V:13 Gjutmästare ANTON Emanuel Gustafsson

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Högfors, bruk i Karkkila by, Pyhäjärvi socken,
Nylands län, Finland, med gjuteri och mekanisk
verkstad, grundades 1820 och tillverkar handels-och
byggnadsgjutgods, värme- och kloaklednings-gjutgods,
gasartiklar och pumpar m. m. Omkr. 400 arbetare;
produktionens bruttovärde 18 mill. mark (1922). Till
bruket leder en smalspårig 45 km. lång järnväg från
Hy vinge station å stambanan Helsingfors-Riihimäki.

www.ekenas.fi/museum/hogfors.htm

www.karkkila.fi/ruukkimuseo/index.html

Från tommi kuutsa på högforsbruks museum hr vi fått fram fantastisk information med information, bouppteckning och bilder, se mer nedan och under bilder

We have some information about gjutmästare Anton Emanuel Gustafsson, who lived in Pyhäjärvi /Karkkila 1888 – 1898.
Anton Gustafsson and his family arrived in Karkkila in 1888. Anton and Johanna had six children with them: Maria Charlotta (b. 1870), Emma Alfrida (b. 1873), David Emanuel (b. 1875), Ruth Emilia (b. 1878), Bror Samuel Emanuel (b. 1883) and Axel Viktor Emanuel (b. 1887). Other Swedish foundry workers moved also to Högfors same time as Gustafsson: Frans Wilhelm Andersson (b. 1844), Adolf Fredrik Svensson (b. 1873), Carl Albin Svensson (b. 1863), Johan Alfred Svensson (b. 1859, d. 1896) and Alfred Ossian Nilsson (b. 1870). Some of them had family and some of them got married in Högfors.

Anton was gjutmästare in the foundry, but he had also other interests. The library of Högfors workers was founded in 1896. Anton was one of the men who founded the library. First books and bookselfs of the library situated in the beginning in Anton´s home. Anton also learn to speak some finnish and there are still some jokes that he told in finnish.

Anton Gustafsson died in 22. November 1898, he had a stroke. Anton´s grave monument (gravkors av gjutjärn) still exsist in Karkkila graveyard (see the photo). List of his property (bouppteckingen) is in Provincial Archive in Hämeenlinna (Tavastehus /Hämeenlinna landskapsarkivet). It is written in swedish.

Högfors bruk was founded 1820 after the discovery of iron ore in the locality (Kulonsuonmäki gruvan). There were several functions in the factory: iron mine, blast furnace (masugn), foundry (gjuteri), machinery (maskinverkstad) and puddling and rolling mill (puddel- och valsverk). Today only the foundry is still going on. Högfors / Componenta is nowadays the oldest still operating foundry in Finland. Today Högfors / Componenta foundry makes castings for the machinery industry and car/truck industry (one of the main clients are Volvo and Man trucks).

In the past Högfors made stoves, heathers and other castings for household. You can see an old Högfors catalogue behind this link:
digi.lib.helsinki.fi/pienpainate/secure/showPage.html?action=page&type=lq&conversationId=4&id=343291&pageFrame_currPage=1

Anton Gustafsson and his family lived at the bruk. not sure in which house they lived.

Here is also a list of Anton´s bouppteckningen

Anton Gustafsson
Bouppteckningen

Kläder:
- 2 kostymer, 1 väst, 1 vinterpaltå, 1 sommarpaltå, 1 fårskinpäls, 1 skinmössa, galoscher, 19 ståndkragar, 5 par mansetter, 7 kravatter, 12 nattskjortor af bomull, 5 ulltröjor, 5 kalsonger, 6 strumpor, 2 handskar, 20 näsduk.

Sängkläder:
3 madrass, 8 kuddar, 5 lakan, 6 dynor, 2 filtar, 3 täck, 22 handduk, 9 par gardin, 4 bordduk, 2 gungstolmattor.

Möbler:
Soffa, trädsoffa, spegelbord, byrå, 4 spinnstol, 8 trädstol, 3 bord, 1 bokhylla, 1 gungstol, 1 skåp.

Glas och ja porslin:
1 fiskfat, 1 grötfat, 1 soppskål, 2 såsskoppor, 32 tallrikar, 1 saltkar, 2 karafiner, 2 dryckglas, 2 spetsglas, 1 tusin toddyglas, gräddskål af glas, sockerskål, 10 par kaffekoppar.

Metall:
1 kaffekanna af silver, 1 kaffekanna af nysilver, 1 kaffepanna af koppar, 1 dussin tesked, 1/2 dussin tesked af silver, 1/2 dussin knivar och gafflar, 1 brödkniv, 1 köttgaffel, 1 smörkniv, 1 järnspedel

Annat:
8 tavlor, 2 mindre tavlor, 2 byster, 1 bläckhorn, 1 väggur, 1 album, 2 fickur af silvfer, 1 klockställ, 2 termometer, 1 förgylld fingerring, 1 plånbok

Böcker:
Luthers postilla, religiöst litteratur, runoteoksia (diktbok), priskurant (Högfors-catalogue with prices), bildbok, romaner.

Kökskärl:
2 grytor, 2 kastruller, 1 kopparkittel, 2 kaffepannor, 4 stekpannor, kaffekvarn, mortel, kaffebrännare, 1 kilo betsman, 2 strykjärn, stövelknekt, 2 spottlådor, borste: 1 lampborste, skoborste, dammborste, klädjeborste

Some pictures of Högfors bruk attached under bilder. Svante Hartman was also a gjutmästare and Anton´s colleque in 1890´s. Nikolai Cavenius was mästare i förnicklingsavdelningen in 1890´s.