| Wartsala Ångsågs Ab sawmill, Halikko |
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L.J. Hammaren and later Wartsala Ångsågs Ab sawed timber in Halikko since 1878. The sawmill was locally important and remarkable sized, but it's functioning ended in 1960's. Unfortunately only one building, the loghouse factory from 1940's survived to turn of 21st century when we did a couple of quick trips to the area.
 | The loghouse factory was established at the later times of the functional era. It was built of strong materials which explains why it's still in relatively good shape. |
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 | Quickly the building looks like a cowbarn. The big lobe in the center makes it together with the fact that the surroundings don't look like an industrial area. |
 | This is taken from the side where the other buildings have been. Now there's hardly any signs of them. |
 | Same side.. |
 | A smaller room in this otherwise quite spacy building, probably the coffee break etc. rooms. |
 | Ground floor had one big hall and this is it. Very empty and uninspiring. |
 | Place is same, direction is opposite. |
 | Upper floor has atleast something else but emptiness. Someone's practised Ollie's here and has also left a skated-out board to test with these amateurish made ramps. |
 | Generally the place is clean to have been abandoned so long, but then, there's nothing to smash. This lavatory is about the only thing anobody could rip. |
 | Stairway is clean too. |
 | Another stairway. |
 | Violator's old glasses =] |
 | Primitive skateboarding construction possibly put together from that lavatory's wall. |
 | These scrap piles are the only thing left from the power station, which was there. |
 | There's still timber in the cove. Wonder why it hasn't sailed to the sea. |
 | This is among the most interesting details inside the house... |
 | This is some sort of machine room in the ground floor. It ends to part without floor, just wet soil. |
 | Somewhere here was the power station, and near it the big sawmill. |
 | The sawmill, I guess. |
 | This place is isolated from the others by woods. A very narrow road lead here separate from the area. This looks like remains from the power station. |
 | This axle went in a straight line from the sea shore towards the sawmill. |
 | Same line.. |
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