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SKIEN , a seaport of See also:southern See also:Norway, in Bratsberg amt (See also:county), on the See also:river Skien, 5 M. below its issue from See also:Lake See also:Nord, and 6 m. above its outflow into Frier See also:Fjord. Pop. (1900) 11,343. It was mostly rebuilt after a See also:fire in 1886. Here Henrik See also:Ibsen, the dramatist, was See also:born in 1828. In 1892 a See also:canal ascending 189 ft. by means of 17 locks was made between lakes Bandak and Nord, giving See also:access to the See also:Telemark See also:district by way of Dalen. The whole distance between the lakes is 40 in., and several See also:fine falls, as the Ulefos, Eidsfos, and Vrangfos, are passed. The See also:engineering is noteworthy. In the See also:town and district are numerous saw-See also:mills, planing, See also:cotton-See also:spinning and See also:flour-mills, factories for See also:wood-pulp and domestic commodities, also a See also:copper mine (at Omdal). The exports are See also:ice, See also:timber (including See also:telegraph poles for the See also:British See also:government), wood-pulp and copper, and the imports See also:coal and See also:china-See also:clay. The town (the See also:ancient Skida) See also:dates from the 14th See also:century. A fine view is obtained from the Bratsberg See also:Kiev, S. E. of the town, with ruins of a See also:chapel. Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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