Vemork
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Vemork is a former hydroelectric power plant in Norway best known as the site of World War II operations to disrupt Nazi Germany’s heavy water production for nuclear research.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vemork canonical | 3 |
| Norsk Hydro plant at Vemork | 1 |
| Vemork Industrial Workers Museum | 1 |
| Vemork heavy water plant | 1 |
| Vemork hydroelectric plant | 1 |
| Vemork power plant | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
hydroelectric power station
ⓘ
industrial heritage site ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | early 20th-century industrial architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Allied sabotage operations
ⓘ
Nazi Germany nuclear weapons program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1911 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| convertedTo | museum ⓘ |
| country | Norway ⓘ |
| countryDuringEvents | Kingdom of Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentUse | museum and visitor attraction ⓘ |
| energySource | hydropower ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
Rjukan–Notodden Industrial Heritage Site
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site component NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationDate | 2015 ⓘ |
| historicalEvent |
Norwegian heavy water sabotage
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Operation Freshman NERFINISHED ⓘ Operation Gunnerside NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1911 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Nazi Germany nuclear research disruption
ⓘ
World War II sabotage operations ⓘ heavy water production during World War II ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Norway
ⓘ
Rjukan NERFINISHED ⓘ Tinn NERFINISHED ⓘ Vestfold og Telemark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Rjukanfossen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Måna River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialProduced |
deuterium oxide
ⓘ
heavy water ⓘ |
| opened | 1911 ⓘ |
| operator | Norsk Hydro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Norsk Hydro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Norwegian Industrial Workers Museum
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rjukan–Notodden Industrial Heritage Site NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| powerType | hydroelectric ⓘ |
| significantPeriod |
1930s
ⓘ
1940s ⓘ |
| status | former power plant ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | production of deuterium oxide ⓘ |
| tourism |
World War II history tourism
ⓘ
industrial heritage tourism ⓘ |
| usedFor |
electric power generation
ⓘ
heavy water production ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Vemork heavy water plant
this entity surface form:
Vemork hydroelectric plant
this entity surface form:
Norsk Hydro plant at Vemork
this entity surface form:
Vemork Industrial Workers Museum