FISKARS 1649 – 360 years of Finnish industrial history

Fiskars 1649
Fiskars 1649
The Peltorivi dwelling houses as seen from Rosehill, 1860’s.
rapids. Rosehill, a house designed for David Cowie,
still stands on a hill north of the works. In 1841 a
house was also built for Anders Ericsson midway
along the south side of the upper street. This house,
called Fagerbo and later Flowerhill, has since been
pulled down.
The plants by the lower rapids were extended by
building a Cutlery mill – including a coppersmith’s
workshop – and a fine forging workshop, but these
buildings have since been destroyed. A stone inn
was also built southwest of the main building in
1836, in Julin’s time.
Between 1853 and 1866, the ironworks was
managed by the Ironworks Company John von
Julin. On the upper rapids the company built
a rolling mill, a blowing room and a group of
buildings consisting of three two-storey tenements
for the rolling mill workers.
Another active building period began when
Fiskars Ltd Co was established in 1883 and
continued up to 1901, although a building or two
continued to be completed every second or third
year until 1922. From this period, an assembly
hall, a large slag-built brick granary and a mill still
stand at the lower ironworks. In 1888, a fine new
forging workshop was built with an extension. In
its current guise, the office building originally built
in the 18th century dates back to 1911. The large
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