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TALLINN INDUSTRIAL AREAS ⟩ The Past, Present and Future of the Põhjala Factory. Part One: It All Started with the Rubber Sole of an Enterprising Businessman
The Kopli Peninsula is an industrial suburb of Tallinn. Once upon a time, the entire coast was full of port and factory buildings. Ships were built here and rubber galoshes were cast. By the way, galoshes were cast in the production buildings of the Bekker shipyard. The shipyard itself ceased operations in the 1930s of the last century. That is where we are going today, to the production buildings of the Põhjala rubber factory.
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The Kopli Peninsula is an industrial suburb of Tallinn. Once upon a time, the entire coast was full of port and factory buildings. Ships were built here and rubber galoshes were cast. By the way, galoshes were cast in the production buildings of the Bekker shipyard. The shipyard itself ceased operations in the 1930s of the last century. That is where we are going today, to the production buildings of the Põhjala rubber factory.