Its main purpose was to transport lumber from Mjøsa to the capital, but also passenger services were operated.

In the late 1800s, the river was used to transport lumber from the forested areas surrounding the river.

New methods of transporting lumber, like the steam engine, provided the means to log further inland and away from water.

Nor had the sorcerers offered to transport the tools and lumber by magic.

After his father died, he went to Liverpool to work in the cod fishery and then worked for a time transporting lumber.

Since 1905 the steamship has transported goods, post, people and lumber.

The line does not appear to have been particularly profitable; it mainly transported lumber, the quantity of which declined over the next decade.

The river was used to transport lumber to sawmills downstream.

The river has been used to transport lumber, coal, and petroleum products.

Rivers were used to transport lumber from where the wood was being cut, to the sawmills.