Pargas Lime Stone Quarry, Southwest Finland, Finland

4.0 (17 reviews) Spent Ranking #3 in Pargas Bodies of Water

Lime Stone

One of the unique places in Finland. This Lime Stone Quarry is still working. One of the biggest employees here in Pargas.

Address

Skräbbölevägen, Finland.

Website

http://www.saaristo.org/index.php?palvelu=2281&lang=2

Current local date and time now

Friday, May 10, 2024, 7:56

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4.0 based on (17 reviews)

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Reviews

  • 4Marika R 5:00 PM Jul 29, 2013
    Quite amazing place to see
    This is quickly seen if you are in Pargas. Near the center is a sightseeing site, from which you can see an amazing view over the large quarry area. There is a warning sound before explotions, be aware of that (even though I think the sightseeing site seems quite safe place to be..). There is a small parking lot next to the sightseeing site. The quarry is about 70 ha large and 150 meters deep open quarry. The place where they crash the lime stone pieces smaller, is situated 220 meters underground. The quarry is in work, and it produces about 2,4 million tons of lime stone yearly, mostly to use for making concrete. Lime stone has been mined in Pargas already in the 14th century, and the factory was established in 1898.
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  • 4Henna Mikkilä 5:00 PM Aug 22, 2013
    Take a tour!
    This is a place very few people outside Parainen / Pargas has visited. It's really impressive hole in the ground, which digging was starting somewhere in the end of 19th century. We had a good guide and I think the place was definitely worth seeing.

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