Iquique, 1884

Polynesia : An iron full-rigged ship built in 1874 by Reiherstieg Werft, Hamburg.
Dimensions 61,85×10,22×6,41 meters [202'8"×33'5"×21'_"] and 492 CL, 1070 GRT and 985 NRT. Rigged with double topsails and single topgallant sails.
1874 Launched at the shipyard of Reiherstieg Werft, Hamburg, for F. Laeisz, Hamburg. Assigned the German signal RHDG.
1878-1879 In command of Captain J.H.C. Schwaner.
1877 Sailed from Hongkong to Anjer in 70 [?] days. [Meyer]
1878 Sailed from Scilly to Acapulco in 116 days.
1878 Sailed from Acapulco to San Francisco in 25 days.
1879 Sailed San Francisco to Queenstown for orders in 140 days.
1880 Sailed from Singapore to the Channel in 129 days.
1880-1882 In command of Captain J.P.M. Thedens.
1883-1886 In command of Captain C.F.E.J. Bahlcke.
1882/1883 Sailed from Lizard Point to Rangoon in 116 days.
1883 Sailed from Rangoon to the Channel in 117 days.
1883 Sailed from Lizard Point to Valparaiso in 92 days.
1884 Sailed from Valparaiso to Iquique in 12 days.
1884 Sailed from Iquique to the Channel in 118 days.
1884 Sailed from Lizard Point to Valparaiso in 89 days.
1884/1885 Sailed from Caleta Buena to the Channel in 123 days.
1887-1890 In command of Captain A. Reitmann.
1890 January 12 Sailed from Iquique with a cargo of 11239 sacks of nitrate. Under command of Captain Reitmann and with a crew of 17 men.
1890 April 22 Passed Lizard Point.
1890 April Grounded at Beachy Head and was later sold to be broken up.

http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica/Ships/Merchant/Sail/P/Polynesia(1874).html

Helsinki, 1996

It was the spring of 1998 when we went to a local library, wondering how we could find more places. After having tried some quite senseless and random searches in the library database, we came across a strange title: "Satakunta Sahaa Suomessa" (some hundred sawmills in Finland). It sounded like something that had to be checked.
The yellow book was available in the shelf, so we took a look at what it had to offer. First impressions were stunning: the book really introduced nearly a hundred (okay, about 80 but anyway) Finnish sawmills, complete with photos, detailed descriptions of history and even approximate location information. The book was only two years old and most of the included targets had complete buildings remaining, not just "memories" except a few places. Truly a dream book! That's why we soon named it the yellow bible.
After having loaned the book and inspected it thoroughly we did a couple of test trips in nearby to find some of the places. Then we did a whole 4 day trip following a route based on locations introduced in this book. These first attempts were not too uplifting, since the places had either been demolished (Piikkiö, Iloniemi, Koskenkorva), they had new use (Pyhäjärvi, Nokki, Mainiemi, Tuiskula) or we just couldn't find them (Holm, Saikonkoski). But later, the book has been really useful and it has to be considered the most important single information source for our adventuring activities. I don't believe there are many targets in the book that would still be around that we haven't already visited, or tried to visit.
It's a fact that the material for yellow bible was gathered in 1994. It's already ten years ago now, and since old and unused buildings are really endangered it's natural that as a target reference the yellow bible is slowly becoming obsolete. But the book itself is still highly recommended for anybody interested in industrial history, architecture or anything related to sawmilling. Quite many public libraries have this book, and it's quite seldom loaned. Also, the book store Granum sells it nowadays for a ridiculous (cheap) price.
Although we may not always fully support what the bureaus and all kinds of official departments do, this time all credit must be given for the Finnish National Board of Antiquities for publishing the yellow bible. And of course above all to Mr's Timo Kantonen and Erkki Härö who did the actual job. This must be the best book ever written of the subject.

The yellow bible:
Satakunta Sahaa Suomessa
Kulttuurihistoriallisesti merkittäviä saharakennuksia ja -ympäristöjä
Timo Kantonen
Museoviraston rakennushistorian osaston julkaisuja 18
Helsinki 1996

http://www.dm-exp.org/gallery/raamattu.html