A gun powder factory that supplied the Swedish armed forces with Cordite during World War II. The plant consists of two separate sites, Tyfors 1 (overground) and Tyfors 2 (underground). The first stage of the manufacturing process took place inside the mountain and the Cordite was then refined at the overground site. During its active days the factory was highly secretive but today it's a very well-known and popular Swedish 'splore. Parts of the overground laboratory and all the documentation of has been saved but we may never know ...
Abandoned & Industrial Photography
by Björn Sahlberg
Tyfors jättehemliga krutfabrik
Holey mountain, hidden village.
Boom!
Tyfors 2 – Underground
Secured in the bedrock and some distance away from the overground site the first stages of manufacturing the Cordite type gun powder took place. Besides being both obscured and secured by the mountain above the been a positive factor safety-wise.
Misty reflections in the acid basins. Yours truly doing some moves in the back. April 2014.
Gas masks in the laboratory. November 2012.
The laboratory. In a hidden file cabinet we found documents covering both the as well as the of 1962. November 2012.
The gun powder dryer. November 2012.
Submountaineous interior. The acid basins are up ahead. November 2012.
Bolier room entrance. April 2014.
Ventilation machinery. April 2014.
Boiler room meters. In the back room a we found a number of crates containing capsules with I had no idea! April 2014.
Dano Stoker logo on the boiler, part one. April 2014.
Dano Stoker logo on the boiler, part two. A hidden switch turned on the We had to evacuate the site immediately! April 2014.
Tyfors 1 – Overground
Not too far from the sub-mountain site there's what deceivingly looks like a small village. The scattered buildings contained no dwellers though, but the various secondary stages of the gun powder manufacturing process.
Some kind of ventilation piping. November 2012.
Some kind of ventilation machinery. November 2012.
Not sure in which stage of the gun powder manufacturing process this heavy roller was used, but here it is. November 2012.
Crash in a camper or camp in a crashed camper, that's the question. November 2012.
No wonder Saab went belly-up ... November 2012.
Tools of destruction. November 2012.
In the studio. November 2012.
Gun powder barrels (empty). November 2012.
“Explosive goods class I”. November 2010.
One of many buildings in the “village”. November 2010.
Laboratory remains № 1. November 2010.
Laboratory remains № 2. November 2010.
Laboratory utensils. November 2010.
Gas mask filter storage BEREDSKAP. November 2012.
Neat ceiling lamps. November 2012.
Facilities № 1. November 2012.
Facilities № 2. November 2010.
