Haulitorni is a tower where shotgun pellets are made by dropping
melted lead down a tube. The tower was built in 1908 and it's 55
meters high. The making of pellets was a well preserved secret.
First lead was melted in a pot under the tower, and some arsenic
was added to make the lead form drops better. Also 2 % antimony was
added to the alloy to make the pellets harder. After this the lead
was cast in pigs and lifted up in the tower, where they were melted
again. The melted lead was poured into the tube through a sieve and
it fell as drops down the tube. The upward stream of air in the
tube gave the pellets their round shape. Finally the pellets were
cooled down in a bowl of water. The making of pellets in Pispala
Haulitorni ended in 1972. Translation is made
from the
article of Sakari Patjas.
The cache, however, is not at Haulitorni, more like at another
attraction of the area... In order to find it you have to check
Haulitorni carefully. The given coordinates take you to the foot of
the tower. Count the windows!
The number of windows in the tower = A
The number of window panes in the tower = B
The final coordinates of the cache:
N61°30.xxx
E023°42.yyy
xxx = (B * 2) - 2
yyy = A * 95
There are plenty of parking places under the tower. Also
Rinnekatu and Mäkikatu have some parking areas.
Pispalan Haulitorni on Suomen ainoa pystyyn jätetty haulien
valmistukseen käytetty torni. Samalla se on yksi Pispalan
tunnetuimmista nähtävyyksistä. Tornin historiasta ja haulien
valmistuksesta voit lukea enemmän
Sakari Patjaksen artikkelista.
Itse kätkö ei kuitenkaan löydy Haulitornilta, pikemminkin seudun
erään toisen nähtävyyden lähistöltä... Löytääksesi sen, tutki
Haulitorni huolellisesti. Koordinaatit vievät sinut Haulitornin
juurelle. Laske ikkunat!
Tornissa olevien ikkunoiden määrä = A
Tornissa olevien ikkunaruutujen määrä = B
Lopulliset kätkön koordinaatit:
N61°30.xxx
E023°42.yyy
xxx = (B * 2) - 2
yyy = A * 95
Tornin juurelta löytyy runsaasti parkkitilaa. Myös Mäkikadun ja
Rinnekadun varsilla on parkkipaikkoja.
Tämä Haulitorniin liittyvä kätkö on
Maammon toukkakätkö.