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Graffiti inspired by slumms of Los Angeles decorated one possible entrance.
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Brick storage was embedded directly to the factory.
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Any action, like walking, caused small dust clouds in warm and dry conditions.
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According to the paper inside the batch, these are very special and good Tehopää pipes. There were still surprisingly many pallets loaded with drain pipes.
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This consigment has been sold, and the buyer is: drain piping heritage society.
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Main production hall was loaded with gravel.
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Access to "upper floor" with control rooms and social premises.
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Stairs lead into darkness.
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Projecta imported machine, or part of one.
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The soaking tank was big and it lay on heavy foundations.
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Deconstructed.
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Looks like a presure vessel. No further information.
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Basement was a storage. We even found a bird's nest here.
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Reminder in a storage room.
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In this dim passage, one could see strange visions. Perhaps the heat of the early summer day affected also the camera.
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Entrance to the kiln from Eastern end.
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It's long.
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Below the kiln was a crawl space, which had mostly clay, dust and rats.
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On top of the kiln. Gas burners had been removed.
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The factory's broad gauge (about 2000 mm) railway connected all departments.
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Drying chambers. Some of the doors were open, but many of them were heavily rotted to the position and impossible to move.
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Don't touch the insulation.
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One of the few machines in the many rooms that were on the upper floor.
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