Dampskipskaia på Leira Traditional Geocache
tormodel: Not a sustainable installation
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A cache by gjerjs and tormdel
Steam boats were introduced in Norway in 1826 (DS "Constitutionen"
and DS "Prinds Carl"). Steam driven boats were from the mid 1800s
up until 1940 very important means of transporting food, passengers
and gods along the Norwegian coast. Every small town along the
coast have their own "Steam boat quay". This is Leira's oldest.
Images of the old steam boat quay at Leira
NORWEGIAN:
Det kom en ny dampskipskai ble anlagt litt lenger bort i Leirsundet
(Vestnes) etter at denne lille kaia ble for liten. I dag blir denne
kaia brukt til fiske og tillegg for lokale innbyggere her på Leira
og hytteeiere. Det er mange fritidsboliger og hytter her i
nærheten, inkludert tormodel sin hytte.
ENGLISH:
This little quay is today used by locals and summer home owners in
the area. The two buildings next to the cache are from the late
1800s when this quay was built to serve the steamboats that came
here from Kristiansund (to the south) and via several stops, and
further on to either Aure (to the east) or Smøla (to the
north).
Old building on the quay
The small town a couple of hundred metres from the cache, is called
"Leira" and it is the commercial centre of the Tustna island. Leira
has to grocery stores, a garage, a small branch of the regional
electrical company, a craft shop and a retirement home.
Approxomately 400 people live in Leira, in addition to a couple of
hundred summer homes.
The sound between this quay and "Gaut" islan (the one you can see
just across the sound) is a calm passage along parts of the Tustna
island. Fishing is good in this sound, and on nice summer days you
might encounter vacationing summer house owners dwelling in a boat
passing by here.
This little quay is not fancy, not well known, not spectacular in
any way, but it is very typical of small and still used parts of
the Norwegian coast line, and it deserves a cache.
The cache contains only a log, bring your own pen.
First to find: Bottolf66
Happy caching!
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