The preserved line course between Notodden and Hjartdal
If you drive along the European route 134 through the county of Telemark, you are bound to notice the protected line course between Notodden and Hjartdal.
For some it’s hard to im ...
If you drive along the European route 134 through the county of Telemark, you are bound to notice the protected line course between Notodden and Hjartdal.
For some it’s hard to imagine that there can be anything special about telephone poles – until you have driven across Bamlesletta in Notodden. Tall and beautiful, the historic timber poles reach up through the cultural landscape, and form a majestic line between the road and the fields. This is the last remaining stretch of the national telephone line between Kristiania and Bergen, and the oldest preserved line course in Norway. It is the upper part of the poles that’s making it difficult to stay on the road as you’re driving along in 80 kilometres per hour. Viewed through modern eyes, early telecom technology bears the likeness of gigantic jewellery: Four, iron cross bars, each carrying four small, white porcelain hats, come together to form a crown-like construction. Between each of the 120 protected poles, from crown to crown, 17 wires stretch. 17 swaying communicational threads which once were what tied Norway together.
Among other things, this line made it possible for the inhabitants of Bergen to telephone Kristiania (Oslo.)
-A national telephone-/telegraph line between Kristiania and Bergen was started in 1896 and completed in 1900.
-Protection order served: 1996
-The stretch; Notodden – Hjartdal is the oldest preserved line course in Norway.
-Last restoration on the stretch, Hjartdal: 2015
-Last restoration on the stretch, Notodden, after a storm in December 2013, was executed in 2014.
-Number of poles in this course: 120
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120 stolper langs Europavei 134 på strekningen Notodden Hjartdal. Linjemateriellet stammer fra perioden 1900-1921. En tredjedel av stolpene er fra før 1920, en tredjedel fra 1920-30-årene og resten av nyere dato. Strekningen Notodden - Hjartdal er den eldste bevarte linjekursen i Norge. Linjen er pr 01.01.2017 i god forfatning ... 120 stolper langs Europavei 134 på strekningen Notodden Hjartdal. Linjemateriellet stammer fra perioden 1900-1921. En tredjedel av stolpene er fra før 1920, en tredjedel fra 1920-30-årene og resten av nyere dato. Strekningen Notodden - Hjartdal er den eldste bevarte linjekursen i Norge. Linjen er pr 01.01.2017 i god forfatning etter omfattende restaurering i 2015 og 2016. Linjekursen ble fredet i 1996.
Rikstelefon-/telegraflinjen Kristiania-Bergen ble påbegynt i 1896. Det ble da bevilget kr 80 500 til dette arbeidet. Det tok fire og et halvt år, og linjen ble åpnet i 1900 for vanlig trafikk. Denne linjen gjorde det mulig for innbyggerne i Bergen å telefonere til Kristiania. Det kostet den gang en krone for tre minutter.
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