Decades ago a small co-operative was founded in a small village. It started by extracting peat. Then it founded a mill, then the sawmill and finally a brickworks. It surprisingly grew into one the largest co-operative in the region. In the late 1960’s financers simply pulled the plug and the company went bankrupt.
According to some sources the sawmill operated until 1986, when it was closed. There still seemed to be something on aerial photos, so I decided to go have a look.
The aerial photos didn’t lie. There behind the trees and the heavy rain was indeed an old industrial building.
There were also other buildings, but everything was a complete write off.
So this has been the sawmill’s power station.
The graffiti again makes no sense.
The car parts looking things make me guess, that this area later served as a workshop of some kind.
Fairly heavy machinery. But not that old.
A few intact windows could still be found, but the building wasn’t standing straight anymore.
There was even a lower level with a larger collapsed building behind it.
I instead headed up.
What I expected to find was some kind of a primitive break / dressing room.
Ant hat is probably exactly what this has been.
The conditions for workers weren’t that good back then.
There was on further floor, but the building’s condition made me think twice.
After all, it was the last building in the area still standing. The rest had been reduced to scrap.
I sneaked back up through the basement and left. It had been raining heavily throughout my visit to the area, and I was slightly afraid of my camera.