"Selsøyvik handelssted" (2 of 6)
Description
The two layout plans, with the oldest on the right, show the site of Selsøyvik and the changes that occurred in the 20th century. Previously the large warehouses were situated on both sides of the inlet. Seven large warehouses and a brick, cod-liver-oil storage cellar were the primary structures that occupied this site. There was a cod-liver-oil cookery, herring warehouse, place for salting, dried fish warehouse and a warehouse used to store goods for the general store. Today this site is still dominated by maritime activities, but in different forms than before. After the 1930s the business changed, something which also manifested itself in the change of the building milieu. In the 19th century boats were smaller and were drawn onto the shore in the cove. Eventually as the size of the boats increased, there was need for a quay, and the operations were moved to the warehouse Nybrygga (built in the 1860s) and the warehouse Gammelbrygga (moved from the east side of the inlet in 1931). The large warehouse Storbrygga was built in 1987. The layout plan on the left was taken from Norske hus, a picture book, by Alnes, Eliassen and others (ed.), Oslo 1950. The layout plan on the right was taken from Fredede hus og anlegg - Finnmark, Troms, Nordland by Svensen, Ola Øgard, Oslo 1981.