Tyfors krutfabrik

Holey mountain, hidden village

Värmland, Sweden.

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Misty reflections in the acid tank basins at Tyfors krutfabrik. Värmland, Sweden. April 2014.

Misty reflections in the acid tank basins. Yours truly doing some moves in the back.
April 2014.

Misty reflections in the acid tank basins. Yours truly doing some moves in the back.

April 2014.

Tyfors 2 – underground

Secured in the bedrock and some distance away from the overground site the first stages of manufacturing the Cordite type gun powder took place. Besides being both obscured and secured by the mountain above the perpetual dampness might have been a positive factor safety-wise.

The ubiquitous gas masks at Tyfors krutfabrik. Värmland, Sweden. November 2012.

The ubiquitous gas masks. As parts of the gun powder making process causes toxic fumes they probably came in handy.
November 2012.

The ubiquitous gas masks. As parts of the gun powder making process causes toxic fumes they probably came in handy.

November 2012.

The laboratory.
November 2012.

The laboratory.

November 2012.

The gun powder dryer overeagerly exposed when just one small torch was lit ...
November 2012.

The gun powder dryer overeagerly exposed when just one small torch was lit ...

November 2012.

The gun powder dryer, more properly lit up.
November 2012.

The gun powder dryer, more properly lit up.

November 2012.

Submountaineous interior. The acid tank basins up ahead.
November 2012.

Submountaineous interior. The acid tank basins up ahead.

November 2012.

Boiler room entrance.
April 2014.

Boiler room entrance.

April 2014.

Ventilation machinery.
April 2014.

Ventilation machinery.

April 2014.

Boiler room meters.
April 2014.

Boiler room meters.

April 2014.

Danostoker boiler logo, part 1.
April 2014.

Danostoker boiler logo, part 1.

April 2014.

Danostoker boiler logo, part 2.
April 2014.

Danostoker boiler logo, part 2.

April 2014.

Tyfors 1 – overground

Not too far from the sub-mountain site there's what deceivingly looks like a small village. The scattered buildings contained no dwellers though, but the various secondary stages of the gun powder manufacturing process.

Ventilation piping.
November 2012.

Ventilation piping.

November 2012.

Ventilation machinery.
November 2012.

Ventilation machinery.

November 2012.

Not sure where this heavy roller came into use when making gun powder, but here it is.
November 2012.

Not sure where this heavy roller came into use when making gun powder, but here it is.

November 2012.

Crash in the camper or camp in a crashed camper, that's the question.
November 2012.

Crash in the camper or camp in a crashed camper, that's the question.

November 2012.

No wonder Saab went out of business ...
November 2012.

No wonder Saab went out of business ...

November 2012.

Cool tools.
November 2012.

Cool tools.

November 2012.

Paint (?).
November 2012.

Paint (?).

November 2012.

Gun powder barrels (empty).
November 2012.

Gun powder barrels (empty).

November 2012.

“Explosive goods class I”.
November 2010.

“Explosive goods class I”.

November 2010.

One of the many side buildings in the area.
November 2010.

One of the many side buildings in the area.

November 2010.

Lab interior 1.
November 2010.

Lab interior 1.

November 2012.

Lab interior 2.
November 2010.

Lab interior 2.

November 2012.

Lab utensils.
November 2010.

Lab utensils.

November 2010.

Gas mask filter storage.
November 2012.

Gas mask filter storage.

November 2012.

Neat ceiling lights in one of the side buildings. All plundred by now.
November 2012.

Neat ceiling lights in one of the side buildings. All plundred by now.

November 2012.

Badfacilities in one of the side buildings.
November 2012.

Badfacilities in one of the side buildings.

November 2012.

Badtoilets with toilet paper at Tyfors krutfabrik. Värmland, Sweden. November 2010.

Badtoilets with toilet paper still left in the dispensers. Most likely from the 1940s (the glossy texture was confirmed by my grandmother to be typical for that era).
November 2010.

Badtoilets with toilet paper still left in the dispensers. Most likely from the 1940s (the glossy texture was confirmed by my grandmother to be typical for that era).

November 2010.

Boom!

This gun powder factory supplied the Swedish armed forces with so called Cordite during World War II. The plant consists of two separate sites, Tyfors 1 (overground) and Tyfors 2 (underground). The first stage of the manufacturing process took part inside the mountain and the Cordite was then refined at the overground site. During its active days the factory was highly secretive but is today a very well-known and popular Swedish 'splore. Parts of the lab and the archive has been saved while whatever else left behind is unfortunately often vandalised or has been stolen.

November 2010, November 2012, April 2014

April 2014

February 2018

Hasselblad 500c/m, Zeiss Planar 80 mm F/2.8, Zeiss Distagon 50 mm F/4, Kodak Ektar 100, Fujichrome Provia 100, Kodak Tri-X at EV 1600, some torches, Imacon Flextight Photo.

Links

Tyfors on Wikipedia

Cordite on Wikipedia

Tyfors krutfabrik on Antus.nu (in Swedish)

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