production finally ceased in 2011. The place is a real treasure of the history of industrialisation in Finland. In the foundry hall, all the machines are still in place and the workers' overalls hang on the hooks

furnaces, the forge and the machine shops, and establishing good living conditions for the workers. Finland’s first machinery workshop was built at Fiskars in 1837. The first Finnish steam engine was constructed

identified areas for development, and an exhibition in 2005 in collaboration with partners from France, Finland, the Czech Republic and Estonia explored possibilities for urban regeneration. A Museum of Industry

the need of the nation. Later on the ironworks started manufacturing the first aluminium boats in Finland, called Kellovene. The factory ceased operations in 1979. The museum exhibition on site presents

on the dials of radio sets in most European countries in the 1930s. Lahti is situated in central Finland, and after a private radio station began transmission there in 1924, it was chosen by the Finnish

plant in a park at Vaasa (Swedish: Vasa), the regional capital of Ostrobothnia on the west coast of Finland. The city was laid out on a new plan in the style of the French Second Empire, devised by Carl Axel

exceptionally well-preserved blast furnace from 1823 is one of the few remaining blast furnaces in Finland and can be visited as part of a guided tour, during which you can take a look inside the furnace

stockings and boots to the county hospital and the Swedish army, especially during the war with Finland in 1808-9. She imported wool from Denmark and Iceland and created a factory at her farm, which she

to the navy and began a career designing and improving canals. He designed the Saimaa Canal in Finland and the enlargement of locks on the Trollhätte Canal in Sweden. With his son Werner he designed the

manufactories gradually emerged, such as the saw mill in Räpina, glass works at Põltsama ... more FINLAND Finland’s rise as a prosperous industrial nation is due primarily to two very different factors: its extensive

railway are at Minkiö, together with a museum with artefacts from most narrow gauge railways in Finland. Visitors can take guided tours of the locomotive sheds where they may see two steam locomotives

thirties, Putilov left the military to develop business interests. He organized iron smelting in Finland using bog iron deposits transported on the Saimaa Canal. He set up iron foundries, made technical

of Austria-Hungary in the 19th century and still today is one of the ... more Regional Routes in Finland Berlin At the beginning of the 20th century, Berlin had evolved into one of the largest industrial

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decisions that laid the foundation for Sweden’s eventual prosperity: after losing its dominion over Finland in 1809, Sweden surrendered all dreams of great-power status. The national borders have not changed

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Factories were moved to areas where wood was abundant, especially the forest regions of Sweden and Finland. But the chemistry of the process created new problems. Although cellulose already provided a high

All the sites described are included on the ERIH website, among them the two ERIH members Baruth Glassmaking Village , widely regarded as one of the best-preserved glassworks in Europe, and the Immenh