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Most notable sight in the area are the cranes. There's been a fight about whether they're buildings or not, and thus, can they be preserved as buildings.
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The culture sight many want to keep in the city.
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The cranes are valuable not only because of the looks, but the history. They were built right here at Wärtsilä's works in 1950's.
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Best part of the cranes is that you can climb there.
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Grab the sides tightly in case the structure under you should crack!
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This plate mentions both famous names of the yard.
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Safety precaution for maintenance work.
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View to the former Western Aura shipyard. The buildings are legacy of shipbuilding, but they've been in new use for some 25 years already.
Notice the Swedish warships in front. Swedish navy was visiting Turku as a part of some anti-terrorism training operation just when this trip was made. There were some 10 ships in a line. Early in the morning, they held their mission briefings and executed their morning routines practically next to where we explored an active industrial area. Their some kind of alarm system test, which made a helluva noise, managed to raise adrenaline levels on the other side of the river.
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Control booth must have been warm is summers, when the machinery would heat the glasshouse from inside and sun from outside.
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A few instructions for operator.
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Some conventional control gadgets.
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Nice electric cabinet, and for some reason mostly unsmashed.
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It's electric, what else could be said about it?
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