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November morning was dawning when our one man hit squad arrived to the site. This house has possibly been built to be the manager's house. Now it was unused but still in good shape and very nice looking.
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House seen from board warehouse's outdoor shelter.
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Same direction, a bit closer to the new steel halls where people worked. They would be directly to the left of the photographer.
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The stream Vääräkoski, which has it's own song, written by the local musician celebrity Topi Sorsakoski.
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Icy twig jungle hints that someone has cleaned the yard recently. Since the mill is not operational, such activity is really needed if they want to keep the place well sellable.
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This workshop building is strongly made and good conditioned. It waits for buyers.. It's a different thing then, who would want to buy this kind of building in a remote location and for what purpose.
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This side, where environment masks better had a few broken windows. Surprise.
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The view towards narrow end of pulping wing is beautiful. The wooden shack on the left hides a water power station, which is actually still operational.
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Here the old mill merges into a modernised wing with the board machines's dry end. Sudden change into steel walls looks ugly.
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Looking directly to the loading ramp where the previous shot was taken.
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There is an alley between the power station and pulping wing. These mechanical transmissions have supposedly driven one of the pulp grinders, that was never converted to electricity.
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We are now at the opposite side of the mill. This must be old log transportation road.
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Like any modern (or, in this case, recently used) pulp mill, this mill had an own waste water treatment process. It was performed here.
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The basin and chain type sludge scraper. Planks covering it look weak to say the least. I feel sorry for the maintenance men if they actually had to walk them.
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This pump was installed in a small basement of the operating room of the waste water basin.
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The board storage wing.
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Mixed materials and constructing phases. Modernisation of the machine's dry end has brought a large ventilation booth to the roof, and leca wall connects the wooden storage to the original machine hall.
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Courtyard towards the stream.
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Further at the yard.
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Smoke stack had been brutally removed! Shame..
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The only section that wasn't closed was this, a few aquare meters' social premises. Not the most modern ones.
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Window of the dressing room.
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Architectural details in the narrow end of the machine wing.
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This side of pulping wing was masked by space taking logway and buffer storage.
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Looking closer.
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Other direction.
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Looking from the root.
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It looked like the logway would have had some security gaps, since it goes through the wall and everything. So a decision was made to climb up there, even though it was a bit too visible and also very icy. Here the trip up is already made.
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Finally up there, something that could be called a nasty joke was found. Door and logway's hole were blocked, and nailed to the door was a lock looking canister end. Access was not gained from here.
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The factory has been oil heated. Heating station is next to the logway and this tank, apparently stolen from the national railways, is in front of it.
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These reels were at the corner of a former board storage. If they are not pulping stones, then what the hell are they?
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These steel tubes of Ahlström remain unidentified.
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