| 2. Elevator factory: Production premises |
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Continuing from page 1, this painting was found from the small room straight forward from the stairs. It pictures what the factory has produced and how. |
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And on the left, some kind of room for experimenting with electricity. An electric lab, that is. |
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A cabinet for unknown purpose. |
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Product of a cable factory from Helsinki. |
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Laboratory power supplies?? Heavy stuff! |
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Strömberg's product. |
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We wondered long what the heck this kettle-like thing was, but apparently it's just a heater for the grease. If not heated, that stuff is _very_ stiff. |
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Violator managed to take a permanent souvenir home by (accidentally) attaching some of this grease to his trousers. It will doubtlessly never fade. |
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A barrel of 99.5% ethanol, quite interesting! We didn't open it to see if there was any left. |
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What could this have been? |
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Upper floor of the two-storey part has been production area. So if you encounter pre-1980's Valmet lifts, they probably come from here. |
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Door dividing office wing from the workshop. |
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What?? Competitor's elevator in an elevator factory?? Some could explain that it's so old that Valmet didn't even make elevators when this was installed, but still, what travesty. |
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A bit poor word ordering, but the message is clear. Then again, maximum load of the elevator was only 750 kg so what would be the reason to drive it with a forklift anyway? |
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Even the floor tiles had been removed. Must have been an interesting task to complete. |
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Gas for heating the tiles. |
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View to South was not that breathtaking. |
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New looking air duct, considering the building had been cold since 1992. |
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Seems to be light steel rod and pipe storage. |
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Spare parts for the terminal machines, most probably. |
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These 16mm films, some in colour and some b/w, demonstrated the capabilities of Valmet logging machines. |
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Bottom floor was suitable for heavier works. |
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The main production hall and lots of support beams forming a passage in the middle. |
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Do you remember what special happened on the 11th of December, 1987? - Latka was at work (it was Saturday). |
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Again not a very special view out of the windows. Where there should be outdoor there is... A shelf?? |
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Yes, and this side was not unused. A new expansion wing with automatic storage hummed behind the wall. |
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Now hear this all vandals in Tampere region, you have missed a lot. Imagine the sound of jumping on this pile with heavy boots.. |
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The smaller hall on bottom floor looked like this. |
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The hall's ceiling. |
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Extractor's control box from the time when such boxes looked cool. |
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Not only electric, but also pneumatic controls available. |