Ljusne canals

In Ljusne there has been several canals.
River Ljusnan divides Ljusne in a northern and a southern part.
In the north there was one canal that powered a sawmill and one canal that provided power to a powerstation by the chainforgery.
In the south there was a canal giving water to a small powerplant.


Old aerial view of Ljusne	Old photo from the canal to the powerplant.	Sawmill canal 1915

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Picture shot 1893 showing the canal to the sawmill. The picture was shot during a big fire in the timberyard.	View from north. The fire station in the middle. Not used as a fire station any more. © Photo 2005 by Göran Kindlund

History:
The sawmill canal was the first one. The mill started in 1849 and it is likely that the canal was built and finished by then. The sawmill was converted to steampower i 1881 and the canal became obsolete. It was filled up some time during the first half of the 20th century.
The sidewalls of the canal are still intact and some of them can be seen.

The second canal on the north side was probably built in the early 20th century. There was one house were the canal was supposed to pass. They let house rest on piles in the middle of the canal. This house was one of two that housed young unmarried men working at the industries around.
This canal was abandoned and filled by the mid 1970ies when a new big powerstation was built in River Ljusnan.

The canal on the south was probably built in the 1930ies. It was probably abandoned and filled up in the mid 1970ies.

Sources: Göran Kindlund, Sasse Sassesson and Kenneth Herrgård, all grown up in Ljusne. Kenneth Herrgård has many pictures from Ljusne at his homepage
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