Yep inside that tank looks great - well worth climbing in for.
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.
Seriously, this looks ACE!!!
Never seen this before,
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
Mr Wolf, hopefully you'll be able to make it next time :
"I wasn't born of a whistle or milked from a thistle at twilight; no, I was all horns and thorns sprung out fully formed, knock-kneed and upright"
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
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 :
"I wasn't born of a whistle or milked from a thistle at twilight; no, I was all horns and thorns sprung out fully formed, knock-kneed and upright"
What a great site nice one
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 :
These two beasts were inside
Filter crane next door :
Big pipes downstairs :
Then onto the tanks
And into the tanks
Onto the main pump-house next :
This place had been used as a garage after the Admiralty were finished with it...
Yay for 'Bannermans' - they do great scampi
Still had some pipey, valvey goodness going on though :
And attractive arched windows, and a timber ceiling :
Cracking steelwork for the cranes too :
Great stuff Well worth a nosey if you're ever up this way :
"I wasn't born of a whistle or milked from a thistle at twilight; no, I was all horns and thorns sprung out fully formed, knock-kneed and upright"
Really cool place there! (hats off)
Love the pics of the inside of the tanks
The only thing to do with good advice is pass it on. It is never any use to oneself.
Great stuff
The inside of the tanks are so good, with the heating elements and all.