Factory and industrial management . ELI KARLEO FALLS, ON THE KIVER Lipper view shows the site of the proposed hydro-electric station. Of the Swedish canals and water-ways and their influence uponthe cuhivation and colonisation of the country, a very interesting-history might be written. In default, however, of space to this end,it must suffice to mention that attention was directed in Swedenearlier than in most European States to the value of artificial water-ways intended to link and make more serviceable those provided bynature, and that early in the sixteenth century the first
Factory and industrial management . ELI KARLEO FALLS, ON THE KIVER Lipper view shows the site of the proposed hydro-electric station. Of the Swedish canals and water-ways and their influence uponthe cuhivation and colonisation of the country, a very interesting-history might be written. In default, however, of space to this end,it must suffice to mention that attention was directed in Swedenearlier than in most European States to the value of artificial water-ways intended to link and make more serviceable those provided bynature, and that early in the sixteenth century the first king of the 5o6 THE ENGINEERING Vasa dynasty pro-jected practically allthe great canals nowin existence or pro-posed. Unfortu-nately, in Sweden,as elsewhere, a 1 1canals built in otherthan quite recentyears have failed toconfirm the highhopes based uponthem. They havebeen useful forpurely local traffic,but, as a generalrule, owing to theirinferior dimensionsand the revolutionseffected, first, by theintroductionof steam as a mo-tive power and ironas a building mate-rial, and, secondly,by the competitionof railways, theyhave proved com-parative failures infacilitating c o m -merce and interna-tional navigation. Inno country is thisfelt more keenlythan in Sweden, theinland ports ofwhich are numerousand in close prox-imity to the greatcentres of indus-try. INDUSTRIAL SWEDEN. 507 Navigation through the existing TroUhatte Canal is restricted tovessels of less than no feet length, 28 feet beam, 9 2/3 feet draughtand 250 tons displacement. To the enlarged canal^ however, which isprojected, vessels might be admitted 325 feet
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