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Old Framnes Bridge Traditional Cache

Hidden : 6/2/2009
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
3.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

N: Minne om en gammel bru. Ikke tilgjengelig under flom. E-6 nord for Brumunddal. Litt klatring
E: Memory of an old bridge north of Brumunddal. Not high-water. Some climbing


NORW: Sett boksen akkurat som før, bak og 10 cm opp.

Den første Framnesbrua ble åpnet 8. Nov 1932 etter en vanskelig byggeprosess med streik, lockout, flom, uvær og krisetid. Kompressor og gravemaskin var ukjente begreper. Lokalbefolkningen gjorde en stor innsats, blant annet skaffet de kapital ved dugnad og såkalte brubasarer. Det ble loddet ut naturalier fra gardene omkring, en smågris, en kvart favn ved, eller en sekk poteter. Alf Prøysen som da var griskokk i nabolaget, ytte sitt ved å tegne plakater.

Foto fra Ringsakboka.

Det ble et flott hengebru som ruvet i landskapet.

Etter hvert ble trafikken for stor, gamlebrua ble revet og erstattet med en tidsmesseg, men mer kjedelig betongkonstruksjon i 1989. I konkurranse med andre valgte Vegvesenet å bygge brua sjøl med godt resultat. I dag er det bare fundamentene med en rasteplass som står igjen og minner om dette fine byggverket.

ENG: Put the box just as before, behind and 10 cm up.
The first bridge was opened November 8 1932 after a difficult building process with strikes, lockouts, floods, storms and crisis. Compressor and excavator were unknown concepts. The locals made ??a big effort, including the capital provided by volunteers and so-called brubasarer (lottery). It was raffled off in kind from the surrounding farms, a piglet, a quarter of firewood, or a sack of potatoes. Af Prøysen, (a famous norwegian author) was a pig keeper in the neighborhood and offered drawing posters.

It was a beautiful suspension bridge.

The traffic was increasing, the old bridge was demolished and replaced with a modern, but more boring concrete construction in 1989. In competition with other, The Public Roads Administration build the bridge itself with good results. Today, only the foundation with a picnic area, still remains of this fine construction.



Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Srzgr owryxr. Svsgu onyx.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)