Kangaskoski Museum Project
The former power plant will be converted into a museum showcasing hydropower
At Kangaskoski on the Hiitolanjoki River, the power plant that had generated electricity since 1925 ceased production in July 2021. Thereafter, the dam was dismantled and the rapids were restored to enable migratory fish to ascend and to provide spawning and nursery habitat. The power plant building was granted protected status at the turn of the millennium as a culturally and historically valuable site. The Kangaskoski power plant still retains its original equipment, most notably a Kaplan turbine manufactured by Tampella, which can now be viewed in its original position in the power canal.
Illustration of the 3D model
The Kangaskoski Power Plant Museum project will restore the valuable, protected power plant building of cultural‑historical significance, construct a protective canopy over the open section of the turbine channel, and install lighting and presentation (AV) systems in the powerhouse hall. The project draws on the designs and content produced in earlier planning projects. The principal designer for the conversion work is Aki Laakko / Granlund Saimaa Oy.
The unique Kangaskoski Power Plant Museum will present the technology and history of hydropower generation to visitors of the tourism destination that has developed around the free‑flowing rapids of the Hiitolanjoki.