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Welcome to the Norwegian Industrial Workers Museum. In the old Vemork hydroelectric power station. Surrounded by magnificent scenery, the beautiful building serves as a monument to the history of Norwegian industry.
The power station was completed in 1911, and was then thought to be the world's biggest. It supplied power to the Rjukan salpetre works and, after 1929, to the Vemork hydrogen factory.
During the Second World War Vemork became an Allied target. It was essential to block German research into atomic fission by halting the production of heavy water at Vemork.
Learn about Norwegian industrial history and the occupation through exhibitions, film and interactive terminals.
Hydropower; Norwegian technology and engineering, and not least the hard work of the navvies and the factory workers, made Rjukan famous as an industrial centre. We will tell you about this pioneering age, about the rapis transition from agricultural to industrial society, and how social, cultural and political conflicts
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