Pershyttan is a small mining town approximately south-southwest of

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, Sweden (174 km west of Stockholm). It has been restored and kept mainly as a working museum of

Bergslagen Bergslagen is a historical, cultural, and linguistic region located north of Lake Mälaren in northern Svealand, Sweden, traditionally known as a mining district. In Bergslagen, the mining and metallurgic industries have been important since t ...

's mining and iron handling which started in the early 14th century. One of Sweden's best preserved

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-fuelled

blast furnace A blast furnace is a type of metallurgical furnace used for smelting to produce industrial metals, generally pig iron, but also others such as lead or copper. ''Blast'' refers to the combustion air being supplied above atmospheric pressure. In a ...

s from 1856 can be found in Pershyttan. In the area is also one of the biggest working

water wheel A water wheel is a machine for converting the kinetic energy of flowing or falling water into useful forms of power, often in a watermill. A water wheel consists of a large wheel (usually constructed from wood or metal), with numerous b ...

s. The two best known mines in the area are Lockgruvan, which dates back to the

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, and Storgruvan. Storgruvan is also called Moon Mine due to it being the site of the moonbase analogue test project, with the aim to research and explore techniques for building an underground base on the

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. 090107 moon-mine.com Some goals of the moon mine project are: * Outdoor design to provide an environment with an outdoor feeling. * Cultivation of

vegetable Vegetables are edible parts of plants that are consumed by humans or other animals as food. This original meaning is still commonly used, and is applied to plants collectively to refer to all edible plant matter, including edible flower, flo ...

s with help of

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s transferred sunlight or with

fluorescent Fluorescence is one of two kinds of photoluminescence, the emission of light by a substance that has absorbed light or other electromagnetic radiation. When exposed to ultraviolet radiation, many substances will glow (fluoresce) with color ...

light sources. * Low-volume production of metal objects. Through means of welding. * Housing design. * Outdoor-like environment inside

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corridors with runner tracks. *

Mining Mining is the Resource extraction, extraction of valuable geological materials and minerals from the surface of the Earth. Mining is required to obtain most materials that cannot be grown through agriculture, agricultural processes, or feasib ...

and mineral extraction with minimal equipment.

References

External links

Cultural Heritage Site – Old Pershyttan Mining Community
Populated places in Nora Municipality Bergslagen {{Örebro-geo-stub