The rate of growth was slow and in 1865 there were two independent farms in the village, with a total population according to census of 49.

In the late 18th century, building work had started on the Sveaborg fortress off the coast of Helsinki.

Industrialisation got off to a real start in the late 19th century, when the first industrial area was founded on the coast of Espoonlahti.

The first of them was Anders Viktor Lindström, the most successful of them was Johan Syrjänen, having bought the southern part of the Staffan island off the coast of Soukanniemi.

Examples of the latter include the Kasavuori hill on the coast of Espoonlahti, an ancient place of signal fires in the defense of the Finnish coastline.