P L AN
o f the Ca n a l o f
STROEMSHOLM
which joins the
L A K E S O E R A B A R K E
on the Confines o f
D A L E C A R L IA
tn. iLi.
extremely difficult to render navigable, The rivers which flow
from them into the feveral lakes are called in the map by the
general name of Rhumnaetz river, but take local appellation
from the lakes1 which they join, from the villages which they
waili, and from the forges which they turn.
For the purpofe of examining the feveral works, we had the
honour of obtaining, by the king’s command, an order from Baron
Sparre to the infpedtors of the iluices j we had alfo an opportunity
of infpedting a large plan of the canal, and received from the
baron a plan on a fmaller fcale, which has enabled me to give
an engraving of the canal.
The plan was formed by Mr. Alftroem, a celebrated engineer,
who laid it before the board of mines in 1776, and rated the expence
at £ . 40,000. Being rejedted by the board as too expen-
five and difficult, it was patronifed and adopted by Baron Sparre,
governor of Stockholm, and a fund raifed by a fociety of individuals.
The king agreed to allow the proprietors four per cent,
for all the money expended during a term of four years, and afterwards
prolonged that term until the proprietors ihould receive
a profit of four per cent. It was begun in 1778.
By infpedting the plan the reader will perceive, that in thofe
parts where it was impoffible to render the waters navigable, the
lakes and ftreams iffuing from thefe lakes have been joined by
the following cuts: Stroemiholm, Waterquarz, Prasfifors, Skantze
or Traenfors, Alfatra, Magfors, Ramnastz, Seglinglberg, Vasftan-
V o l . III. B b . fors,