page_title: Telecommunications in Finland
hierarchical_section_title: Telecommunications in Finland
caption_attribution_description: English: Identifier: cu31924032454518 (find matches) Title: The republic of Finland. An economic and financial survey Year: 1920 (1920s) Authors: Finland Finland. Tilastollinen päätoimisto Subjects: Finance Publisher: Helsinki (Helsingfors) (Printed by Öflund &amp; Pettersson, limited) Contributing Library: Cornell University Library Digitizing Sponsor: MSN View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: ^ 60 50 40 30 20 10 Million marks 00 00 8U3 00 CO 8 Tiie gross value of all the metallurgical industries 1884—1916. (1909—1916 the iron industry only). ^jJs^. — 300 — 290280 270 260250 — 240230 220210200190180170 160150 140130 120 — 110 100 90 80 70 6050 40302010 ooaoooooooooSJoaSdidscS *SS2J^ 2222 2222 2~s;&#160;:^SS;SS!oooooooooooooooooOQOooaoooooooooo&gt; Oi &amp;&gt; &amp;i ^ o^osa&gt;C)050iO^a&gt;030s2; Map of Ways and Communications. 0)0) 0&gt; 0&gt; Oi Oi Oi Oi o&gt; o&gt; k:il i^/f Text Appearing After Image: Map of Ways and Communications. Length of the Railways: 4.318 km.Length of the river ways: fair way marked out with buoys and sparbuoys 3.600 km.4 fair way dredged for boats 2.900 , * principal ways for timber floating 10.000 , Length of telegraph lines: 23,656 km. Length of telephones (the map shows only the principal lines):116.235 km. Length of roads: high roads 31.000 km.parish roads 20.000 Number of postal stations: 2.527 stations. The railways and river systems form an extensive net-work embracing the whole country and penetratingeven into the remote forest regions. The same applies to the telephone and telegraph service. Compare maps, offorests, and rapids. Average transport of goods by rail (State and private) during periods of 5 years. Years Tons 1881—1885 593.000 1886-1890 784.000 1891—1895 1.106.000 1896—1900 2.030.000 1901—1905 2.988.000 1906—1910 4.064.000 1911—1915 5.490.000 1916 7.045.000 • Average number of vessels passing through the canals during period Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
context_page_description: Finland has excellent communications, and is considered one of the most advanced information societies in the world.
context_section_description: Finland has excellent communications, and is considered one of the most advanced information societies in the world.
caption: Map of Finland, 1920, with telephone and telegraph lines marked.
exif: {}