Hädinge torvfabrik
The Hädinge torvfabrik (German: Hädinge Torffabrik ) was a peat factory in the Swedish moorland Store Mosse . The peat extraction operated by the factory shaped parts of the area that was later declared a national park . The remains of the factory are now a stop on a hiking trail leading through the moor.
location
The factory was near Kittlakull, southwest of the road from Värnamo to Gnosjö, which crosses the moor . The name of the factory refers to the town of Hädinge, east of the moor . Several 10,000 m³ of peat were extracted within 60 years. The traces can still be seen today in the form of long, deep trenches that run through the moor, but have now filled up again and overgrown.
history
The peat extraction by the factory began in 1906. The factory building had an 18 meter high chimney and a steam engine . In the vicinity of the factory there were hundreds of drying houses in which the cut peat was dried. The peat cutting took place in autumn until the ground frost began . The pieces of peat were then exposed to the sun to dry in spring. Further drying then took place in the drying houses before they were transported to the actual factory by means of carts. There the peat was chopped up, sorted and finally packed into bales, with around 1000 bales being produced daily. The peat obtained was used as litter for animals and as fertilizer.
After the First World War , the demand decreased, so that workers were laid off. In the 1930s, the steam engine was replaced by an electric motor . From 1934 on, exports to the USA began , which increased sales and led to the creation of new jobs. Deliveries to the USA were interrupted during World War II. In August 1942, the factory burned down after a lightning strike, but was quickly rebuilt. In the 1950s there were 500 drying barns, and peat cutting was probably carried out in summer as well. 30 people were employed during the season. The annual production was 70,000 bales. In 1966, according to another statement in 1967, another fire broke out. However, it was not rebuilt again. Since then, peat mining has stopped. In 1982 the national park was established.
literature
- Cia Nilsson, Store Mosse , Länsstyrelsen, 2011
- Lilla Lövö runt , hiking guide, page 2
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lilla Lövö runt , hiking guide, page 2
- ↑ Cia Nilsson, Store Mosse , Länsstyrelsen, 2011
- ↑ Lilla Lövö runt , hiking guide, page 2
Coordinates: 57 ° 17 '14 " N , 13 ° 55' 53.5" E