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Oulu Province >
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Groundwood Mill and Power Station
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Groundwood Mill and Power Station
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created by Tupsumato
on 6/12/2009 11:44 AM
last modified by Tupsumato
on 12/26/2020 10:21 AM
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This location has been labeled as Demolished, and therefore can be viewed by anyone.
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Both the groundwood mill and the power station are large brick buildings. The smoke stack is a pretty good landmark and can be seen from miles away.
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Type: Building
Status: Demolished
Accessibility: Easy
Recommendation: worth the trip
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asbestos
rust
the angry owner of the nearby sawmill might chase you with his tractor
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The power station, despite having suffered of vandalism and metal theft, is mostly intact. The turbine hall with its antique marble switchboard is a good example of 1920s industrial design and houses probably the only abandoned steam turbine in the country. The control room, on the other hand, is nearly intact, with operating manuals and other interesting bits and pieces still there.
The groundwood/planer building is more vandalized, but still contains nearly intact machinery. There's also a narrow-gauge railway system with carriages that can be pushed around.
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wooden boarding
posted signs about how vandalism is strictly not allowed
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In 1927 Raahe Oy, who also owned and operated the steam sawmill of Martinniemi just a rock's throw away on the mainland, built a groundwood mill and an adjacent power station on the island of Laitakari. The area was later owned by Rauma-Repola Oy and finally UPM Kymmene Oyj, the multinational pulp, paper and timber manufacturer who would like to redevelope the area and demolish the old buildings.
Although the groundwood mill was built in the late 1920s, it operated continuously only between 1940 and 1946 and after that, until 1964 when it was closed as unprofitable, only from time to time. The grinding machinery was removed in the late 60s or early 70s, and in 1976 it was rebuilt and reopened as a planing mill. It is unknown when the buildings were abandoned for good, but in the late 90s when the first explorers visited the site there was still electricity and signs of activity. The building has since suffered of vandalism and metal theft, and the owner would've demolished it if the municipality official had not intervened.
The power station, equipped with three sawdust-fired boilers and one 70 hp Stal-Laval steam turbine with Asea generator, was used continuously to power the groundwood/planer mill and the nearby sawmill until it was deemed obsolete and out-of-date in the late 1980s even though the control systems and boilers were modernized in the 1970s when the planer mill was built. Although the buildings have suffered of vandalism and metal theft, the power station is one of the few nearly intact examples of 1920s industrial architecture and design. The steam turbine, still mostly intact, is probably the only abandoned one in Finland.
The railway to Laitakari and Martinniemi was closed in 1986 and the tracks were removed in 1999 (1, 2).
Even though the buildings are pretty close to each other and connected by pipelines and catwalks, the road between them is still in use.
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The owner would like to demolish the old buildings and redevelope the area, but the municipality officials are against it. The buildings are also protected, but just like everywhere, it hasn't prevented them from falling into disrepair.
The groundwood mill caught fire on February 21st, 2011. As of August 2011 it was reportedly being demolished.
The power station was demolished in 2017.
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The moderator rating is a neutral rating of the content quality, photography, and coolness of this location.
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| Photography |
7 / 10 |
| Coolness |
7 / 10 |
| Content Quality |
9 / 10 |
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This location's validation is current. It was last validated by
Emperor Wang on 12/26/2020 6:21 PM.
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on Dec 26 20 at 18:21, Emperor Wang validated this location
on Dec 26 20 at 10:21, Tupsumato changed the following: Status, Future Plans
on Dec 20 16 at 12:00, Emperor Wang validated this location
on Dec 20 16 at 12:00, Emperor Wang changed the following: Display Name
on Aug 26 15 at 0:09, Mike Dijital validated this location
on Aug 25 15 at 20:25, Tupsumato changed the following: Latitude, Longitude
on Aug 25 15 at 20:24, Tupsumato made this location private
on Aug 15 11 at 21:52, Opheliaism validated this location
on Aug 15 11 at 19:23, Tupsumato changed the following: Status, Future Plans
on Feb 22 11 at 22:21, Steed validated this location
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