Yep inside that tank looks great - well worth climbing in for.
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Yep inside that tank looks great - well worth climbing in for.
Well done Zimbob - as you know I've been curious about this place, too. Liking the internal shots of the tanks very much. :thumb
Seriously, this looks ACE!!!
Never seen this before, :D
Cheers for all the positive feedback, I wasn't expecting much from this place initially, but wanted to 'tick it off' as it were :)
Ah, cheers Theoss, that would make sense, given this places's purpose :) There was a huge fan in front of this, presumably for cooling it down.
I was amazed at how untouched this place is, ac ouple of broken windows, and someone started a fire in the wee pump-house, but other than that in great nick, no graff or anything :)
We'll be back, there's still loads to see, a much bigger pump-house, and more tanks to climb - had to miss these out due to time and the fact they're right next to the Free Church, and it was Sunday :jester
Mr Wolf, hopefully you'll be able to make it next time :thumb:
Late to the party here but awesome explore. Those internals are fantastic. I love seeing a good dose of heavy industrial business. Cheers.
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I'm not too clued-up on heavy machinery, but it's always interesting to try and work out what things did when operational, I never understand folk who just look at these things on explores and show no interest...
That would make sense, yeah, relying on the mains would be inadvisable :)
There's another, much bigger, pump-house building I've yet to get into, so it'll be interesting to see what's left in there, as nothing seems to have been stripped from this site :thumb
The site was built around WW1, and ran until 1956 in a fully operational capacity, and was handed back to the town in 1982, so was used to some degree up until then... The engine looks to be in half-decent nick too, so it could potentially be rescued I reckon.
Cheers for the info :thumb:
What a great site nice one:thumb
A return visit was made, to see the bits we'd missed before, and show a couple of other explorers the site :)
First up we came to the boilerhouse :
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...m251009111.jpg
These two beasts were inside :)
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...m251009001.jpg
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...m251009009.jpg
Filter crane next door :
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...m251009024.jpg
Big pipes downstairs :
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...m251009035.jpg
Then onto the tanks :)
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...m251009047.jpg
And into the tanks :)
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...m251009043.jpg
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...m251009042.jpg
Onto the main pump-house next :
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...m251009067.jpg
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...m251009069.jpg
This place had been used as a garage after the Admiralty were finished with it...
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...m251009083.jpg
Yay for 'Bannermans' - they do great scampi :w00t
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...m251009094.jpg
Still had some pipey, valvey goodness going on though :
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...m251009078.jpg
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...m251009100.jpg
And attractive arched windows, and a timber ceiling :
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...m251009076.jpg
Cracking steelwork for the cranes too :
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...m251009081.jpg
Great stuff :) Well worth a nosey if you're ever up this way :thumb:
Really cool place there! (hats off)
Love the pics of the inside of the tanks :thumb
Great stuff :smclap
The inside of the tanks are so good, with the heating elements and all.