This weekends find

[Hauk]

Even if I could not participate in saturdays virtual meeting experiment, the weekend was not entirely wasted.

We were invited to some good friends cabin in the mountains for some hiking and good food. And knowing my interest in everything related to vintage infrastructure they suggested  that we visited the site of a small abandoned hydroelectrical plant. And I was not disappointed!



The surroundings were not half bad, either:



Would love to make a diorama of the scene some day!

Regards, Håvard

PS: If the scenery looks somewhat familiar, it is the same area as the bridge in this thread is located: https://www.finescalerr.com/smf/index.php?topic=535.0.

[TRAINS1941]

What a beautiful scene.  And the building would be a good subject.

Thanks for sharing the pictures!

Jerry

[finescalerr]

Your weekend provided better results than our technically challenged online meeting. -- Russ

[Bernhard]

Yes, the building and the surroundings are really worth recreating as a model.

Bernhard

[WP Rayner]

The building is interesting, but the scenery is absolutely gorgeous! Nice way to spend a weekend...

[Ray Dunakin]

I love that old building! It's so funky!

And yes, the setting is gorgeous!

[Hauk]

Glad that you enjoyed my little find!
I knew in advance that the hydroelectric plant would be a gem, but I was totally unprepared for what we came across a couple of miles further upriver:









It really makes me happy that you can stumble across a 123 year old bridge that is still in use! And those rivets... good enough to eat! No, I did not count them, a full antiquarian survey will have to wait for a later field trip. 

[Krusty]

I'm deeply envious. The hydro station, the scenery and the bridge are all gorgeous.

[Hauk]

I'm deeply envious. The hydro station, the scenery and the bridge are all gorgeous.

Well, New Zealand seems to have its share of impressing scenery!
And you do have some nice railroads as well.

https://www.newzealand.com/int/rail/

[Barney]

I wonder if they ever got planning permission for that building - But its just fantastic and on my bucket list - I presume the large diameter pipes are for water in and water out
Barney

[Hydrostat]

What a great find, both the plant and bridge! Looks like the river is completely frozen?

[Hauk]

I wonder if they ever got planning permission for that building - But its just fantastic and on my bucket list - I presume the large diameter pipes are for water in and water out
Barney

Yes, the pipe the right is the water intake for the turbine. The diameter is just over 100 cm (pretty close to 40").

Here is a picture of the turbine from above:



By the way, my friend brought along his drone, so we got aerial shots as well:



The turbine is at the bottom of the dark "well".

[Hauk]

What a great find, both the plant and bridge! Looks like the river is completely frozen?

Yep, you did not need the bridge to cross the river that day. But we played it safe, you could hear that there was quite a lot of water flowing under the ice...

[Chuck Doan]

What a great weekend!

[Hauk]

What a great weekend!

It sure was.
After another week in almost solitary confinement at the home office it is nice to break away for a couple of days.
And it seems that due to the EU messing up the vaccine procurement deals, the Covid restrictions will continue well past the summer... But I should not complain, the infection rates in Norway are among the lowest in Europe, and the restrictions far less severe than in most countries.



Anyone gotten their jab, by the way?