Fjordabåtane går ut frå Vågen laurdag ettermiddag
Fjordabåtane går ut frå Vågen laurdag ettermiddag; eit vanleg syn til fram i 1960-åra (Norvin, eigar: Stein Thowsens billedsamling).
Transport and Communication
THE FJORD STEAMER BOAT
“On the quay at Bergen, there lay a boat,
So beautifully polished that it shone,
With fine masts and a funnel with tone.
And many sorts of goods she sheltered.
There comes the steamer, the old steamer
Put on your wooden clogs and run.
There comes the steamer, the old steamer.
Ding-a-ling, ding-a-long”
Ragnvald Hammer: Dar kjem dampen
Muralmenning around 1910. (unknown, owner: Billedsamlingen, Universitetsbiblioteket i Bergen (Bros. saml. 1092)).
Share certificate from 1883. (Erling Virkesdal, owner: Bergens Sjøfartsmuseum).
The paddle steamer Patriot, one of the pioneers of steamship transport in western Norway, was built in Hamburg in 1836. The boat came into traffic in Sogn and Hardanger in 1854. (watercolor: F. Sørvig, 1857, eigar: Bergens Sjøfartsmuseum (B.sj. 112)).
The ferry between Alvøen and Brattholmen corresponded with the bus from Møvik. In 1971 the Sotra Bridge replaced this ferry service. (O. Schumann Olsen, owner: Billedsamlingen, Universitetsbiblioteket i Bergen (S.O 722)).
M/F SKJERGAR operated the ferry service between Rong and Solsvik until the Øygards road and bridge across the Ronge Sound were completed in 1986.(Helge Sunde).
The “steamer” goes from Hernar. (O. Schumann Olsen, eigar: Billedsamlingen, Universitetsbiblioteket i Bergen (S.O 1209)).
A rich assortment of goods on the foredeck of D/S VIKINGEN, 1912. (A.B. Wilse, owner: Norsk Folkemuseum (W 14269)).
The steamship quay was an important social meeting place for rural folk. Salhus, 9th April 1940. From the left: Bakar Monsen, Jens Tellevik, Johan Rønhovde, murar Nils Eide, Johannes Vedå, fyrar Ole Nilsen, Nils Sjursen, Sigurd Hordvik, Bjarne Raknes, Oskar Nilsen, Bertil Hvitsten. (photo: Matias Sunde, loaned by Helge Sunde).
D/S JOHAN JEBSEN, which was built in 1894 for the Indre Nordhordland Dampskibsselskab was sold in 1951. (Refsnes, 1915. Eigar: Bergens Sjøfartsmuseum).
M/S MIDTHORDLAND, built in 1947, was one of the modern “sea buses”. (Anders Kåre Engevik).
On the bridge on M/F VESTGAR. (Helge Sunde).
M/S GRANVIN. Built in 1931, in service on the Hardanger Fjord (Helge Sunde).