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The Zetterström Fountain
Vasa Museum
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By Grace C. Miller, June 1, 2012 | |
| | | 1. The Zetterström Fountain Marker | | |
Inscription.
Text in Swedish:
Zetterström-Fontänen
Mustycke som användes för att spola tunnlar
under Vasa vid bargningen 1961.
Konstructör: Dykarpionjären Arne Zetterstöm (1917-1945)
Donatorer: Flygt AB och Marinen
Text in English:
The Zetterström Fountain
Nozzle used for making tunnels under the warship Vasa
when it was salvaged in 1961.
Constructor: The Swedish diving pioneer Arne Zetterström (1917-1945)
Fountain sponsors: Flygr AB and the Swedish Navy
Erected 1990 by Vasa Museum.
Location. 59° 19.708′ N, 18° 5.507′ E. Marker is in Stockholm, Södermanland Province, in Stockholm County. Marker can be reached from Galärvarvsvägen just west of Djurgårdsvågen. Click for map. - on the fence surrounding the fountain outside the main entrance to the Vasa Museum on Djurgården Island. Marker is at or near this postal address: Galärvarvsvägen 14, Stockholm, Södermanland Province 115 21, Sweden.
Also see . . .
1. Vassamuseet: The Ship. (Submitted on June 27, 2012, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland.)
2. The House of Vasa. (Submitted on June 27, 2012, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland.)
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By Richard E. Miller, June 1, 2012 | |
| | | 2. The Zetterström Fountain outside the Vasa Museum | | |
3. Arne Zetterström (1917 – 7 August 1945). (Submitted on June 27, 2012, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland.)
4. Anders Franzen (1918-1993). ...discovered the wreck of the 1628 Swedish galleon Vasa, at Stockholm Harbor in 1956... From 1959 to 1961, he conducted her salvage [employing the Zetterström Nozzle in raising her hull from the depths] "the most complete ship of the era." (Submitted on June 27, 2012, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland.)
5. The Swedish Ship Vasa's Revival. (Submitted on June 28, 2012, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland.)
Additional keywords. Wasa; Thirty Years War; Vasamuseet; Royal Djurgården Park; King Gustav II Adolf [Gustavus Adolphus] |
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| | | 3. Close-up of the "Zetterström Nozzle" | | Vasa lay at a depth of 32 meters. The navy’s heavy divers were able to cut six tunnels through the clay under the ship with special water jets [i.e. the Zetterström Nozzles]. Steel cables were drawn through the tunnels and taken to two lifting pontoons on the surface, which would pull the ship free of the harbour bottom’s grip. In August 1959, it was time for the first lift. . . . | | |
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By Richard E. Miller, June 1, 2012 | |
| | | 4. HSMS Vasa restored - on display in the Vasa Museum, Stockholm | | |
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By Richard E. Miller, June 1, 2012 | |
| | | 5. Tourists examine a 17th Century diving bell on display in the museum | | - successfully used to recover the sunken vessel's heavy guns and other artifacts in the 1600s. | | |
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By Richard E. Miller, June 1, 2012 | |
| | | 6. Close-up view of the ship's elaborate and amazingly well preserved stern carvings | | |
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By Richard E. Miller, June 1, 2012 | |
| | | 7. Replicated painting of the stern carvings as they originally appeared - in vivid color | | |
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By Richard E. Miller, June 1, 2012 | |
| | | 8. Model of HSMS Vasa under sail | | |
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By Richard E. Miller, June 1, 2012 | |
| | | 9. Visitors inspecting Vasa | | |
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Credits. This page originally submitted on June 27, 2012, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,088 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. submitted on June 27, 2012, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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