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Woods of Fiskars, the iron industry village re-animated by tourism, hide a small but special curiosity. A disused, unrecognised water resource management process station is situated at former place of some hydropowered facility; very possibly a hydropower station.

The side stream of Fiskars river than has powered the vanished facility has dried off, or more precisely has been dried off, but the rocky falls remain in the woody environment as a hidden sight. The place isn't visible to any roads so finding it in accident is unlikely. So two local guides are behind this place being introduced here.

	The building which shall be called just a pumping station of some kind. Photo taken from bottom of the river, if there would still be any water.
	Entrance room of the building starring Kamstål. The house had only one broken window. Could the reason be the effect of ancient civilization in the area, hard to find location of the site, lack of local kids, or what?
	In a one-factory's-village it's not surprising to find traces of the factory everywhere. According to this, the iron factory would have owned ot atleast maintained this station.
	Control boxes that must be closer to a hundred than 50 years old.
	Old centrifugal pumps have a surprisingly good paint.
	Three water tanks. To the left of the visible range was apparently a small water sampling room with two faucets.
	Looking closer at some pipes.
	Steep hill rises right behind the pumping house. Up the dried river goes a wooden water duct which must have fed the pumping house. Most parts of the duct have rotten off.
	Greatly camourflaged.
	Where the remaining wood parts end, the duct foundations continue and form a line all the way up to the dam.
	One foundation in focus.
	On hilltop goes a curvy long concrete canal. It eventually ends in the woods and transforms into a ditch.
	And on the top there is the dam.
	Apparently the dam has controlled water stream to the hydropowered facility. One possibility would also be that it's just been used to maintain adequete level for the pumping and rest of the water would have flowed freely down.
	What's left of the dam shutters.
	The dam seen from lake side. Water level is very low now that the connection to lake has been blocked with rocks and ground. Possibly maintaining any remarkable stream in the main rapids has required blocking this stream.
	One of the few remaining wheels.

The building which shall be called just a pumping station of some kind. Photo taken from bottom of the river, if there would still be any water.

Entrance room of the building starring Kamstål. The house had only one broken window. Could the reason be the effect of ancient civilization in the area, hard to find location of the site, lack of local kids, or what?

In a one-factory's-village it's not surprising to find traces of the factory everywhere. According to this, the iron factory would have owned ot atleast maintained this station.

Control boxes that must be closer to a hundred than 50 years old.

Old centrifugal pumps have a surprisingly good paint.

Three water tanks. To the left of the visible range was apparently a small water sampling room with two faucets.

Looking closer at some pipes.

Steep hill rises right behind the pumping house. Up the dried river goes a wooden water duct which must have fed the pumping house. Most parts of the duct have rotten off.

Greatly camourflaged.

Where the remaining wood parts end, the duct foundations continue and form a line all the way up to the dam.

One foundation in focus.

On hilltop goes a curvy long concrete canal. It eventually ends in the woods and transforms into a ditch.

And on the top there is the dam.

Apparently the dam has controlled water stream to the hydropowered facility. One possibility would also be that it's just been used to maintain adequete level for the pumping and rest of the water would have flowed freely down.

What's left of the dam shutters.

The dam seen from lake side. Water level is very low now that the connection to lake has been blocked with rocks and ground. Possibly maintaining any remarkable stream in the main rapids has required blocking this stream.

One of the few remaining wheels.