Drammen

Drammen, a seaport of Norway, on the Dramselv, which here discharges its waters through the Dramsfjord into the Gulf of Christiania, 33 miles SW. of Christiania by rail. The Dramselv is the second largest river in Norway, draining, with its tributaries, an area of 6500 sq. m.; it is crossed here by three bridges, one of them 345 yards long. The town is divided into three quarters—Bragernäs on the north, and Strömsö and Tangen on the south bank of the river—and has large sawmills and chicory factories. Its chief industry, however, is in timber, which forms the bulk of the exports, annually valued at over £400,000. Pop. (1875) 18,851; (1891) 20,687.