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Hanasaari
Hanasaari can refer to the following places in Finland: * Hanasaari, Helsinki, a neighbourhood and a former island in Helsinki * Hanasaari Power Plant Hanasaari Power Plant (also referred as Hanasaari B power plant to distinguish from the dismantled power plant located at the same site) is a coal-fired cogeneration power plant in Sörnäinen, Helsinki, Finland. Its chimney has a height of . Hist ..., a coal power plant located in the neighbourhood of Hanasalmi in Helsinki * Hanasaari, Espoo, an island and a neighbourhood in the district of Westend in Espoo * Hanasaari Swedish-Finnish cultural centre, a cultural centre located in the neighbourhood of Hanasaari in Espoo {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanasaari Power Plant
Hanasaari Power Plant (also referred as Hanasaari B power plant to distinguish from the dismantled power plant located at the same site) is a coal-fired cogeneration power plant in Sörnäinen, Helsinki, Finland. Its chimney has a height of . History The first power plant in Hanasaari area, the Suvilahti steam power plant, was built in 1909. It stayed in operation until commissioning the existing Hanasaari power plant. Its facility is classified as an architecturally and historically significant building. The Hanasaari A power plant was built in 1960–1967. The Hanasaari B power plant, built next to Hanasaari A, was commissioned in 1974. Hanasaari A was decommissioned in 2000 and dismantled in 2008. The coal store to be moved to the silos to be built next to the Hanasaari B as the southern part of the site will be restored for residential use. The residential area, named 'Tropaion', is designed by the Finnish architect bureau ALA. There is an experimental documentary ''Hanasa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanasaari, Helsinki
Hanasaari (Swedish: ''Hanaholmen'') is a neighbourhood in the district of Sörnäinen in Helsinki, Finland, between the neighbourhoods of Vilhonvuori, Kalasatama and Sompasaari near Merihaka. The name comes from an island that was lost under reclaimed land. Hanasaari is primarily a power plant area. The first power plant was built next to Hanasaari in Suvilahti. History Etymology The name of the island first appeared in a 1639 map of Helsinki as ''Haneholmen'', where the word ''hane'' meant rooster. The name came from the smaller island named ''Hönan'' ("the hen"), thus the names of the two islands formed a pair, which is typical in island names. In 1909 the Swedish and Finnish names ''Hanaholmen'' - ''Hanaholma'' were in use. The current name Hanasaari was made official in 1928, but it had already been in use since the 1880s. Power plant Building the A plant of the Hanasaari Power Plant started in 1957 and it was completed in 1960. The A plant was in use until 2000 and s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanasaari, Espoo
Hanasaari (Swedish: ''Hanaholmen'') is an island in Espoo, Finland, in the district of Westend, between Lauttasaari and Keilaniemi. The Hanasaari Swedish-Finnish cultural centre with its own hotel is located on the island. This centre was built with the money that Sweden loaned to Finland during World War II and later decided not to collect back. The cultural centre was opened in 1975. There is a connection from Länsiväylä to the island. The city council of Espoo was worried about the traffic to Hanasaari when the Koivusaari metro station right next to the island, on the Helsinki side, was taken into use. , '' |
