Norwegian Museum of Hydropower and Industry
The Norwegian Museum of Hydropower and Industry (Norwegian: Norsk Vasskraft- og Industristadmuseum) is a cultural history museum at Odda in Vestland county, Norway. The museum is located in the village of Tyssedal. The museum is dedicated to the industrial history of Odda and Tyssedal, and more generally to history related to rivers and water, hydropower production, electricity, power-intensive industry, and its society.
The Tysso I power plant, designed by architect Thorvald Astrup (1876–1940) and built between 1906 and 1918, is a major attraction. The station has machinery and control room equipment throughout the station's entire operating history, from 1908 to 1989. The Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage preserved the Tyssedal power plant for posterity in 2000, comprising Tysso I, pipelines, distribution pool and watchman's home at Lilletopp, and intake pool and valve house at Vetlevann. The power plant was extensively restored in the years that followed.
The old administration building for AS Tyssefaldene, the power generating business that owns and manages the hydropower plant, is located near the power station. The museum's displays, library, archives, picture and audio collections, as well as an auditorium, are now housed in the building. It is possible to see the installations at Lilletopp, Vetlevann, and the Ringedals Dam farther upstream. The museum also includes three historic workmen's homes in Odda and a tiny former hydrologic research station at the glacier Folgefonna. A via Ferrata has been constructed to allow safe climbing up the extremely steep pipeline.
Location: Naustbakken 7, Tyssedal, Hordaland 5770
Website: kraftmuseet.no/frontpage/
