| The Sawmill Ruins in Luvia |
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Luvia, a small municipality known of it's harsh HD-club (a motorclub that has blast-proof members) is located by the sea on west coast Finland. There have been atleast two steam sawmills after the beginning of 20th century in the area. Those two have left relics, smoke stacks and more. We took a quick look at what's left there while returning from the summer trip 2002.
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Target number one. In the bushes of the main population central of Luvia there are these ruins of a sawmill that is known to have been operating since 1920's. The smoke stack and parts of the power station remain. |
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Very unlikely the power station's construction material is broadstone! |
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Entrance. |
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Go further if you can. The flourishing field was unbelievably hard to walk through and recent rain made sure we got wet. |
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Most items have been taken away or are buried by dirt. Some grills and rusty metal sheets lie around though. |
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Stuff belonging to the latter category mentioned above. |
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Neither location in a countryside town nor less visitor friendly environment have saved the ruins from teen taggers. |
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The wooden building is a carpenter workshop that belonged to the sawmill totality. It's probably some kind of warehouse today. |
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King of the mountain has managed to climb up even though the stairs had collapsed totally. |
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The smoke stack seen from bushes. |
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Another stone ruin by the road to the sawmill. This is probably not connected to the sawmill in any way, it's been just some farming building etc. Perhaps there was a mason around who preferred stone. |
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On a cape called Laitakari, a few kilometers northwest of the previous ruin lies a smoke stack at a harbour/dockyard area. It reminds of a sawmill that once was here and provides a seamark. |
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