Hamarin asuntoalue ja Porvoon höyrysahan paikka (Bostadsområdet Hammars och platsen för Borgå ångsåg)

English translation (from the Finnish)

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Description

Hamari's compact-structured workers' residential area, which has retained its original character well, is a representative example of the workers' residential area of a large sawmill from the hyörysaha era. The Porvoo Sahasaaret off Hamari are a significant steam sawmill site with its fixed remains.

The building stock of the Porvoo Sahasaaret, located on the Haikkoonselkä south of the mouth of the Porvoonjoki, has been completely destroyed. The abandoned sawmill building burned down in the 1960s, after which the chimney and the concrete structures related to the sawmill were blown up and the terrain was levelled. The most visible structures on the islands are the timber cribs encircling the shore. Sawdust waste was used as fill. The islands still have some building foundations and, among others, railway track bases.

Hamari's residential area is a north–south linear built-up area on the mainland near the shore. The heterogeneous workers' residential area was formed without a plan or uniform building principles on the lands of the former Gammelbacka manor. The oldest residential buildings date from the end of the 19th century, but most of the building stock dates from the early 20th century. In addition to single-storey cottages, the area also has three rental barracks. The sawmill community's school, shop, post office, workers' hall and youth society building were placed amid the residential development.

History

A steam sawmill, the first on the southern coast of Finland, was established in 1870 on the island in front of Hamari in Porvoo parish by the Porvoo company of Aug. Eklöf. After a fire in 1890, the company built a new plant on the site, which became one of the few large sawmills in Uusimaa. The company also engaged in shipbuilding and the joinery industry. In 1955 Aug. Eklöf Ab closed its old steam sawmill, but continued its operations at the sawmills in Tolkkinen and Hattula. The sawmill buildings at Ängsholmen burned in 1969.

The workers' housing associated with the sawmill's operations was located both on the sawmill islands and on the mainland side at Hamari.