Krångede kraftverk

Architect

Year

1931

Type

power plant

At Krångede on the Indalsälven the machine hall sits blasted out 40 meters below ground, and that governs how the plant looks above ground. Erik Hahr had to express the idea of the works without a visible turbine hall, so he gave the…

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1931
Original construction
Erik Hahr
1933-1936
Completion
Work on the dam began in the autumn of 1933 and was carried out during the low-water periods, with two openings twenty metres wide left between the dam piers so the river could keep running. They were closed for good over the winter of…
1936
Completion
Rock blasting for the machine hall was finished in the autumn of 1934 and the first generating unit was tested in April 1936. The first stage was inaugurated on 18 July by crown prince Gustaf Adolf and crown princess Louise before some 1…
1947
Addition
Construction continued in stages until six generating units were in operation, at that point the most powerful turbines and generators in the country. The plant reached its full built extent with this stage, fourteen years after work on…