| Cultural
memory: Remains afte the oldest railroad in Northern
Norway "The locomotive Rĝiken pulled the loads of
stones along the railway from the stone quarry at
Merkesfjellet and out along the mole. You can also see
the end of the lighthouse in the background. In 1895 they
started building a 210m long mole from the lighthouse to
the island of Sennholmsnaget. This was done to make an
easier access to Andenes and improve the landingcondition
for the fishing fleet. The mole was built by huge stones
weighing between 5 and 10 tons and most of the stone were
collected from Merket. To transport the ston they
constructed a railway. During the construction between 60
and 10 men were working all day long during the
summerseason. The work was finished in 1904/1905. |
