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Haugfoss is a waterfall on the river Simoa in Modum, Buskerud. It has a vertical drop of 39 meters.
Haugfossen is located on County Road 287 between Åmot and Simostranda. The road overlooks the falls. From here you can follow trails with viewpoints on both sides of the falls. On the left side, it passes the old water wheel and ends up at the farm Greteplassen. The right side trail towards Blaafarveværket, is part of the nature trail "Haugfossen around".
Haugfossen has been used as a motif by many artists throughout history. The waterfall, from 1778 to 1898, was a central part operations of Blaafarveværket (cobalt mine), and before that it was harnessed for power to several sawmills. During the mines operating years, the water from the waterfall ran the color mill and quarries. After mining was discontinued, a pulp mill was built, Haugfoss Træsliperi, in the same place .
Modum county currently operates a power plant in connection with waterfall. Built in 1938 and updated in 1988 to have a capacity of 4,5 MW.
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