Jens Hofgaard at Hoen
-a proprietor and his use
Jens Hofgaard was among Drammen's largest timber traders for several decades. He owned sawmills in Ringerike, Modum and Eiker, but chose to concentrate his business on the Hoenselva to an increasing degree. He is known for having built the large cart at Hoensbruket, and it was he who ordered the famous "Hoens trophy" from Nøstetangen glassworks. But he was also behind a comprehensive regulation of the Hoensvassdraget, among other things through the construction of Himsjødammen.
The last decades of the 18th century were a golden age for timber trade and sawmill operations on Eiker. It was the heyday of the "trade patrician", also called the "plank nobility". Perhaps best known is Jørgen von Cappelen, who built Fossesholm Manor as a memorial to himself. Another of the large timber traders was Jens Hofgaard, owner of the farm Øvre Hoen with underlying delights, including the water rights in Hoenselva. His predecessors had also expanded the sawmill operation quite significantly by transferring quantity allocations from sawmills they owned further up in the Drammensvassdraget. But Hofgaard continued this strategy, and he ensured adequate water flow through a purposeful and comprehensive regulation of the entire watercourse.
Map Hoen 1784 (from the National Library)
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Picture below shows a reconstruction of the cart in Ã…sa (by German Kehrrad, 'turning wheel')
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Bumblebee farms were common in the 18th century
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Model Ascending saw
