Water-powered mills are scattered across Sweden, and this is one example. It is a structure that uses a water wheel or water turbine to drive a mechanical process such as milling (grinding), rolling, or hammering. Such processes are needed in the production of many material goods, including flour, lumber, paper, textiles, and many metal products. This mill was built in the early 1800s, and as per the local … Continue reading Water-powered mill
Wetlands are one of the unsung, misunderstood heroes of the global ecosystem. They protect and facilitate flourishing of aplenty animal species, purify water, put brakes on flooding and erosion, improve the groundwater levels, and so on. Unfortunately, they are disappearing at an alarming rate, and Sweden is no exception! Excavation and cultivation have led to … Continue reading A restored wetland
The main purpose is to produce, with good environmental considerations, raw materials that are refined into renewable products such as sawn timber, paper, cardboard and bioenergy.The forest is an invaluable resource that binds carbon dioxide and provides a renewable alternative to fossil materials. Young growing trees bind more carbon dioxide than old ones. For every … Continue reading Produktionsskog – cultivation of trees for commercial objectives.
CLAAS Lexion 650 harvester. This is a modern combine harvester, or simply combine - a machine designed to harvest a variety of grain crops. The name derives from its combining four separate harvesting operations—reaping, threshing, gathering, and winnowing—to a single process. It can deliver at least 348hp, and has storage of around 9000 litre of … Continue reading A combine harvester.
Q: What is a draisine? A: A draisine (English: /dreɪˈziːn/) is a light auxiliary rail vehicle, driven by service personnel or own user, equipped to transport crew and material necessary for the maintenance of railway infrastructure. I have a fascination of abandoned railway tracks along the countryside. It was an amazing, idyllic, and perhaps a … Continue reading Draisine on an abandoned railway track.
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