Hakavik Powerstation i beautifully situated by the lake Eikern in Øvre Eiker
in the county Buskerud
The construction works started in 1917. The Powerstation was put into operation in the summer 1922, with 3 machines, each with a capacity of 2,7 MW. The third and last machine was installed in 1936. Each of the Pelton turbines produces 5000 HP. The Powerstation
supplies the national Norwegian railway system with
electric power. (16 2/3 Hz)
Hakavik Powerstation has not been noticably modernized since 1922. Both the original machines and "brettet" are still in use.
Hakavik Powerstation’ s telephonenumber: (+47)32750815.
We regret that currently all written documents in these pages are available only in Norwegian.
The captions for the "historical" images are identical with those in the original old albums.
These web-pages are the first stages in a project about the Hakavik- area,
past and present.