| Kaarlela (Karleby) water purification plant, Kokkola (Karleby) |
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Naming hassle of this place is explained by municipal merging in 1977, when [Kokkola (Gamla Karleby)] and [Kaarlela (Karleby)] became one [Kokkola (Karleby)]. Since higher efficiency is the major goal of these mergings, something has to change. Here it meant, for example, that water purification was centralized to Kokkola. The plant of Kaarlela has been defunct since.
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So this is it, the water purification plant for former municipality of Kaarlela (Karleby). Not a big plant really. Notice that the place is in excellent shape after more than a quarter of a centrury without activity. And it is for a reason. |
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Behind this small pond next to the tiny plant is a concrete factory. I don't suppose they would have allowed such industry to operate so close to the water resources before the purification plant became obsolete. |
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Reason why the plant hasn't been vandalised is that it is still actually used. It houses some pipeline monitoring equipment of local water works and also stores some junk. Because there is still a connection to the critical filtered water supply lines from here the place is well secured with motion sensors etc. |
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Here some remains of the plant's purification era. Water tasters' (and testers') sinks and chemical tanks looking rather outdated. |
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Here was the heart of the process. These were really all reservoirs of this tiny plant. Benchboard was nice, and it would have been even nicer if someone hadn't removed items of it. |
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Unrecognised substance that was mized to the water. |
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