Just another brick... Traditional Cache
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Denna cache ligger vid ett naturskönt område. Besökare kan sommartid kombinera jakten med en fika på Almviks Café, eller forsätta promenaden söderut till den fina badplatsen vid Varvet. Cachen är svår att hitta utan ledtråden.
(Eng) This cache is located on a beautiful place and summer visitors can combine cache hunting with a coffee at Café Almvik, or continue the walk south to the beautiful swimming area at Varvet. The cache is difficult to find whitout the additional hint.
Tegelbruket
Tegel har tillverkats i Almvik sedan början av 1600-talet. Västerviks borgmästare uppges ha anlagt ett tegelbruk i Almvik vid mitten av århundradet. År 1669 levererades t ex 4000 tegel till reparationsarbeten på Stegeholms slott (den nuvarande slottsruinen, där den årliga visfestivalen hålls). Stadens borgare hade då "sju bodar vid lasteplatsen, Almeviken kallad".
År 1885 skriver tegelmästaren i ett brev att han det året tillverkat 560 000 tegel varav ca 4/5 tegelsten, resten taktegel och tegelrör. 1928 var produktionen uppe i 1,4 miljoner tegel.
Lera togs från en plats strax norr om tegelbruket. 1898 byggdes en järnbana där från början vagnarna drogs för hand, men så småningom med oxe och häst som dragare. På tjugotalet började leran ta slut och man fick söka ett nytt lertag vid sjön Bleken. Dit byggdes en ångdriven linbana.
Vattnet i Almviksån drev bruket ända fram till 1940-talet då driften elektrifierades.
Tillverkningen pågick ända till 1971 på samma sätt; hantverksmässigt och med enkla mekaniska hjälpmedel.
För mer information och öppettider, besök museéts hemsida: www.tjustforum.se/almvikstegel
The brick-works
Bricks has been manufactured in Almvik since the beginning of the seventeenth century. The Mayor of the town Västervik is supposed to have founded the brick-works around 1650. In the year of 1669, for example, 4000 bricks were supplied for the the repair of Stegeholm Castle (the present ruin, where an annual festival of songs and ballads is held since thirty years, famous nationwide). The bourgeois of Västervik had at that time "seven sheds at the loading site, called ´Almeviken´"
In the year of 1885 the brick master mentions in a letter that 560 000 bricks, roofing tiles and tile pipes have been produced. In 1928 the production reached 1.4 million units.
The clay was taken from an area just north of the brick works. During 1898 a small railway was built for the transportation of the clay. At first the carriages were pushed manually, but later on oxen and horses were used. In the late twenties they were forced to search for a new source of clay. This was found close to lake Bleken and as it was at a longer distance from the brick-works, the transport was arranged by means of a steam powered cable way.
The brick-works was powered by the water of the Bleken creek until the nineteen forties, when electric power was used.
Fore more information and open-hours, visit the webpage of the museum: www.tjustforum.se/almvikstegel
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(Decrypt)
[Sv] Zrq fyhgrg ni bxgbore v elttra, senzsöe qra vaenznqr
fwöa, fre qh qrg finegn eäira.
[Eng] Jvgu gur raq bs Bpgbore va gur onpx, orsber gur senzrq
ynxr, lbh frr gur oynpx sbk.
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