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Engelsberg, a place <>f some importance, as it lies on one of the
railways from Stockholm to Storvik, Falun, and Gefle (p. 369). — At Virsbo
(lock) we enter the Virsbosjb* beyond which follows a long canal-reach
to Seglingsberg (lock), with another manufactory (also a railway-station).
The steamer nest traverses the lakes Ofvre and Nedre Nadden (230 ft.)
and another part of the canal, where two locks descend to —
Ramnäs (railway-station, p. 316), with numerous manufactories in the
neighbourhood and a church, where the most picturesque scenery on the
canal begins. The route next leads through the Korrby&tröm., and past
the extensive iron works of Svorakammar (two locks), into the Öst-Surasjö
(ISO ft.), which is quitted at Alsdtra (lock). A little farther on is
Trångfors (three locks)-, then *Skansen (Inn; two locks), the most beautiful
point on the canal, and Sörqvarn (three locks). Whilst the steamer is
passing through those eight locks, by means of which it descends about
125 ft., passengers have ample time to land and inspect the picturesque
waterfalls of the Kolbäckså. near Sörqvarn, and the surrounding scenery.
Farther on, the steamer passes the waterfalls Sörstafors (with a large
paper-mill) and Prestfors by- means of a lock, beyond which it passes
under the railway at Kolbäck. We next descend" two more locks at
Vesterqvarn, and then the last of the series at —
Strömsholm (FrokenRingholm’s Hotel). where the level of Lake Mälaren,
about 2 ft. only above the Baltic, is reached. Strömsholm lies at the
influx of the Kolbäckså into the lake. The old castle here was built by
Gustavus Vasa (d. 1560) and presented by him to his queen Katharina
Stenbock, who spent her widowhood here and died at the castle in 1621.
Another royal residence, designed by Tessin, and still well preserved,
was erected on the castle - island by Hedvig Eleonora, the queen of
Charles X. An excellent stud of horses is kept here. — Railway from
Strömsholm to Kolbäck (and Stockholm), see R. 45.
417 Kil. (“25b Engl. M ) Gräsberg; 426 Kil. Rämen, on a lake
of the same name ; 435 Kil. Skräcka.
455 Kil. Borlänge (Jernväys-Hotellet), junction of a
branchline to Krylbo (p. 370).
At (456 Kil.) Domnarfvcl (Inn), a lofty bridge carries the line
over the Dal-Elf, which here forms a waterfall. The important
ironworks at Doinnarfvet are said to he the largest in Sweden. The
water-power required by the Bessemer steel-works here, belonging
to the Stora Kopparbergs Bergslag in Falun (p. 367), is brought
from the river by a tunnel 320 yds. long. There is a large saw-mill
on the hank. — 461 Kil. Ornäs, at the S.W. end of Lake Runn
(355 ft.), on which a steamboat plies.
Ornäs and the banks of the Runnsjö arc classic soil in Swedish
history. At the S.E. end of the lake is Iimikht/Uan, with the barn
(kungslada) in which Gustavus Vasa when a fugitive and disguised as a
Dalkarl once thrashed corn. At Ornäs he was enabled by Barbro
Stigs-dotler to elude his pursuers, to whom her husband Arendt Persson was
about to betray him. His bed and other memorials are still shown here
in the Kungskammare, from the window of which Barbro let him down
by a long towel.
478 Kil. (296 M.) Falun (Stads-Hotellet, in the market-place;
Sya Hotellet; Falu Hotel), the capital of Dalurne (Datecarlia), with
7Ö00 inhah., far famed for its copper-mines, lies between lakes
Varpan and Tisken, on both hanks of a small stream, and in the
vicinity of the Runn-Sjö. The town has obviously grown out of a
group of separate villages, the names of which still survive. On
the E. bank of the stream are Östanfors, Lallarfvet, Öfvra and
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