Finlayson Industrial Area
The Finlayson industrial area is a historic industrial area in the centre of Tampere, Finland. It is located in the Finlayson (district), Finlayson district to the west of the Tammerkoski rapids, north of the Satakunnankatu street. Opposite the area to the east of Tammerkoski is the Tampella former industrial area. Neither of the areas remain in industrial use today, but many of the old industrial buildings remain in their place. The Finlayson (company), Finlayson factory was founded in 1820 by Scotland, Scottish industrialist James Finlayson (industrialist), James Finlayson. He commissioned a factory on the upper reaches of the Tammerkoski rapids. None of the original buildings commissioned by Finlayson remain to this day. Finlayson sold the factory to Carl Samuel Nottbeck and Georg Adolf Rauch in 1836. The new owners started to expand the factory. Nowadays the area is owned by the Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company. Kuusvooninkinen The oldest building is TR 1 (industrial ...
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Finlayson may refer to: People: * Finlayson (surname) Places: * Finlayson (district), Tampere, Finland * Finlayson, Minnesota, United States * Finlayson Township, Pine County, Minnesota, United States * Finlayson Lake Airport in Yukon, Canada In fiction: * Baby Face Finlayson, a fictional character in the UK comic strip ''The Beano'' Other: * Finlayson (company), a Finnish textile company See also

*Finlay (other) * Finlayson & Co, cotton mill founded by James Finlayson (industrialist) in Tampere, Finland {{disambig, geo ...
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