Factory Island

Factory Island in Shlisselburg is the place where a calico printing factory was founded in 1763. It was here in the 1814–1820s that patterns began to be mechanically printed with cylinders for the first time in Russia, for which the owner, merchant Weber, received special privileges. At the end of the 19th century, architect F. I. Haberzettel rebuilt the factory, which in 1926 was named after Pyotr Alekseyev, and today the Nevsky Plant operates on the island's territory. At the source of the Neva River near the island are some of the widest points of the river, reaching 1000–1250 meters.