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Lennartsfors station

Name: Lennartsfors station
Address: Årjäng SV, Varmland County, SE

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Årjäng SV, Varmland County

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Heather

May 22, 2019

The locks are buried in the rock and after the locks a rock channel with high edges follows. The lock staircase consists of three locks with a total level difference of 7.5 m. Just above the lock staircase crosses the Dalsland canal by a highway bridge (flap bridge) with 3 m free height. The Lennartsfors lock staircase is the most impressive in Dalsland's canal after Håveruds. The locks are buried in the rock and after the locks a rock channel with high edges follows. The lock staircase consists of three locks with a total level difference of 7.5 meters. Just above the lock staircase, the canal is crossed by a road bridge (flap bridge) with 3 m free height. When you arrive at the upper lock from the north (from the lake Foxen) you enter a long, narrow fairway. The trail is separated from the flowing water down to the power plant by a narrow stone pier. In the water area above the stone pier there is usually strong current supply, especially when the water level is high. Boats coming from the north moor at the waiting bridge. Here is a so-called "call station" with written information on how to contact the lock guard. For boats coming from the south, a green buoy marks the part of the waiting bridge that does not have a depth of 1.8 m. Already in the 16th century there was a water mill here at Ränkforsen. Something that can be called a real society, however, was not until 1839 when Lennartsfors Bruk was founded and the town got its name after the owner Lennart Uggla. The mill manufactured everything from boats to spotty cups and to facilitate the transports to and from Lennartsfors, the lock staircase was built. The mill was abandoned in 1877 and instead a wooden grinding mill was established in Lennartsfors. In 1948, the next industrial era started when Lennartsfors Mekaniska Verkstad, in collaboration with Facit in Åtvidaberg, began to manufacture duplicators and counting spools. The company remains and the business is today focused on small-scale forestry. Smaller sawmills and the so-called Iron Horse belong to the product range. One more thing about Lennartsfors. From here comes the "Sack". We mean of course the ski king Thomas Wassberg.