MAKE A MEME View Large Image Svinesund Ferry, Norwegian side (JW Edy plate 79).jpg Artwork Creator John William Edy en Svinesund Ferry Norwegian side No LXXIX NORWEGIAN SIDE OF SVINESUND From the post-house at Helle the high road winds through a wild country to the ...
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Keywords: Svinesund Ferry, Norwegian side (JW Edy plate 79).jpg Artwork Creator John William Edy en Svinesund Ferry Norwegian side No LXXIX NORWEGIAN SIDE OF SVINESUND From the post-house at Helle the high road winds through a wild country to the precipitous boundary between Sweden and Norway called Svinesund Within about half a mile of it a single separation between the mountains discovers a tremendous descent strewn with masses and fragments of rocks where with great labour a kind of road has been made down to the ferry which latter at particular times of the day owing to the usual gloom is horribly magnificent and imperfectly seen at the bottom where the water is very deep and appears as black as ink The coup d'æil with the sudden and difficult declivity affects the frame with an involuntary tremor until the traveller is advised to quit his carriage and use great caution in descending it on foot In seasons when the road is slippery ropes are used to check the velocity which the carriages may acquire in the descent but this contrivance is for travelling carriages only The vehicle in general use here is a long kind of box on four wheels six or eight inches diameter containing two or three persons in low seats vis a vis ; it is drawn by one horse The traveller in a carriage drives four abreast The rocks and fragments in the way being on so large a scale the mmd is kept in a continued state of alarm lest one of them should be disposed to quit its resting-place and follow in the tram On arriving at the bottom the silence and gloom impress the beholder with the belief of being immured in a vast cavern whose perpendicular sides seem to meet above the clouds; and he may here fancy himself about to cross the river Styx The stupendous rocks over the house on this the Norwegian side of the view are only warts or mole-hills compared with the others seen behind when looking back up the road we have descended or in the opposite direction into Sweden At the house is performed the double duty of inspecting receiving and granting passports and of affording other personal accommodations as at an inn Although the water receives such a dark complexion from its depth and situation in a glass it is pure as crystal but saline At this place it is about a quarter of a mile over; the ferryboat is large and flat sufficiently ample for conveying two carriages their horses and necessary attendants The horses are not unharnessed but draw the vehicle in and out by means of a convenient platform on each side of the river to which the head of the boat is affixed and its side to a causeway for the foot passengers Travellers however generally sit in their carriages all the way over This place is so encompassed with rocks that the water seldom presents a rough surface neither is there any tide The stream glides gently from a long chain of lakes above the town of Frederickshall to which there is an uninterrupted navigation The ship introduced is supposed to be sailing from that place The rocks behind it form the equally bold termination of the coast of Sweden Collapse bottom http //urn nb no/URN NBN no-nb_digibok_2011072910001 Boydell's picturesque scenery of Norway London 1820 Plate no 79 p 389 in scanned copy no-nb_digibok_2011072910001 PD-Art-100 John William Edy Boydell's picturesque scenery of Norway Svinesund Halden in art Geography of Østfold Transport in Østfold Sailing ships of Norway Sailing ships in art
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