Doeda falls
Döda falls , The Dead Fall , is the current name of the place where the Swedish Gedungsen waterfall (also: Storforsen ) used to be. The waterfall was the outflow of the Indalsälven from the former lake Ragundasjön and was 35 meters high. The site is between the towns of Hammarstrand and Bispgården in Ragunda municipality in Jämtland .
The waterfall became a problem when the emerging forest industry wanted to use the Indalsälven for rafting tree trunks. Since the fall was high, steep and rocky, most of the tree trunks were destroyed at this point. At the end of the 18th century, the merchant Magnus Huss , also known as Vildhussen , started an attempt to create a channel for rafting at the side of the waterfall. This attempt ended in a catastrophe on the night of June 6th to 7th, 1796. When the channel was opened, the entire lake behind it was emptied within a few hours. With a 15 meter high tidal wave, the Indalsälven made a new run through the porous gravel moraine and left it behindGedungsen still and waterless. Despite the enormous destructive power, there were no personal casualties at this event. The masses of earth washed away by the river later collected at the mouth of the Indalsälven north of Sundsvall and created a delta that is now an airfield.
In the vicinity of the Döda fallet there is an open-air stage, where folk amusements are staged every summer.
Ragundasjön
The lake, which no longer exists today, was around 25 kilometers long and filled with around 300 million cubic meters of water. Hammarstrand is located where the middle of the lake used to be. A smaller waterfall, Hammerforsen , was built near the village , the energy of which was later used for a hydroelectric power station.
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Coordinates: 63 ° 3 '14.6 " N , 16 ° 31' 4.8" E