SWEDEN'S WATERWAYS
Because Sweden's rivers have many rapids and shallow stretches, waterways, called timber flumes, are built, down which logs are floated from wood to mill. These are generally built of wood, but lately they have been made of concrete, and the other day Sweden's longest timber flume was finished. This concrete channel is about nine miles long, and was constructed by the Swedish State Forestry Department. It has taken two years to build, and over 50 bridges have had to be made over it.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23381, 24 June 1939, Page 9 (Supplement)
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85SWEDEN'S WATERWAYS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23381, 24 June 1939, Page 9 (Supplement)
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