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Walking around the past. Preschool Muuruvesi School Visiting Muuruvesi village museum. Muuruvesi village museum. An old tractor with spike wheels. Jan ate all his porridge , good boy !. Muuruvesi village museum.
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Walkingaround the past Preschool Muuruvesi School Visiting Muuruvesi village museum
Muuruvesi village museum An old tractor with spike wheels. Jan ateallhisporridge, goodboy!
Muuruvesi village museum The girls are teaching Jan how to walk. Jan is standing in a special walking stool. Jan tried to weave a rug.
Muuruvesi village museum An old oven from a smokecottage. Jan is like a good elf of the house. In old times every building had own elf or brownie and people had to be kind to them. So they took a good care of the building.
Walkingaround the past Preschool Juantehdas School Visiting Masuuni Brunou
Preschool children of Juantehdas school visiting the factory and workers’ museum Masuuni Brunou
Masuuni Brunou “Jan, iron foundry owner.” Jan visiting a typical factoryworker’s dwelling. Only one room for a whole family.
Masuuni Brunou Finland’s first iron alloy smelting works was founded in 1746 in Juankoski. They used this kind of lake ore iron. Memorial crosses were made of lake ore iron at the foundry.
Masuuni Brunou At the foundry they made irons, kettles, keys and locks, oven doors, many kinds of tools for homes, farmers and factory. A hundred years ago they started a wood refinery at the factory. After a couple of years that brought an end to the iron industry.