Eidselva lies in
Nome municipality in
Vestfold og Telemark County, Norway. It rises in
Flåvatn, and runs into
Norsjø in
Ulefoss. The river is part of
Skiensvassdraget, and an important part of the
Telemark Canal. On the stretch from Ulefoss to Flåvatn there are six
sluice
Sluice ( ) is a word for a channel controlled at its head by a movable gate which is called a sluice gate. A sluice gate is traditionally a wood or metal barrier sliding in grooves that are set in the sides of the waterway and can be considered ...
s (14 sluicegates), with a total rise of around . In the river, there are four
hydroelectric power stations:
Eidsfoss,
Vrangfoss,
Ulefoss and
Aall-Ulefoss.
Eidselva – elv i Nome
(in Norwegian), Store Norske Leksikon
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, retrieved 22 March 2013
References
External links
The Telemark Canal
Rivers of Vestfold og Telemark
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