Telegrafgränd
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Telegrafgränd (Swedish: "Telegraph Alley") is an alley in Gamla stan, the old town of Stockholm, Sweden. Stretching from Skeppsbron to Österlånggatan, it is a parallel street to Slottsbacken and Skeppar Karls Gränd.
The alley is named after the telegraph inaugurated in 1869. Formerly it was named Saltkompanigränden ("The Salt Company Alley") after the salt manufacturer from Västervik who had a warehouse built on a site they bought in 1647. In 1508, the alley was called Lindhwidz grend, presumably after a skipper known as Lindivd skeppare, in 1512 fined for having brought 100 loads of "mould and muck from the gate to the bridge" (e.g. into town).[1]
In 1875, several companies operating in the neighbourhood urged the name to be changed to the present name, arguing the old name was circumstantial and often confused with other local names (Saltmätaregränden ("The salt Measurer's Alley"), today Gåsgränd, and Saltmätaregatan, in today's Vasastan), and the City Council had no objections. A proposal from Gamla stan's folk society in 1953 to resume the old name proved unsuccessful.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b (1992) "Innerstaden: Gamla stan", Stockholms gatunamn, 2nd ed., Stockholm: Kommittén för Stockholmsforskning, 76-77. ISBN 91-7031-042-4.
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[edit] External links
- Stockholmskällan - Historical photo of a portico in the alley
- hitta.se - Location map and virtual walk
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