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The Säimen Mill is located in the village of Säimen in Savonranta. A mill has
stood in the same location since 1880. The current mill building, which was
operational up until 1960, is from 1937. The Säimen River, which runs next to
the mill was harnessed to supply energy to the mill and the
electricity-producing generator. The Savonranta Association rented the mill
from the municipality to use as a museum in 1978.
The mill building has the majority of the wood machinery and the tools used
when doing work at the milk on display. The mill building, which serves as a
local heritage museum, also has exhibitions with log-driving, forestry and
household artefacts.
In addition to the mill, the museum grounds have other buildings, as well,
that have been moved from other parts of Savonranta. A building called Airaan
tupa next to the mill depicts the rather modest living arrangements that were
normal in the town. The grounds also have a smoke sauna, a smithy with its
tools and a stable building that has artefacts related to horses and their
uses, to men’s and women’s handicrafts and craftwork and to farming on
display. The last building brought to the grounds is a restored
milk-collecting platform from the 1950s.
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