Vemork
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Power station
- Description: hydroelectric power station and museum in Tinn, Norway
- Also known as: “Vemork kraftverk” and “Vemork Power Plant”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rjukan Falls.
Rjukan Falls
Waterfall
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 tall waterfall is located on the river Måna, about five kilometres to the west of the town of Rjukan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rjukan.
Rjukan
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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.
Vemork
- Categories: hydroelectric power station, industrial heritage site, and industry
- Location: Tinn, Telemark, East Norway, Alvdal, Innlandet, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.86947° or 59° 52′ 10″ northLongitude
8.49369° or 8° 29′ 37″ eastInception
1971Operator
Norsk HydroOpen location code
9FFCVF9V+QFOpenStreetMap ID
way 551246060Wikidata ID
Q2296772
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Vemork” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Վեմորկ”
- Armenian: “Վեմորքի ջրաէլեկտրակայան”
- Catalan: “Vemork”
- Chinese: “韋莫克”
- Chinese: “韋莫克水電站”
- Chinese: “韦莫克水电站”
- Czech: “Vemork”
- Dutch: “Vemork”
- French: “Vemork”
- German: “Kraftwerk Vemork”
- German: “Vemork”
- Hebrew: “ומורק”
- Japanese: “ヴェモルク”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Rjukan I”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vemork kraftstasjon”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vemork”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vemork”
- Norwegian: “Vemork”
- Russian: “Веморк”
- Swedish: “Vemork”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Веморк”
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