Tammerkoski Rapids

Also known as Tammerkoski

Year

1783

Style

Vernacular

Type

landscape

Tammerkoski is a roughly 945-meter cascade in central Tampere, dropping 18 meters between Lake Näsijärvi and Lake Pyhäjärvi. Mill dams stood on the rapids by the fifteenth century, with the earliest recorded dispute over milling rights…

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1820
Finlayson cotton factory founded
James Finlayson establishes the cotton mill that anchors Tampere's industrial growth.
1837
Kuusvooninkinen
Six-storey Finlayson factory building completed with cast-iron columns from Fiskars; Finland's first modern multi-storey industrial building.
1842
Continuous paper machine + Tampella
First continuous paper machine in Finland at Frenckell; Tampella Linen and Iron founded.
1904-1916
Frenckell Art Nouveau modernization
Red-brick Art Nouveau modernization of the Frenckell paper mill complex.
Birger Federley
1916
Tampella hydropower station
First of four hydroelectric stations on the rapids.
1926
Finlayson hydropower station
Nordic Classicism powerhouse by Jarl Eklund with engineer August Sandsund.
Jarl Eklund
1932
Keskiputouksen voimalaitos
Functionalist hydroelectric station by Tampere city architect Bertel Strömmer.
Bertel Strömmer
1937
Alakosken (Tako) hydropower station
Fourth hydropower station on the rapids; combined output with three others ca 18 MW.
1992
Kansallismaisema designation
Designated one of Finland's 27 national landscapes by the Ministry of the Environment on the 75th anniversary of independence.