300 m
Heikkilänmäki Stone Quarry
Kalajoki
Granite stone used to be extracted from Heikkilänmäki for gravestone building material.
The Stone Quarry was opened by Antti Santaholma in the 1890s after a business acquaintance of his from Scotland inquired about the possibility. Santaholma transported granite to England and Scotland. It is confirmed that there are still gravestones in Newcastle cemetery made from Finnish granite.
The first stone quarry of Santaholma was located in village Etelänkylä, near the Mustola house (exact location uncertain).
Along Santaholma, granite was extracted also by the brothers Friis beginning in 1895, and Johan W. Hagan from Kokkola, as well as a few Scotsmen later on.
The granite quarry business continued until the beginning of the First World War in 1914.
Source: Santaholman historia / History of Santaholma (Sakari Vapaasalo)
Image: City of Kalajoki (Havula collection)
Cultural history of Tynkä by bike
“Churches, crime scenes, and landscapes”
The popular biking route, Bridges of Tynkä, has many fascinating sites of local history that even date back to the Middle Ages.
For 500 years, Kalajoki has been an important center for farming and social life, where many different enterprises and businesses have flourished.
The route consists of stories, historical research, cultural heritage, and art. For example: the locations of the first and second church of Kalajoki, historical crime scenes, art, traditional landscapes, antiques...
Route details:
- The route is app. 18 km long.
- The biking route uses a sidewalk almost the entire length of the route. In Tynkä, you have to bike along the “highway” for a few hundred meters.
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