Mellom-Veset

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Vemork

Power station

Photo: PeltonMan, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Vemork is a hydroelectric power plant and a museum 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 being to fix nitrogen for the production of fertilizer. Vemork is situated 2 km southwest of Mellom-Veset.

Rjukan Falls

Waterfall

Photo: Kristin, CC BY 2.0.

Rjukan Falls or Rjukanfossen is a waterfall in the western part of the Vestfjorddalen valley in Tinn Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The 104-metre waterfall is located on the river Måna, about five kilometres west of the town of Rjukan. Rjukan Falls is situated 3 km southwest of Mellom-Veset.

Rjukan Station

Railway station

Photo: Bergenga, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Rjukan Station is the terminal railway station of the Rjukan Line, located at Rjukan in Tinn Municipality, Norway. The station opened as part of the railway on 9 August 1909 as Saaheim, until renaming to Rjukan on 15 November 1912. Rjukan Station is situated 3½ km east of Mellom-Veset.

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Rjukan

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Rjukan is a town in the Tinn municipality of Telemark, Norway. The town was founded in 1908 by Sam Eyde, who started the plan of building a city from scratch, after buying the renowned Rjukan waterfall to make electric power for fertilizer production.

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