About: History of Ny-Ålesund     Goto   Sponge   NotDistinct   Permalink

An Entity of Type : geo:SpatialThing, within Data Space : dbpedia.org associated with source document(s)
QRcode icon
http://dbpedia.org/describe/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdbpedia.org%2Fresource%2FHistory_of_Ny-Ålesund

The history of Ny-Ålesund began in 1610, when coal deposits were discovered around Kongsfjorden. Not until the 1860s were they investigated more carefully. Ålesund-based Peter Brandal bought the claims in 1916 and established the company Kings Bay. The town, originally known as Brandal City and Kings Bay, was founded that summer when coal mining commenced. The first research installation, a geophysical station at Kvadehuken, was established in 1920. The mining was soon unprofitable and was kept running through state subsidies. In the mid-1920s the town was used for a series of airship expeditions towards the North Pole.

AttributesValues
rdf:type
rdfs:label
  • History of Ny-Ålesund (en)
rdfs:comment
  • The history of Ny-Ålesund began in 1610, when coal deposits were discovered around Kongsfjorden. Not until the 1860s were they investigated more carefully. Ålesund-based Peter Brandal bought the claims in 1916 and established the company Kings Bay. The town, originally known as Brandal City and Kings Bay, was founded that summer when coal mining commenced. The first research installation, a geophysical station at Kvadehuken, was established in 1920. The mining was soon unprofitable and was kept running through state subsidies. In the mid-1920s the town was used for a series of airship expeditions towards the North Pole. (en)
geo:lat
geo:long
foaf:depiction
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kings_Bay_Kull_Compani(10).jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kings_Bay_Kull_Compani(13).jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kings_Bay_Kull_Compani(15).jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ny-Aalesund_IMG_6476_Norsk_Polarinstitutt.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ny-Aalesund_power_IMG_6516.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ny-Ålesund_2013_06_07_3661_(10179016983).jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ny-Ålesund_2013_06_07_3668_(10178939916).jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ny_Aalesund_Radio_IMG_6488.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Old_coal_mine_Ny-Alesund_1.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Old_train_in_Ny_Alesund.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nordpol_Hotellet.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kings_Bay_Kull_Compani(6).jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kings_Bay_Kull_Compani(8).jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kings_Bay_Kull_Compani(9).jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Luftskipet_%22Norge%22_trekkes_inn_i_luftskiphallen_i_Ny-Ålesund,_7._mai_1926.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ny-Ålesund_2013_06_07_3630_(10178911913).jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zeppelin_cable_car.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ny-Alesund_Airport_5.jpg
dcterms:subject
Wikipage page ID
Wikipage revision ID
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
Faceted Search & Find service v1.17_git139 as of Feb 29 2024


Alternative Linked Data Documents: ODE     Content Formats:   [cxml] [csv]     RDF   [text] [turtle] [ld+json] [rdf+json] [rdf+xml]     ODATA   [atom+xml] [odata+json]     Microdata   [microdata+json] [html]    About   
This material is Open Knowledge   W3C Semantic Web Technology [RDF Data] Valid XHTML + RDFa
OpenLink Virtuoso version 08.03.3330 as of Mar 19 2024, on Linux (x86_64-generic-linux-glibc212), Single-Server Edition (62 GB total memory, 60 GB memory in use)
Data on this page belongs to its respective rights holders.
Virtuoso Faceted Browser Copyright © 2009-2024 OpenLink Software