Report - Butterley Engineering - Derbyshire - Oct 19

[Bikin Glynn]

Butterly Engineering as Im sure you know is essentially a big empty building, so how the hell have I ended up with so many pics?
Well its quite Photogenic thats why

I did 2 visits here last year but had a camera issue & lost all my pics from the first visit so a revisit was always on the cards.
Step up @HughieD to join me on a miserable day for said revisit. Really handy actually as I can be lazy & tell you all the history you can possibly want can be found here

Report - - Butterley Engineering, Ripley, Derbyshire, October 2019 | Industrial Sites

1. The History The Butterley Company was an English manufacturing firm It has a very long, rich and well documented history and the company operated, in part, right up until 2009. It was founded by Benjamin Outram, Francis Beresford, William Jessop and John Wright back in 1790, initially as...

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So Ill just bombard you with the pictures.

Thanks For Looking

 

[xplorer.x]

Loving that branded gantry crane

 

[Brewtal]

Some nice shots there mate, really like those reflection ones!

 

[HughieD]

It really was pissing down that day wasn't it?

Great set 'o pix mate...

 

[Seffy]

Captured some good features there buddy - nice one.

 

[Scoobysrt]

I went at night in that heatwave of 2018, I remember getting in to the building next door as well but it was empty. I seem to remember making some precarious structure with an old door to climb up to the crane but it was the best bit lol. Some torches and shouting at the big fence made me take a hasty exit through a much easier way out than I took on the way in lol.

Nice pics.

 

[Calamity Jane]

Well captured, I also like reflection shots. Spiral stairs cant beat them for iron work.

 

[The Amateur Wanderer]

Liking it fella, always good to see Butterley. To be fair you can't add too many photos from this place, it's an incredibly important piece of industrial history!

There's more to it still hidden about on the land, compressor building in the bushes round the back and blast furnace bank now also quite well hidden in the bushes to the right hand side... If you where able to get 50 foot underground you'd come across the wide hole too, apparently the only operated underground dock of the Industrial Revolution!

 

[Bikin Glynn]

Liking it fella, always good to see Butterley. To be fair you can't add too many photos from this place, it's an incredibly important piece of industrial history!

There's more to it still hidden about on the land, compressor building in the bushes round the back and blast furnace bank now also quite well hidden in the bushes to the right hand side... If you where able to get 50 foot underground you'd come across the wide hole too, apparently the only operated underground dock of the Industrial Revolution!

Ooh underground stuff sounds interesting!
We did see some of the buildings hurtful back but the weather was a bit off putting!

 

[xtrmhiker]

It's amazing how "nothing" can become "something" through the lens of a camera. Fantastic images.

 

[Bikin Glynn]

It's amazing how "nothing" can become "something" through the lens of a camera. Fantastic images.

Totally agree

 

[mingerocket]

I used to work at a gear cutting company that did some subcontracted machining for butterly engineering. I remember key seating slots in huge spur and pinion gears for them.
Am I correct in thinking the spiral staircase and the elevated office above it were used as a location in a TV drama/film shortly after the factories closure.?

 

[Bikin Glynn]

I used to work at a gear cutting company that did some subcontracted machining for butterly engineering. I remember key seating slots in huge spur and pinion gears for them.
Am I correct in thinking the spiral staircase and the elevated office above it were used as a location in a TV drama/film shortly after the factories closure.?

Not sure about the tv set, maybe someone can answer that though would be interesting to know!

 

[ikkdjct]

Great pictures, love them