Cool pics of urban exploring, abandoned machines and stuff
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steve y said:
Los Palmas 7 said:
Kit80 said:
RAF Swinderby
Air Control Tower
Wow. I did my RAF Basic Training at Swinderby. It's sad to know it's all gone now.Air Control Tower
Edited by Los Palmas 7 on Wednesday 2nd December 15:17
tuffer said:
Old Blue Streak test site at Spadeadam, amazing place:
Nice, the tank(??) and aircraft still show up on the satellite image.HERE
Yeah the 28DL guys are a bit.... clicky. As mentioned, there are a few sites online, register for some and see what they're like.
BTW, I'm a bit mad and I like Evos.
evenflow said:
Not urban, as such, but there is a place near me called Woodchester Mansion. It's in it's own grounds, about a mile down a potholed path.
William Leigh, a rich merchant, commissioned the build in the 1860s. By the mid 1870s, the outside shell of the house had been completed, as had most of the downstairs rooms. Most though had no ceilings, and therefore no upstairs.
One day, the workmen just upped and left the site, leaving all their tools where they lay. Nobody knows why.
The house was never completed and stands now as it did in the 1870s. I've been around it, and believe me, the cellar and chapel are not somewhere I would go alone...
You can see the fireplace halfway up the wall here, obviously supposed to be the first floor.
One of the only upstairs corridors:
Floorless room:
And a little story...
Thanks for finding me a nice little project on Wikipedia. This mansion's article is pathetic. William Leigh, a rich merchant, commissioned the build in the 1860s. By the mid 1870s, the outside shell of the house had been completed, as had most of the downstairs rooms. Most though had no ceilings, and therefore no upstairs.
One day, the workmen just upped and left the site, leaving all their tools where they lay. Nobody knows why.
The house was never completed and stands now as it did in the 1870s. I've been around it, and believe me, the cellar and chapel are not somewhere I would go alone...
You can see the fireplace halfway up the wall here, obviously supposed to be the first floor.
One of the only upstairs corridors:
Floorless room:
And a little story...
scared people said:
U.S. and Canadian soldiers once occupied this part of the mansion during the Second World War. Some of the lakes in Woodchester Park were used for training in preparation for the the D-Day landings. And it was during these exercises that tragedy struck, whilst testing out the strength of a pontoon bridge, built across one of the lake. The bridge collapsed and a tank and upto 20 soldiers fell into the lake. Those who went in were killed either by being crushed by the fall of the tank, or by parts of the bridge that crashed down on top of them. The Woodchester Park Angel was said to have appeared the night before at the same location as the incident .
As well as sensing the presence of 'people' in military uniform, music from the 1940's has been heard. And, some visitors have reported the smell of bacon frying to guides.
As well as sensing the presence of 'people' in military uniform, music from the 1940's has been heard. And, some visitors have reported the smell of bacon frying to guides.
RizzoTheRat said:
crofty1984 said:
Selective Catalytic Reduction. Ooh I'm so clever!
Nope, Sector Combustor Rig. If you want the acronyms, the missing rig in the other photo was the ILPF (Isentropic Light Piston Facility)
bazking69 said:
There is definately something very eerie about Chernobyl. I did some research on it at school and some of the pictures were chilling in so much as how the place went from a community to a ghost town in a matter of minutes, with the evidence of what was still present in a ghost town.
Chernobyl is somewhere I would like to go exploring along with many places in the UkJag-D said:
bazking69 said:
There is definately something very eerie about Chernobyl. I did some research on it at school and some of the pictures were chilling in so much as how the place went from a community to a ghost town in a matter of minutes, with the evidence of what was still present in a ghost town.
Chernobyl is somewhere I would like to go exploring along with many places in the Uk
Oily Nails said:
Jag-D said:
Right, I've done my first ubran exploration trip today...I really am an ammateur at this, but I'm happy with the results:
You messing about in the Headingly Woods?
Actually no, that was taken inside East Moor Secure Unit (previously East Moor Reformatory) at AdelYou messing about in the Headingly Woods?
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