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THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY 



Fig. 4. Falls and Power House of Teondiijeji Electric Works. Only a portion 

 of the power of this stream is at present used. 



thoroughly macerated by water and pressed into sheets, which are sold 

 to the paper manufacturers of England. America and the continent. 

 The logs are floated down to the mills in enormous quantities and the 

 frequent lakes along the river courses serve as storehouses for the logs 

 till used. One may often see acres of water thus covered with logs. 



The one great drawback to manufacturing industry in Norway is 

 the lack of all fuel except wood and peat. There is a little deposit of 

 coal in one of the Vesteraalen Islands, but it is difficult to work and 

 very little mined. On the coast it is of course possible to import coal, 

 but this is hardly used outside of the larger cities. The ordinary fuel 

 everywhere is wood, but this is naturally hardly applicable to indus- 

 tries. But if Norway is badly off for fuel, she is unique in her water- 

 power. Doubtless the water-power of America surpasses that of Nor- 

 way, but here it is scattered from Maine to Georgia, and from Idaho 

 to Texas. In Norway it is everywhere, from Kristiania to North Cape. 

 In winter the whole highland of Norway, and this includes the largest 

 proportion of her area, is covered with deep snow. This melts very 

 gradually and in many places has not disappeared by the end of sum- 

 mer. There is thus a continual supply of water, from elevations of six 

 thousand feet down to nearly sea level. This water has a very short dis- 

 tance to go before reaching the sea, and few of the rivers are navigable 

 for any considerable length. The many lakes found in their courses 

 serve as inexhaustible storage reservoirs, while the short stretches of 

 river connecting the lakes generally have a very steep fall. Norway 

 thus abounds in waterfalls, the water often descending a thousand feet 



