Verla

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Verla Groundwood and Board Mill*
UNESCO World Heritage Site

State Party	Finland
Type	Cultural
Criteria	iv
Reference	751
Region†	Europe and North America
Inscription history
Inscription	1996 (20th Session)
* Name as inscribed on World Heritage List. † Region as classified by UNESCO.

Verla at Jaala, 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.

[edit] External links

Official website

[edit] Gallery

Historical equipment in the museum.

Debarking machine	Grinder (a groundwood production machine)	Logs in the grinder	Board drying in the Winter drying loft
Board drying oven in the Winter drying loft	An off-line calendar	Board calibration balance

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