Tollerodden
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Tollerodden is a small peninsula located in the bottom of the Larviksfjorden and a part of the town of Larvik in Larvik Municipality in Vestfold county, along the southeast coast of Norway.
Larvik town with Tollerodden peninsula in the foreground, wooded with Larvik church clearly visible and the Customs/Archers house to the left. Photo taken c. 1964
Tollerodden painted 1839 with the two story Customs house owned by timber merchant William Archer.
Tollerodden summer 1800. Customs house is the two story building clearly seen to the right.
Larvik church 2020
Colin Archer
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Colin Archer was a Norwegian naval architect and shipbuilder known for his seaworthy pilot and rescue boats and the larger sailing and polar ships. His most famous ship is the Fram, used for both Frid
Tollerodden
…is preserved to look like it was in the town's early years. Tollerodden has become recognised worldwide as the birthplace of the naval architect Colin Archer, who had his boatyard here. He became world famous for his seaworthy pilot and rescue boats and the polar ship Fram. "Tollerodden" means "The Customs…
Archer c. 1893
Bust of Colin Archer in Larvik, Norway
Seal and whale hunting bark CASTOR. 135 feet built in Arendal 1886. Fitted with 75 hp steam engine. Lost off Greenland 1896.
Fram loaded heavily at the start on its first voyage 1893.