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Forsbacka Steel Works.
FORSBACKA JERNVERKS AKTIEBOLAG
(THE FORSBACKA STEEL WORKS CO., LTD.)
ALONG the railway line connecting the, historically and otherwise, exceedingly
interesting Swedish province of Dalecarlia with the seaport of Gefle on the
Baltic, the Gefle-Dala Railway, there are several important iron and steel works. The
works nearest to the coast is called Forsbacka, which is also one of the oldest of
them all.
The Forsbacka Works are beautifully situated on a bay of Lake Storsjön, in the
province of Gestrikland, just where the River Gavleån issues from the lake, and where
it forms a waterfall which provides the Works with motive power. A little local line,
about 2 miles long, running to Forsbacka station, places the Works in communication
with the Gefle-Dala railway. If one considers the high railway freights, it must
be admitted that the Works possess an ideal situation as far as export is concerned,
being only 9 miles distant from the nearest port, Gefle. The distance from Stockholm
is about 120 miles.
Forsbacka is one of the oldest iron works in Sweden. The time of its establishment
is not known, but, at an early period, there existed here a forge built by peasants. This
was bought on January 10th, 1651, by Johan Eskilson, Mayor of Söderhamn, and
Alderman Peder Jakobsson Grubbe, of Gefle who, on October 22nd, 1651, obtained a Royal
license from Queen Christina, allowing of the establishment of another forge. The works
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