Gravendal

Gravendal (Swedish pronunciation: [ɡravɛnˈdɑːl])[1] a minor locality in Ludvika Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden with a population of about 40.

Gravendals handrail

History

Gravendal was founded by Sebastian Grave (1684-1748) in 1720 to meet the rising demand for Lumber. [2] Reaching a peak activity between the years 1881 thru 1909.[3] Located at the site was a saw, mill, trip hammer, sheetmetal smithy and nail smithy. Gravendal became among other things, known for the horseshoes forged there.[4]

Trivia

Gravendal has given its name to one of Sweden's best-selling cider produced by spendrups brewery.

gollark: The gifts thing sounds bad - just to be able to interact with an industry, you need to give companies free stuff and just hope they'll randomly give you stuff if you ask for it?
gollark: Also non-self-sufficient stuff.
gollark: But it doesn't scale to bigger stuff, and we need it to scale to bigger stuff.
gollark: Well, sure, which works fine if people are mostly self-sufficient and all know each other personally and can draw upon social stuff.
gollark: The friends thing would have the additional disadvantage of locking new players out of the economy.

References
  1. Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 9.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-10-06. Retrieved 2008-08-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2008-08-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. http://www.geocities.com/heartland/ranch/4150/gravendal.html Archived December 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

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