Sunday, 3rd April, 2022
Point 4 – Machinist houses The municipal service company Stavanger Elektrisitetsverk took charge over Flørli from 1927. Immediately, they had to do many upgrades on the station, the pipeline and the dams. A/S Flørli had done everything as cheaply and fast as...
Sunday, 3rd April, 2022
Point 5 – Barns The power station was manned day and night, so it needed three shifts of workers and a fourth shift to cover free periods. Each shift had a machinist responsible and an assistant. Then there were two workers employed fulltime in maintenance and a...
Sunday, 3rd April, 2022
Point 6 – Guesthouse Ingeniørmessa In 1927, when the municipality took over Flørli, they planted an oak to mark the event, with a small plaque in front. Walk up to the oak to read it. The power station had a guesthouse called Ingeniørmessa. This was where...
Sunday, 3rd April, 2022
Point 7 – Farm Flørli was first inhabited around 1620 as a clearing under the farms of Kalleli, the next village along the fjord. Reason to settle here was not the great soil. Rather the river was used for a waterpowered sawmill. Timber was in high demand at the...
Sunday, 3rd April, 2022
Point 8 – School The school was first constructed in 1916 for housing functionaries at the construction site. They may also have held offices here. In addition, there was a blacksmith’s workshop. That’s why there is the pretty stone basement as...
