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Tinn is a municipality in the county of Telemark, Norway. It borders to the north with Nore og Uvdal, to the east with Notodden, Hjartdal and Seljord, and to the west with Vinje.
Krossobanen is the oldest aerial tramway in Northern Europe. It was built in 1928 as a gift from Norsk Hydro. The waterfall Rjukanfossen on the Måna river allowed construction of Vemork, the largest power station in the world in 1911. The station has become a museum where one can explore the history of the energy and see exhibits about the industrial development in Norway and at Rjukan, the municipality center of Tinn. The museum is most famous for its presentation of Rjukan's war history. During World War II, Vemork was the site of the Norwegian heavy water sabotage, when Norwegian saboteurs prevented the Germans from producing atomic weapons from the heavy water which was produced here. The exhibit "Atomkappløpet" ("The nuclear race") presents the four heavy water sabotages and the allied efforts to develop a nuclear bomb. The name
Coat-of-armsThe coat-of-arms is from modern times (1994). It shows five drops of water (to represent the water power of Rjukan).
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