• Norsk Hydro Rjukan is an industrial facility operated by Norsk Hydro at Rjukan in Tinn, Norway, from 1911 to 1991. The plant manufactured chemicals related...
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    also Rjukan Falls was developed and its power harnessed, in the process establishing the city of Rjukan, establishing the plant Norsk Hydro Rjukan. Hydro's...
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    industrial developments by Norsk Hydro in the 1910s and 1920s. It got its name from the Rjukan Falls west of the town. At its peak, Rjukan was a significant industrial...
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    between Mæl and Rjukan in Telemark county. The railway's main purpose was to transport chemicals from Norsk Hydro's plant at Rjukan to the port at Skien...
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    Tinnoset Line and Rjukan Line. Transport included both railway cars, carrying primarily fertilizer, potassium nitrate and ammonia from Norsk Hydro, as well as...
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  • Hydro Transport AS was a railway- and shipping company responsible for the transport of chemicals from Norsk Hydro Rjukan. A subsidiary of Norsk Hydro...
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    Sam Eyde (category Norsk Hydro people)
    was a Norwegian engineer and industrialist. He was the founder of both Norsk Hydro and Elkem. Eyde was born in Arendal in Aust-Agder, Norway. He was a son...
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    were harnessed by the Vemork hydro-electrical power plant to produce power for the saltpetre production at a nearby Norsk Hydro factory. The waterfall is...
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    structures are the Rjukan Line and the Tinnoset Line, two railways with corresponding train ferries. Factory towns built by Tinfos and Norsk Hydro, including...
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    Vemork (category Norsk Hydro)
    power plant outside the town of Rjukan in Tinn Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The plant was built by Norsk Hydro and opened in 1911, its main purpose...
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    Sørland Line and the Vestfold Line; allowing Norsk Hydro to transport fertilizer from their plant at Rjukan to the port in Skien. Since 1991 only passenger...
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    ISBN 9781439126226. Archived from the original on 9 September 2015. Norsk Hydro's official site on Rjukan during the war Interview with Joachim Rønneberg Operation...
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    the preservation of industrial society created by Norsk Hydro when they established themselves in Rjukan in 1907. The museum is an anchor point on the European...
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    Thorvald Astrup (category Norsk Hydro people)
    Såheim Power Station in Rjukan (1916), Tyssedal Power Station (1906), while the administration building for Norsk Hydro in Rjukan is built in jugendstil...
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    Tinnoset Line (category Norsk Transport)
    part of the transport chain used to transport fertilizer from Norsk Hydro's factory in Rjukan to the port in Skien. The railway opened in 1909 and was closed...
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    Jomar Brun, the head of Norsk Hydro Rjukan, created a plan for industrial production of heavy water in Norway. As Norsk Hydro were already producing ammonia...
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    Station is a hydroelectric power station located in Rjukan, Telemark, Norway, operated by Norsk Hydro. It operates at an installed capacity of 185 MW, with...
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    worked for Norsk Hydro from 1929. He was central in the planning and running of the world's first industrial heavy water plant at Norsk Hydro Rjukan. During...
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    SF Ammonia (category Ferries of Norsk Transport)
    Tinn that connected the Rjukan Line with the Tinnoset Line. This system was used by Norsk Hydro to transport chemicals from Rjukan to the port in Skien....
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    aerial tramway in Northern Europe. It was built in 1928 as a gift from Norsk Hydro. The Hardangervidda National Park center is located at the lake Møsvatn...
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    Telemark Engineering College in Porsgrunn. Skinnarland worked at the Norsk Hydro plant at the Vemork hydroelectric plant, and decided to escape to the...
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    Thorvald Astrup. Among his designs were industrial buildings for Norsk Hydro at Herøya, Rjukan, Notodden, Glomfjord and Kykkelsrud. He also designed the lodging...
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    Tinnsjø railway ferry (category Ferries of Norsk Transport)
    Tinn that connected the Rjukan Line and Tinnoset Line. The 30-kilometer (19 mi) long ferry trip made it possible for Norsk Hydro to transport its fertilizer...
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    joining Norwegian industrial conglomerate Norsk Hydro, where he served for 27 years. During his tenure at Norsk Hydro, he was promoted to senior positions...
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    Herøya (category Norsk Hydro)
    fertilizer, Calcium nitrate. Norsk Hydro had previously had to build its fertilizer plants in Notodden (in 1907) and Rjukan (in 1909) because technology...
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    Yara International (category Norsk Hydro)
    its first product. Between 1906 and 1919 Norsk Hydro built two hydroelectric power plants in Notodden and Rjukan. The company sent its first shipment to...
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    conducted his own architectural practice at Rjukan. He also acted as a staff architect for Norsk Hydro in Rjukan, returning to his own practice in Oslo in...
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    Krossobanen (category Norsk Hydro)
    tramway in Rjukan, Norway, and was the first of its kind in Northern Europe. It was built in 1928 by Bleichert as a gift from Norsk Hydro to the people...
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    with Grouse. The combined Norwegian team went into action against the Norsk Hydro heavy water production plant in Vemork in 1943, parachuting into the...
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    particular by the Norske Skog Union paper mills in Grenland and the Norsk Hydro heavy water and fertilizer production in Upper Telemark. Telemark county...
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