| Nivala Oy sawmills, Nivala |
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Nivalan Saha ja Mylly Oy started traditional industry (milling, sawing and brick burning) as the first operator in Nivala in 1938. Only sawing continued later and the business name shortened to Nivala Oy. The old sawmill burned, but the company built a new one near the ruins which were left standing, and continued to the beginning of 1990's. For last years the existing buildings have been almost useless.
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This small stream has probably powered the flour mill. Building a sawmill and mill next to a stream and then not utilizing the free source of power would not sound logical. |
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The old sawmill was destroyed by fire somewhere in 1980's. This ruin of power station and possibly other departments was left to stand next to a small enterprises' new hall. |
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Not much to see inside today. |
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Let's peek inside anyway.. |
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Waste timber in a half collapsed building is what can be found from here. |
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The building is concrete, that's why it's actually possible to go there today. |
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Nothing very interesting to see here. |
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Maybe blade sharpening has also been located in this building. That would explain this find. |
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"I understand pain" - I personally don't undertand this painting. |
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Another room with painting favoring STONE. Yeeeeeehh... |
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This absurd flower installation decorates the corner of the plot. |
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This new sawmill is clearly a new sawmill. A box made of corrugated steel sheets. |
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This is a young building, but totally neglected and unused. It's gone to a crappy condition. |
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Emptied, not that we expected anything else. |
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But something saw-related - sawbands - can be found from here also. |
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Cooperation firms include interesting names, on top the firm HASA, whose unique name is explained by home town - Haapajärvi. |
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Cabling room's interior was rather untouched. |
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