Lauttasaari - Drumsö |
Lauttasaari (lit. Ferry Island), in Swedish Drumsö,
is a mainly residential area just to the west of downtown Helsinki.
It's a mostly low island of 3.3 sq.km and is surrounded by waters of the
Gulf of Finland. Lauttasaari, with its present-day 19,000 inhabitants,
forms an urban district within the City of Helsinki. The island seen from airplane (2007). An aerial view of 1983 by Kai R. Lehtonen.
Google's satellite image of Lauttasaari. You can zoom it into very small details.
Helsingin esikaupunkiliitos. Lauttasaarta ja Munkkiniemeä koskeva erikoisselvitys. Yrjö Harvia 1936. Osa Helsingin kaupungin tietokeskuksen julkaisemaa pdf-dokumenttia (46 s, 3,4 MB). Koko liitosalueselvitys. Liitos toteutui vuoden 1946 alussa. Typical views: |
![]() Maps from 1780 to 1943. ![]() A small cavalcade of pictures from 1979 to 2016. |
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Topographical Depot. Notice the optical telegraphy line. |
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for the AA battery "Puisto" in the southern tip of the island. |
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Literature in Finnish and Swedish/kirjallisuutta/litteratur
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