DRAMMEN, a seaport-town of Norway, stift of Aggerhuus, situated on both sides of the Drammen, near its mouth in the Christiania fiord, 24 miles S.W. of Christiania. It consists of three ports, Brognæs on the northern, and Stremoe and Tangen on the southern bank of the river. It is a place of extensive trade, and exports more timber (chiefly logs) than any other town in Norway. The chief manufactures are spirits, sailcloth, ropes, tobacco, leather, oil, and carriages. Pop. about 9000.
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