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| Big rivers and raging waterfalls were used as a motive power long before the production of electrical power. It often started with a mill where the farmers could grind their grain, but the grindstones were heavy to operate. When they installed them with a water wheel, the stones turned around without the use of muscular strength. Later on, a sawmill was often built. In 1947 the large government-owned power stations started a massive development in Norway. Oslo Lysverker started building the three big power stations Hol, Hemsil and Uste-Nes. In Hallingdal, nearly all power available was developed in the next 20 years. In almost every village this kind of "industrial area" was made, and the area around the Heslafossen waterfall in Gol is an good example of this.
For individual guests:
The area around Heslafossen on the outskirts of Gol centre is arranged with different walkways. There is an old power station and a new water installation as well.
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