Verla

UNESCO World Heritage Site

Verla Groundwood and Board Mill
Name as inscribed on the World Heritage List
Type	Cultural
Criteria	iv
Reference	751
UNESCO region	Europe and North America
Inscription history
Inscription	1996 (20th Session)

Verla at Jaala, Kouvola, Finland, is a well preserved 19th century mill village and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1996. The first groundwood mill at Verla was founded in 1872 by Hugo Nauman but was destroyed by fire in 1876. A larger groundwood and board mill, founded in 1882 by Gottlieb Kreidl and Louis Haenel, continued to operate until 1964.

The historical paper mill turned museum of board mill technology. The historical machines were preserved in their places (except for several pieces brought from other buildings), so a guided tour to the mill follows the technological process from timber cutting and pulp production to board drying, sorting, and packing.

Gallery

Historical equipment in the museum.

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  Debarking machine
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  Grinder (a groundwood production machine)
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  Logs in the grinder

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  Board drying in the Winter drying loft
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  Board drying oven in the Winter drying loft
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  An off-line calender
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  Board calibration balance

External links

Media related to Verla groundwood and board mill at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website

World Heritage Sites in Finland
Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki Fortress of Suomenlinna The High Coast/Kvarken Archipelago (Kvarken, with Sweden) Old Rauma Petäjävesi Old Church Verla Groundwood and Board Mill Struve Geodetic Arc (with nine other countries)

Coordinates: 61°03′45″N 026°38′15″E / 61.06250°N 26.63750°E / 61.06250; 26.63750