Göta Canal: Hajstorp

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Section of Elias Schveder's general map from 1784. Hajstorp has been faintly marked in pencil. Clearly marked, on the other hand, are Fredsberg Marsh and Fredsberg Manor on its hill.

The proposal for the new stretch of canal is marked with the red band, while the earlier proposal, from 1774, is marked with straight double lines, at the top of the map. The network of roads, drawn in pencil, has been added later. These roads act as reference lines for map orientation and scale transformations.

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		Other maps of the area:
		This map by Thomas Telford, from 1808, shows the future Göta Canal, with Hajstorp Bridge, the upper lock and the future dock, to the right on the map. Hajstorp's lower lock, built in 1821, is located in the middle of the map. The buildings in the villages of Hajstorp By and Slätteberg are also marked clearly on the map. To the far left on the map, one can see the Riksberg Locks.

		Hajstorp Bridge and upper lock. The rolling bridge was built at the workshop Motala Verkstad, in Motala, and is notably one of the five remaining rolling bridges on the Göta Canal. Photo: Reinhold Castensson, 1999

		Hajstorp Bridge, harbour dock and harbour storehouse Photo: Reinhold Castensson, 1999

		Canal engineer's villa, built in 1902, along with a workshop and a storehouse Up until 1976, Hajstorp was the centre for building and maintenance on the western section of the Göta Canal. AB Göta kanalbolag then bought the shipyard at Sjötorp, to where it moved its repair and maintenance operations.

		Canal engineer's villa and the memorial to the inauguration of the Western Section of the Göta Canal, in 1822.

		General map of the stretch of canal between Godhögen and Rotkilen. (AB Göta kanal Tourist Map: Western Section, 1995). Blue line = Gothenburg - Stockholm route of the Göta Canal used by the firm of shipowners Rederi AB Göta kanal. Red line = bicycle path.