Magnúsarfoss

It lies on the Stórilækur stream (which flows into the Skaftafellsá) and is the first waterfall below Svartifoss; the next ones downstream are called Hundafoss and Þjófafoss. It has a drop of 9 m and a width of 2 m. The waterfall's notable feature is a small reconstructed hydroelectric power station that, from 1925, supplied the Bölti farm with electricity from a Francis turbine at an effective head of 12 m (output equivalent to 9 kW), with water fed through wooden pipes of 10–12 inches inner diameter; the Öræfi area was not connected to the general electricity grid until 1973. Also in 1925, a separate hydroelectric plant (1 kW, head 33 m, pipe length 100 m) was operated for the Hæðir farm.

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