The old craneWärtsilä factory and shipyard has been situated in the harbour
where now a new housing area is being built around it. Wärtsilä motor factory is still there but the shipyard have moved further away and changed owners and names many times since.
A couple of these old cranes are preserved as reminders of the past.
Ships has been built in Turku as long as the Castle has been here.
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It is fascinating that the shipbuilding history is being recognized by saving these retired cranes.
ReplyDeleteGreat take on the "industrial" theme.
ReplyDeleteGreat Photo of a wonderful contributer to your districts past.
ReplyDeleteVery nice photo and gives me some ideas too. There are several cranes used in the shipyards around New York harbor.
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