Baadfarten (The Boat Service)
Marker 16.
Lyngby
Baadfarten (The Boat Service)Marker 16. |
Lyngby
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During the summer you can board the Boat Service at the Fortress canal at the end of Sorgenfrivej and sail to Frederiksdal and several other places along the shore of Bagsværd sø, eg. Sophienholm and Frederiksdal. From Frederiksdal you can change to another boat and sail to Furesøbadet, Holte and Farum.Even when the Fortress canal was completely new, there were plans to use it for navigation. The reason for these plans was to transport of lime and gravel from Vassingerød to major building projects in Copenhagen. Lime products had to be transported by horse and cart to Allerød Station, whence they were sent by train to Copenhagen. The canal would provide a more direct route. Therefore he would excavate Mølleåen, which flows right past Vassingerød, so the materials could sail away into Farum Lake and further on through a canal into Furesøen.
By Frederiksdal there was a weir with a height difference of two meters. The plans included putting wheels under the cargo boats, so that boats could run on rails and be pulled by horses around the weir in Frederiksdal, and also by rails reach Lyngby Station, so lime products after reloading could be transported to Copenhagen along the railway.
The steamboat Svanen (the Swan) with two sets of wheels was bought im 1896, but sailed only with passengers, and "sailing over land" took place in Fiskebæk between Farum Sø and Furesøen for a few years, as the route was shortened to Frederiksdal-Fiskebæk.
Instead, in 1900 built a railway from Vassingerød to Allerød Station until Slangerup course opened in 1906. It passed near Vassingerød and took transports to Copenhagen.
Boat tours began regular sailing with passengers in 1894 between Lyngby and Frederiksdal, first with steam engines and later with petrol and diesel engines. The boats "Princess Alexandrine" and "Prince Christian" were bought in 1895 and 1896, and are still in operation. They had steam engines until 1938-39. Later, two motor boats "Dana" (1934) and "The Swan" (1954) were added.
Boat tour was for many year a private company, which s made a modest profit. In 1976 bought the then-six municipalities around the lakes Boat tour, and it is still property of the municipalities.