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![Under the grass fields lie large quantities of sand and gravel.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/mo_24.jpg?itok=e4ePAE19)
Nedre Helland- Sand Quarries
The three spades in the municipal coat of arms for Modalen are sand spades. Sand quarrying has brought income and employment. As much as 70,000-80,0000 tonnes of sand and gravel left the municipality each year since the turn of the millennium, to be used as cementing sand. Why is Modalen endowed with so much sand?
![Vegane gjennom den tronge og bratte Måbødalen](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_407-1.jpg?itok=jN0RFHBc)
![Ringedalsfossen innermost in Skjeggedalen](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_397-1.jpg?itok=3KoWBQlp)
![Workers](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_369-3.jpg?itok=8KobiG8l)
Lussand-roadwork
The road along the north side of the Hardanger fjord - between Øystese and Eide in Granvin – was literally built “by hand”. The construction work started in February 1933, and on 9 October 1937 Crown Price Olav opened the stretch of road between Øystese and Ålvik at Fyksesund bridge.
![Dale power station](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_333-4xx.jpg?itok=Y26ZxQM5)
Dale power station
In 1923 Bergenshalvøens Kommunale Kraftselskap (BKK) expropriated large areas for power plants and development of hydropower started soon afterwards. Dale power station with the two first aggregates, each of 14 MW was put into operation on 17 November 1927. In the supply reservoir in Storefossen 5152 cubic metres of concrete were cast, and a modern and well-equipped power station was built.
![The wheelhouse at Hovdanes, Tysnes](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_224-3.jpg?itok=hDerF4kE)
![Klokkarvatnet](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/190/klokkarvatnet.jpg?itok=7CkW0qZ8)
![Brekkhus](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/190/kvh_342_brekkhus_150.jpg?itok=TjykXKlw)
![The road Stamnes-Eidslandet](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_336_zzz.jpg?itok=HOHn9Gl1)
Dalseid- Eidslandet road construction
![The power station at Herlandsfossen, Osterøy](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_327-4.jpg?itok=UYh1p6Mj)