Rjukan Falls(English)[1] or Rjukanfossen(Norwegian) is a waterfall in the western part of the Vestfjorddalen valley in Tinn Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The 104-metre (341 ft) tall waterfall is located on the river Måna, about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) to the west of the town of Rjukan.[2][3]
Illustration from 1848
Historically, the waterfall was a major tourist attraction, being one of the first floodlighted waterfalls by electricity produced by the same waterfall. In 1905, the waterfall and surrounding river were harnessed by the Vemork hydro-electrical power plant to produce power for the saltpetre production at a nearby Norsk Hydro factory.[2]
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^ abMæhlum, Lars, ed. (8 June 2020). "Rjukanfossen (Tinn)". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
^"Rjukanfossen, Tinn, Vestfold og Telemark, Norway". World Waterfall Database.
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in the 1910s and 1920s. It got its name from the RjukanFalls west of the town. At its peak, Rjukan was a significant industrial center in Telemark. It...
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...
also RjukanFalls was developed and its power harnessed, in the process establishing the city of Rjukan, establishing the plant Norsk Hydro Rjukan. Hydro's...
power plant. The 108-megawatt (145,000 hp) Vemork power station at the RjukanFalls was the world's largest power plant when it opened in 1911, after four...
Scandinavia, with some 30 engineers. In 1902, Eyde acquired control over RjukanFalls in Telemark. He also held rights to waterfalls at Arendal and Notodden...
long valley stretches from the lake Tinnsjå westwards past Rjukan, Vemork, and RjukanFalls to the lake Møsvatn in the west. The Måna River runs through...
1902 when Sam Eyde, along with Norwegian and Swedish investors, bought RjukanFalls—establishing A/S Rjukanfos on 30 April 1903. The same year, on 13 February...
Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Rjukan. Some of the villages in Tinn include Atrå, Austbygde, Hovin, and Miland...
metres after the waterfall, which can be used to cross the river. See > RjukanFalls Cheng, Johnny. "Rjukandefossen". World of Waterfalls. Retrieved 2008-07-18...
site of the heavy water production at RjukanFalls in Telemark. He was the first agent to be sent to Rjukan, dropped on the Hardangervidda on 28 March...
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& Lepperød, Trond (1995). Rjukanbanen på sporet av et industrieventyr. Rjukan: Maana Forlag "Last hero of Telemark: The man who helped stop Hitler's A-bomb"...
filming The Heroes of Telemark for director Anthony Mann on location in Rjukan, Norway. Meanwhile, Lewis continued to develop film properties with Frankenheimer...
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