 For that reason it was decided to build one of the plants on the forest-rich land near the Izh River and make iron bands and cast iron anchors.Another ironworks was built on the Votka River.In April 10, 1760, serfs from neighboring villages and artisans from other Shuvalov's plants began dam construction under the direction of Alexey Moskvin, a mining engineer and a trustee of Shuvalov.