Norway, Sweden, and Denmark: with excursions to Iceland and Spitzbergen ; handbook for travellers . ge, we follow the road to the left,on the right bank of the canal. We pass the large brick Kyrka,which rises a little to our right, and (3/4 br. from the station) theMekanisk Verkstad (locomotive-works) of Nydqvist & Holm, and (in20 min. more) reach the houses of Akersbery, on the Akersjo, withthe offices of the lock-administration. Here begin the eleven newLocks constructed by Nils Ericson (p. 317) in 1836-44, ascendingin steps, 108 ft. in all. Each is 38-39 yds. long and 83/4 yds. wideThey are
Norway, Sweden, and Denmark: with excursions to Iceland and Spitzbergen ; handbook for travellers . ge, we follow the road to the left,on the right bank of the canal. We pass the large brick Kyrka,which rises a little to our right, and (3/4 br. from the station) theMekanisk Verkstad (locomotive-works) of Nydqvist & Holm, and (in20 min. more) reach the houses of Akersbery, on the Akersjo, withthe offices of the lock-administration. Here begin the eleven newLocks constructed by Nils Ericson (p. 317) in 1836-44, ascendingin steps, 108 ft. in all. Each is 38-39 yds. long and 83/4 yds. wideThey are hewn in the rock, and are separated from each other bydouble-winged gates Over 9000 vessels pass through them an-nually, passing-places being afforded by larger basins which dividethe system into three different sections. The old locks, openedin 1800, are still used, but by small vessels only. Visitors maywalk along either side of the locks and cross by any of the good survey is obtained from the Akersbery Altan, to which alinger-post indicates the way to the left. —I^Venprsbor g. kogragh^Aii^.;YWa£iier &Dfhoo T.™.,-i<s to Venersborg. TROLLHATTAN. 44. Route. 285 At the lower entrance to the locks lies Alcersvass (p. 283 ; the Schweizeri), where steamboat-passengers from Gotenburgland. Up-stream we follow the Karlekens-Stig, from which wesee how the river has eroded the granite. By the stone steps on theleft (1/4 hr.) is the Elvii-Sluss, a lock begun by Polhem and Wimanin 1751-55, but unfinished (comp. p. 289). By the Flottbergs-strom, the lowest of the rapids, we cross the river and ascend onthe right bank. Below the Helvetesfall a steep flight of steps tothe left ascends the Kopparflint (187 ft.; iron pavilion at the top),whence a path descends to the Stromslund road. This road de-scends to the right, and from it we take the Strbmbergs-Skogsvagdiverging to the left. It is more interesting to follow the bank, past the Helvetesfall(hell-fall, 24ft. high
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