Telemark Canal

The Telemark Canal connects Skien to Dalen in southern Norway with the aid of linking numerous lengthy lakes inside the Skien watershed through a chain of 18 locks. It originally consisted of canals. The Norsjo–Skien Canal, with locks in Skien and Loveid, turned into built in 1854–1861 and related Skien with Norsjo lake. The longer Bandak–Norsjo Canal changed into opened in 1892 with the aid of the Minister of Labour Hans Hein Theodor Nysom. It extended the canal from Norsjo lake through Flavatn and Kviteseidvatn lakes to Bandak lake. In Europe, this canal changed into visible as "the 8th marvel" at the time it became finished. The Bandak–Nordsjo Canal became specially built for shipping of products and passengers, log floating and to save you flooding.

Log floating is not practiced, because of the remaining of Union, a nearby paper manufacturing unit. An japanese segment offers get right of entry to from Norsjo lake to Notodden through Lake Heddalsvatnet. The Telemark Canal includes 18 locks, is a hundred and five kilometres lengthy and has a complete distinction in elevation of seventy two metres. The largest staircase lock is Vrangfoss, which has 5 chambers and a lifting peak of 23 metres. The riverboats Henrik Ibsen and Victoria travel with travelers from Skien to Dalen thru Kviteseid. Victoria has traveled the Norsjo–Skien Canal due to the fact that 1882, and the Bandak–Norsjo Canal due to the fact its beginning.