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2. Foundry

This is a street that passes the big building. It wasn't open for the public (unless Tampella employees count as public; they were outnumbered) before the factory was almost fully closed during recent years.

Other side of the foundry, in 1998.

Same place two years later. Steel plates covering the wall are gone, that's why it looks a bit odd. The place is going down.

This end of the building was a sports hall for years before the demolition. Still the inside rooms aren't much different from what they were in factory use.

A couple of months later, the trash piles at the yard are huge and some brick walls stand in the middle of the mess.

Transformers are finally dead, doors open. Behind them is the hall that was used longest for industry, almost until the end.

View to the saved buildings from the ruins.

The halls have been emptied from a lot of stuff. Still, not even nearly everything was carried out.

Let's enter. There's lots of other ways in than this door though, since they're tearing the building down.

This was the sports central "Syssyn sulkis", despite the name a place for many kinds of sport.

Tampella's steel production represented the heavy metal industry. From the beginning (1860's) they had a foundry casting iron crosses, sawing machines and quite a lot more. Later on they moved to even heavier stuff, so these lift machines are everywhere.

According to spoken word on the streets Tampella was a school example of a traditional, hierarchical factory. This room that looks like officers' work room is about 15 steps up from the halls..

Some time ago there was an interview of some police officer in a free delivery city magazine in Tampere. He was worried about abandoned industrial buildings of the area, suspecting there are often illegal rave parties organised by drug dealers in these real estates. That's bullsit, but this would be the perfect place for such happenings, I think!

They've begun from inside.

Well coupling wall and switch box colours.

Asphalt floor, huge spacey halls. This is the foundry #1.

Same place, other end.

>From this picture, you wouldn't know it's a shutdown factory about to be destroyed.

It's big, yeah. Tampella produced steam locomotives for over 50 years, so heavy stuff was moved around a lot. Later, they made also diesel-electric locomotives.

Old foundry spirit is still here. This hall had never other users but metal firms deriving from the old big T.

This lift is made by Wärtsilä, another industry-historical factory in Finland. Other important information of the picture is 120, which is capacity in tons.

This foundry has a deep pit that couldn't be revealed in pictures. It's pretty deep anyway.

There's some rooms and platforms below ground level, around the pithole.

Also a Kone 60 tons cable wire lift and it's operating booth can be seen from this pic shot from the pit's edge.

There's probably more light here now when the wall cappings are gone, than what those lamps on the ceiling could ever produce.

There's enough stairs and catwalks.

Bhooo! I'm the evil transformer.

The transformer's not dangerous anymore, this note from last week tells it's been silenced by the power company.

This is the assembly hall of locomotives. During the last years they probably did something else here. The inside doors are locked, so you had to go outside for a second to get here.

Same thing in a bit different lightning.

Nice colours they got.

Some Kerberos from Nokia town has ripped the wall. Probably.

This hall has less of the original interior left than the previous one.

There's space.

Switch box cemetery.

Rails inside are nothing special remembering the function of the building.

Try climbing those ladders!

End of this section, a smashed concrete platform.

Same disaster from the other side.

	This is a street that passes the big building. It wasn't open for the public (unless Tampella employees count as public; they were outnumbered) before the factory was almost fully closed during recent years.
	Other side of the foundry, in 1998.
	Same place two years later. Steel plates covering the wall are gone, that's why it looks a bit odd. The place is going down.
	This end of the building was a sports hall for years before the demolition. Still the inside rooms aren't much different from what they were in factory use.
	A couple of months later, the trash piles at the yard are huge and some brick walls stand in the middle of the mess.
	Transformers are finally dead, doors open. Behind them is the hall that was used longest for industry, almost until the end.
	View to the saved buildings from the ruins.
	The halls have been emptied from a lot of stuff. Still, not even nearly everything was carried out.
	Let's enter. There's lots of other ways in than this door though, since they're tearing the building down.
	This was the sports central "Syssyn sulkis", despite the name a place for many kinds of sport.
	Tampella's steel production represented the heavy metal industry. From the beginning (1860's) they had a foundry casting iron crosses, sawing machines and quite a lot more. Later on they moved to even heavier stuff, so these lift machines are everywhere.
	According to spoken word on the streets Tampella was a school example of a traditional, hierarchical factory. This room that looks like officers' work room is about 15 steps up from the halls..
	Some time ago there was an interview of some police officer in a free delivery city magazine in Tampere. He was worried about abandoned industrial buildings of the area, suspecting there are often illegal rave parties organised by drug dealers in these real estates. That's bullsit, but this would be the perfect place for such happenings, I think!
	They've begun from inside.
	Well coupling wall and switch box colours.
	Asphalt floor, huge spacey halls. This is the foundry #1.
	Same place, other end.
	>From this picture, you wouldn't know it's a shutdown factory about to be destroyed.
	It's big, yeah. Tampella produced steam locomotives for over 50 years, so heavy stuff was moved around a lot. Later, they made also diesel-electric locomotives.
	Old foundry spirit is still here. This hall had never other users but metal firms deriving from the old big T.
	This lift is made by Wärtsilä, another industry-historical factory in Finland. Other important information of the picture is 120, which is capacity in tons.
	This foundry has a deep pit that couldn't be revealed in pictures. It's pretty deep anyway.
	There's some rooms and platforms below ground level, around the pithole.
	Also a Kone 60 tons cable wire lift and it's operating booth can be seen from this pic shot from the pit's edge.
	There's probably more light here now when the wall cappings are gone, than what those lamps on the ceiling could ever produce.
	There's enough stairs and catwalks.
	Bhooo! I'm the evil transformer.
	The transformer's not dangerous anymore, this note from last week tells it's been silenced by the power company.
	This is the assembly hall of locomotives. During the last years they probably did something else here. The inside doors are locked, so you had to go outside for a second to get here.
	Same thing in a bit different lightning.
	Nice colours they got.
	Some Kerberos from Nokia town has ripped the wall. Probably.
	This hall has less of the original interior left than the previous one.
	There's space.
	Switch box cemetery.
	Rails inside are nothing special remembering the function of the building.
	Try climbing those ladders!
	End of this section, a smashed concrete platform.
	Same disaster from the other side.