Åsa, Ringerike

Åsa is a village in Ringerike municipality in Buskerud, Norway.

Åsa is located at the upper end of Steinsfjorden, the eastern branch of lake Tyrifjorden.

The village stretches from Åsaporten, the first road tunnel towards Åsa from Norderhov, and around the north end and east side of the fjord area, south to the border with Hole.

It took 3 hours to carry a timber through the conveyor, which had a capacity of approximately a log every sixth minute.

He needed a solution to transport timber from Steinsfjorden in Åsa up to lake Damtjern and Storflåtan before floating it down to Sørkedalsvassdraget and into Sørkedalen.