfjorden lgpl
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Photographer: Leslie Garland
Collection: Norway
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Ilmenittverk (Ilmenite smelter works), Tyssedal, seen over Sørfjord (an arm

of Hardangerfjord), Hordaland, Norway. Industry started here in "Trolldalen" in 1906, the original power station, having a 180m long turbine hall and being fed with a 410m head of water, was the largest high pressure hydroelectric power station in northern Europe. It is now a museum. The smelter is still powered by hydroelectricty, the water being impounded behind the Ringedals Dam in Skjeggedal, the distance. Taken 1995.
Keywords: Norwegian heavy dirty industry industrial scene iron steel production smelting manufacture production long low building air pollution emissions high pressure hydroelectric power station fjord waterside surrounded by high mountains valley bottom industrial landscape scene Sorfjord Sorfjorden Sørfjorden Hardangerfjorden lgpl