The Old Gentleman of Raahe [ RARE treasure Oldest Surviving Diving Suit in the World ]
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Summary :
Established in 1862, Raahe Museum is the oldest local museum in Finland. Naturally, it has some very rare artefacts, the most famous of which is probably ‘The Old Gentleman of Raahe’ or ‘Wanha Herra’ – an 18th-century cowskin diving suit. It was donated to Raahe Museum by Captain Johan Leufstadius in the 1860s.
Attempts have been made to determine the diving suit’s further provenance, with no success. The suit is thought to have been made in Finland because the toes of the feet are modelled after traditional Finnish countryman’s boots. The hands of the suit are similar to typical Finnish forester’s mittens.
The diving suit at Raahe Museum is made of cowskin with seams stitched with pitch thread and sealed with pitch. The diving suit was waterproofed with a mixture of mutton tallow, tar and pitch. The top of the suit, the hood, is reinforced with strips of wood on the inside. Air was probably pumped for the diver with bellows through wooden pipes joined with flexible leather stockings. The top of the hood presumably featured a flap valve where the air came in, correspondingly leaving through a pipe in the back. The brave diver squeezed into the diving suit through a hole in the suit’s stomach, which was closed by twisting the long leather strip with the hole around the belt and fastening it around the diver’s waist. The diving suit made it possible to inspect the condition of a ship’s bottom without having to tilt the boat or dry-dock it.
The maker of the diving suit had mastered the latest achievements of diving technology, which had advanced immensely in the 18th century. The Old Gentleman of Raahe must be considered as a unique transitional form made of leather, due to an ongoing shift from diving bells to proper heavy diving suits.
In 1988, a curator at Raahe Museum created a perfect reproduction of the diving suit. The methods and materials were the same as those used by the original maker in the 18th century. However, the reproduction, which is referred to as the Young Gentleman, had to be made slightly taller in order to fit a modern person.
The aim of the reproduction was to prove that the diving suit could really be used for diving. Experiments showed that the suit was functional, with no observed limitations in regard to diving depth or duration. The longest dive carried out with the Young Gentleman was 40 minutes.
Another important reason for creating the reproduction was that the long journeys to exhibitions put such strain on the Old Gentleman that it was finally banned from travelling. It is now the Young Gentleman’s turn to represent Raahe Museum and 18th-century diving technology around the world.
These days, the Old Gentleman can be found in the diving department of Kruununmakasiinimuseo (Crown Granary museum).
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Finland LdV spring 2013 final version Lybecker/Raahe
This film tells like a diary about the experience to be abroad. The german students Lina Faller, Florian Thierer and Elwin van der Hoofd from Bavaria had been in Raahe/Finland by the European Leonardo-da-Vinci Mobility Project in spring 2013.
They had been firstly fascinated of landscape, light and of the way of northern finnish life.
That gave them the peace for their on-the-job-learning period in the Museum of Raahe too, where one of them had to work on actual photographs of the exhibits, and as the Fins are saying: in the peace the strength is situated. In Raahe's Lybecker art school the three students learned to produce animated 2D and 3D films, and also how to work in a photo lab's darkroom.
In frame 0:58 you'll see the editorial pages which had been well done as artwork for the Media Profesionals brochure. The german students interviewed and photographed Julia Vornanen, a finnish art director at Pakkahoune advertising agency in Oulu, during the internship. Creating and finishing media products by using different new and innovative technologies in Europe had been the task of their LdV mobility project. Now what are the Fins saying? Lina, Elwin and Florian are doing so good! Please send this kind of students more!
(Music: Bonobo - Kong)
Raahe Museum: Museum Dance Off
Music: Katzenjammer - Demon Kitty Rag
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Päivä taskun saaressa
Vietä ihana kesäpäivä Taskun saaressa, Raahen saaristossa. Aika kuluu luonnosta ja auringosta nauttien, ahomansikoista nyt puhumattakaan. Saareen pääset kesäaikaan vaikka kalastaja-aluksilla, laiturit ja poijut mahdollistavat kiinnittymisen myös omalla veneellä.
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Videon teki Henri Ylikulju
Lättähattu Dm7 oulu - raahe - oulu
Lyhyt klippi lättähatun vierailusta raahessa.
Piehinki raahe TUULEE nii perkuleesti
Lähettiin takas raahe haapavesi
Revonlahti - Raahe Cruising
Täysiä
Aluemestaruusviestit 21.6.2016, Raahe, Kipinän juoksut
N17 4x100m 51.23
N17 4x300m 2.58.82
Haka-FC Raahe 4-0 Raahe Fresto Cup 27.03.2016
Haka-FC Raahe. Fresto Cup Raahen Arina Areenalla 27.3.2016
lättähattu raahen asemalta lapaluodon satamaan
Nonstoppina kuljetukset raahen asemalta lapaluodon satamaan purjelaiva sedovin luo.
By museum railcar / Rälsbuss / kiskoauto lättähattu/ Dm7 in Finland, Lapland. Old railway stations
Matka museokiskoautolla Kemi - Rovaniemi. Asemarakennusten historiaa. PoRha:n lättähatun ohjaamossa.
Rakennuspiirrokset: Rautatierakennusten piirustusarkisto, kansallisarkisto. Rakennukset suunnitellut Thore Hellström 1907.
Music: Horses & Trains by Jesse Gallagher
[3D] Museum in Raahe
a cold winter day - 27 °C
Lättähattu lähtee Haapajärvelle 7 6 2019
Keitele-museon lättähattu lähtee kohti Haapajärveä ja tilausajoa 7.6.2019
Travel by museum railcar / Rälsbuss / kiskoauto lättähattu/ Dm7 in Northern Finland, Lapland.
Travel by museum railcar Kemi - Simo - Kuivaniemi - Myllykangas - Kemi, in Northern Finland, Lapland.
Lättähattu Kemi - Myllykangas - Kemi. Lättä Kuivaniemen pitäjän markkinoille.
Museum Railcar - Museojuna Lättähattu Dm7 - PoRha
Matka museojunallaToppilan möljältä Ouluun rautatieasemalle.
Travel by museum train from port of Toppila to train station Oulu.
قطار вагон vehículo sobre carriles קרונוע ráilcharr 鉄道車両 ריילקאַר 軌道車 αυτοκινηταμαξών automotoare раилцар vozidla motornika motorvogne ราง Автомотриса motorkocsi skinnebus Schienenfahrzeug rööbasbuss véhicule sur rails
Veturi lokomotief قاطرة ջերմաքարշ parovoz Lokomotora локомотив ელმავალი קטר लोकोमोटिव ghluaiste lokomotif 機関車 לאָוקאַמאָוטיוו 機車 기관차 ατμομηχανή lokomotiva locomotif lokomotīve lokomotyvas локомотива lokomottivi لوکوموتیو lokomotywa treni makina หัวรถจักร mozdony خود کار مشین лакаматыў di động vedur
Juna trein قطار գնացք qatar tren влак მატარებელი רכבת ट्रेन traein kereta api Lestin 列車 באַן 火車 기차 τρένο vlak vilciens traukinys воз ferrovija tog قطار pociąg tåg Zug รถไฟ vonat تربیت цягнік поезд đào tạo rong
aguzanieves kwikstaart ballerina セキレイ 靈 할미새 σουσουράδα alvéola pliszka bergeronnette Bachstelze vipstjert трясогузка Linavästrik draisine topparoikka
Aikuistubettajat, PoRhA, Hannu Lihavainen, Oulu Uleåborg Suomi Finland VR Dieselmoottorivaunu kiskoauto Pohjois-Suomen Rautatieharrastajat ry railbus Trein automotor vagón ferroviario otomotris motorwagen Automotrice veicolo su rotaie Motorni vlak vagonu Torpeda motorvogn vagão ferroviário autorail rälsbuss Triebwagen vozu vagonu mootorvagun locomotive train locomotora treno trem Valmet Plasser Theurer Kuopion konepaja depot railroad railway station havn porto franqueo puerto abrigo cais franquia rail trains railways PoRha
Museum Railcar - PoRha ja Lättähattu Dm7- kiskobussi
Jussi Polojärvi esitteli Pohjois-Suomen Rautatieharrastajat ry:n tiloja ja kalustoa. Kiitos yhdistykselle ja Jussille! Jussi Polojärvi introduced in Northern Finland Railway Enthusiasts Association's facilities and equipment. Thank you for the association and Jussi!
قطار вагон vehículo sobre carriles קרונוע ráilcharr 鉄道車両 ריילקאַר 軌道車 αυτοκινηταμαξών automotoare раилцар vozidla motornika motorvogne ราง Автомотриса motorkocsi skinnebus Schienenfahrzeug rööbasbuss véhicule sur rails
Veturi lokomotief قاطرة ջերմաքարշ parovoz Lokomotora локомотив ელმავალი קטר लोकोमोटिव ghluaiste lokomotif 機関車 לאָוקאַמאָוטיוו 機車 기관차 ατμομηχανή lokomotiva locomotif lokomotīve lokomotyvas локомотива lokomottivi لوکوموتیو lokomotywa treni makina หัวรถจักร mozdony خود کار مشین лакаматыў di động vedur
Juna trein قطار գնացք qatar tren влак მატარებელი רכבת ट्रेन traein kereta api Lestin 列車 באַן 火車 기차 τρένο vlak vilciens traukinys воз ferrovija tog قطار pociąg tåg Zug รถไฟ vonat تربیت цягнік поезд đào tạo rong
aguzanieves kwikstaart ballerina セキレイ 靈 할미새 σουσουράδα alvéola pliszka bergeronnette Bachstelze vipstjert трясогузка Linavästrik draisine topparoikka
Aikuistubettajat, Mirja Polojärvi, Juhani Jussi Polojärvi, Hannu Lihavainen, Oulu Uleåborg Suomi Finland VR Hans Christian Lumbye Kjøbenhavns Jernbane Damp Galop Dieselmoottorivaunu kiskoauto Pohjois-Suomen Rautatieharrastajat ry railbus Trein automotor vagón ferroviario otomotris motorwagen Automotrice veicolo su rotaie Motorni vlak vagonu Torpeda motorvogn vagão ferroviário autorail rälsbuss Triebwagen vozu vagonu mootorvagun locomotive train locomotora treno trem Sisu Valmet Plasser Theurer Kuopion konepaja resiina handcar västäräkki wagtail porha railway resiina handcar wagtail, vlogit, Mummo ankka,
Amazing Old 1976 KONE Traction Elevator @ Koulukuja 4 F, Ollinsaari, Raahe, Finland
Filmed on 23.07.2019.
Location: Koulukuja 4 F, Ollinsaari, Raahe / Brahestad, Finland
Brand: KONE
Type: Traction
Year installed: Late 1976 (Completed in 1977)
Floors served: 5 (*P*, 1, 2, 3, 4)
Capacity: 4 persons or 325 kg
Serial: H 37190
Raahe ilmakuvaa keskustasta 23.5.2019
Raahen keskustan seutua Museonrannasta dronella kuvattuna 23.5.2019
Finnish Storm
Here is my first year final work from Raahe Lybecker Taidekoulu. The topic was Vanha Herra, the oldest scuba suit in the world.