Telemark Canal

E422287
canal waterway

The Telemark Canal is a historic Norwegian waterway renowned for its series of locks and scenic route connecting the coast to the inland lakes of Telemark.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Telemark Canal canonical 5
Halden Canal 3

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf canal ⓘ
waterway ⓘ
connectsBodyOfWater Bandak ⓘ
Norsjø NERFINISHED ⓘ
Skienselva NERFINISHED ⓘ
connectsTo Dalen ONDG ⓘ
Skien NERFINISHED ⓘ
coast of Norway ⓘ
inland lakes of Telemark ⓘ
constructionEndDate 1892 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1854 ⓘ
country Norway ⓘ
currentPrimaryUse tourism ⓘ
hasLockSystem Eidsfoss Locks NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hogga Locks ONDG ⓘ
Kjeldal Locks NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lunde Locks NERFINISHED ⓘ
Løveid Locks NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ulefoss Locks NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vrangfoss Locks ONDG ⓘ
hasPart Bandak–Norsjø Canal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Norsjø–Skien Canal ONDG ⓘ
hasTouristBoat MS Henrik Ibsen ONDG ⓘ
MS Victoria ONDG ⓘ
heritageStatus protected cultural heritage site in Norway ⓘ
knownFor engineering heritage ⓘ
historic locks ⓘ
scenic route ⓘ
length about 105 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn Telemark NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vestfold og Telemark county NERFINISHED ⓘ
maximumVesselBeam about 7.2 metres ⓘ
maximumVesselDraught about 2.5 metres ⓘ
maximumVesselLength about 70 metres ⓘ
nickname Eighth Wonder of the World ⓘ
surface form: the eighth wonder of the world
numberOfLocks 18 ⓘ
openingDate 1892 ⓘ
operator Telemarkskanalen FKF ONDG ⓘ
originalPurpose transport of goods ⓘ
transport of timber ⓘ
passesThrough Kviteseid ⓘ
Nome ⓘ
Skien NERFINISHED ⓘ
seasonalOperation summer ⓘ
terminus Dalen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Skien NERFINISHED ⓘ
totalLift 72 metres ⓘ
tourismActivity canal cruises ⓘ
recreational boating ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Telemark → traversedBy → Telemark Canal ⓘ
Skien → traversedBy → Telemark Canal ⓘ
Porsgrunn → locatedAlong → Telemark Canal ⓘ
Porsgrunn → hasWaterwayConnection → Telemark Canal ⓘ
Norsjø → partOf → Telemark Canal ⓘ
municipality of Halden → hasAttraction → Telemark Canal ⓘ
subject surface form: Halden
this entity surface form: Halden Canal
municipality of Marker → locatedBy → Telemark Canal ⓘ
subject surface form: Marker
this entity surface form: Halden Canal
municipality of Aremark → hasAttraction → Telemark Canal ⓘ
subject surface form: Aremark
this entity surface form: Halden Canal