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time is exceedingly limited) and tlie Canal takes 2>/a-3 hrs.; the falls alone
,/4 hr. Wce descend past the falls by the path described below to the
locks of Akersvass; then ascend and follow the road skirting the canal
to the Mekanisk 1 erkslad. Thence we mav either continue to follow the
road, or turn to the left and re-ascend past the falls. — The traveller’s
patience will be severely tried by the numerous dealers in photographs
and other small objects. y
( Trollhättan, a small town with 4000 itihab. and a picturesque
Gothic church, consists almost entirely of manufactories, which avail
themselves of the motive power afforded by the falls (estimated at
225,000 horse-power), and of workmen’s houses.
The falls are six in number, hesides which there are several cataracts
and rapidsdistributed over a distance of 1600 yds., and in all 10S ft. in
height. Neither the falls nor their adjuncts can be called picturesque,
and the effect of the principal falls is diminished by the islands in the
middle of the stream; but the enormous volume of water makes the
spectacle extremely imposing, and in this respect they are unsurpassed
in Europe. The interest is greatly enhanced by the skilfully constructed
series of locks and sluices on the left side of the river, which serve to
maintain uninterrupted communication bv water between Gothenburg and
Lake Venern (Giita Canal, Stockholm; G-7000 craft annually).
„ We cross the bridge over the N. end of the canal, near the
Hotel 1 rollhättan , and then follow the broad path to the right,
which passes a saw-mill, two small islands, and the old Ekeblads
Sluss, and leads to the Spekd. From this point we have a view of
the Guild Falls, 23 ft. in height, divided into two parts by the
wooded island of Guild. We then return to the main path and
follow it towards the 8., and beyond the next bridge turn to the
right and reach a Saw-mill, with a large stock of timber. We
pass through the yard of this mill to the island of ()na and cross
a small swaying bridge to the island of Toppö (2fi Ö.). One person
only may cross this bridge. at a time. The platform and the two
galleries passed on the left before we reach the bridge, and the
island of Toppö a fiord the best view of the **Toppd Fall, 42 ft. in
height, by far the finest of the series. The island of Toppö
separates the Toppö Fall proper from the Tjuf Fall (‘thief fall’) on the
W. The lower gallery projects over the principal fall, and affords
an admirable view of its boiling and foaming waters. The
Skrädda-relclinl, a rocky barrier formerly here, has been undermined and
carried away by the stream. We may then cross a bridge (50 8.)
from the island of Öna to the island of Guild (scarcely worth while)
and cross thence by a second bridge to the right bank, the paths
on which afford fine views. Higher up is the Villa Strömsberg.
From Ona we now return to the saw-mill (see above) and
follow the path to the S. to the Kungsgrotta (on an island), one
half of a ‘Giant’s Cauldron’ (p. 292), which is inscribed with the
names of numerous visitors. To the left is the old * Polhems
Sluss, constructed at the beginning of the 18th cent., in the reign
of Charles XII., but disused since 17f)f> (p.292) The grotto
commands a fine view of the river. A new bridge over the Göta-Elf is
now under construction here.
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