Buøy
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Hundvåg
Hundvåg is an island and borough of the city of Stavanger, Norway.In addition to the island Hundvåg, other islands are Sølyst, Grasholmen, Engøy, Buøy, Bjørnøy, Roaldsøy and Ormøy...
in Stavanger
Stavanger
Stavanger is a city and municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway.Stavanger municipality has a population of 126,469. There are 197,852 people living in the Stavanger conurbation, making Stavanger the fourth largest city, but the third largest urban area, in Norway...
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
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The neighborhood has a population of 1,792, distributed on an area of 1,19 km². It consists of the islands Buøy, Engøy
Engøy
Engøy is an island located in the neighborhood Buøy in the borough Hundvåg in Stavanger, Norway.It is connected to mainland Stavanger via the Engøy Bridge, which connects Engøy to the islands Sølyst and Grasholmen, and Stavanger City Bridge which connects Sølyst and Grasholmen to the mainland....
and Sølyst
Sølyst
Sølyst is an island located in the neighborhood Buøy in the borough Hundvåg in Stavanger, Norway.It is connected to mainland Stavanger via the island Grasholmen and Stavanger City Bridge....
/Grasholmen
Grasholmen
Grasholmen is an island located in the neighborhood Buøy in the borough Hundvåg in Stavanger, Norway.It is connected to mainland Stavanger via the Stavanger City Bridge....
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History
The name Buøy comes from; 'Bu-skap' and 'øy', meaning an island where farmers earlier had their cattleCattle
Cattle are the most common type of large domesticated ungulates. They are a prominent modern member of the subfamily Bovinae, are the most widespread species of the genus Bos, and are most commonly classified collectively as Bos primigenius...
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Buøy has long been the site for Rosenberg Mekaniske Verksted. Rosenberg was founded in 1896, started up in Sandvigå in Stavanger
Stavanger
Stavanger is a city and municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway.Stavanger municipality has a population of 126,469. There are 197,852 people living in the Stavanger conurbation, making Stavanger the fourth largest city, but the third largest urban area, in Norway...
and moved to Buøy in 1898. Rosenberg started making ship
Ship
Since the end of the age of sail a ship has been any large buoyant marine vessel. Ships are generally distinguished from boats based on size and cargo or passenger capacity. Ships are used on lakes, seas, and rivers for a variety of activities, such as the transport of people or goods, fishing,...
s here and later moved on to building supertankers and constructing platforms
Oil platform
An oil platform, also referred to as an offshore platform or, somewhat incorrectly, oil rig, is a lаrge structure with facilities to drill wells, to extract and process oil and natural gas, and to temporarily store product until it can be brought to shore for refining and marketing...
for the Norwegian oil industry in the North Sea
North Sea
In the southwest, beyond the Straits of Dover, the North Sea becomes the English Channel connecting to the Atlantic Ocean. In the east, it connects to the Baltic Sea via the Skagerrak and Kattegat, narrow straits that separate Denmark from Norway and Sweden respectively...
. At the beginning of the century Rosenberg had a great influence on the development of Buøy and in September 1915 they stated the need for regulated roads, a ferry connection and a stable water supply for the island. Rosenberg Verft AS (as it is known today) has about 500 employees and is a major contractor within the Norwegian oil and gas
Petroleum
Petroleum or crude oil is a naturally occurring, flammable liquid consisting of a complex mixture of hydrocarbons of various molecular weights and other liquid organic compounds, that are found in geologic formations beneath the Earth's surface. Petroleum is recovered mostly through oil drilling...
market.
Buøy is today well known for its famous 17.5 meter tall, 3.5 meter wide water tower
Water tower
A water tower or elevated water tower is a large elevated drinking water storage container constructed to hold a water supply at a height sufficient to pressurize a water distribution system....
which stands on the island's tallest mountain. The tower has a wind vane on the top of it with an image of a mother and a son by a well pump. The bright yellow tower was built in 1919-20 and is a well known landmark in the Stavanger region.
In 1977 Buøy was connected to the mainland when the city bridge
Stavanger City Bridge
Stavanger City Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge with one tower that crosses Strømsteinsundet from the centre of Stavanger, Norway to Grasholmen and Sølyst in the borough Hundvåg....
was built.
Buøy also have a two football-pitches.