chemical

The former venator drier chemical plant in birtly ,gateshead a month after the company went into administration and the site closed after nearly a 100 years of production . The site has been sold now for possible redevelopment

A small explore we did in November of last year on our short trip to Germany. It's just one building in a small-ish chemical plant, abandoned since well before 2000. I am not completely sure what the building did but it all points to detergent production. Looking at the control panels, paraffin...

The second chemical plant we visited during our trip to Slovakia last year. We didn't have very high expectations for this one. We knew about two control rooms: one in good shape and another nicely decayed. We had no idea where they were, though, and we were going in on a weekday...

When we were planning our trip to Slovakia and Hungary last year, this location was struck off our list. We had a bunch of places we wanted to visit, and days are short in October. We heard some rumors about the place already being cleared out, and when I asked one of my contacts, he suggested...

A chemical plant from this summer's trip to Italy. One of the friends I went on the trip with managed to get the coordinates (kudos to him), and given the fact that three out of the four of us are industrial enthusiasts, we put it high on our list. The history is very scarce, at least online...

Time has stood still in this forgotten behemoth of a chemical plant. Everything has been left in a time capsule state. Nature has taken over and decay has set in. It's as though everybody just got up and left etc etc etc...... All the umbex clichés you can think of apply to this beast of a...

The factory was established in 1933 in a small town. For decades, it mainly produced technical oils, degreasers, solvents and chemicals for the textile industry. The plant area is divided by a mountain stream. In 2010, during a flood, it flooded the factory area, causing chemicals to be spilled...

Hey peeps, So I think this is the most amazing place I have been too so far ( not much cool stuff to look at inside ) the whole premises is really cool you get this apocalyptic vibe as soon as you walk into the over grown car park this place is really spacious and quite peaceful makes for a...

This site has for sure become a regular for me. Its easy to get to, a huge site and, despite there being an active building (The Aspinal of London Headquarters) attached, there's little to no security on site during closed hours. The History The Fernhurst Research station was a weed killer...

Kinda overlooked this one till it was too late. Avonmouth was full of dereliction at the time. I was always taken by the rather beautiful Edwardian administration block here. The site had been used since 1917 and went under various company names throughout the years - Aluminium Sulphar...

The sun was rising and we had finally stumbled out of the car along with drive through breakfast. Then we had to start sneaking through the woodlands, open land and buildings to get to our first target. Initially we had been on high alert for the heavy security and after what felt like 20...

The Tan Hill Inn. The highest pub in the UK, and one of the finest: coal fires, superbly kept Old Peculiar, stone floors and low ceilings. Miles from anywhere at the head of Arkengarthdale, just off the Pennine Way, and a great place to stay. Mountain biking through the bleak expanses of...

The Site Dating back to 1874 these works have produced sodium carbonate common in cleaning products, dyes, fertilizers and other such products. The works have been operated under Brunner Mond, Imperial Chemical Industries, and TATA Chemical Europe. The works were also responsible for...

I'm posting this as a lesson to all explorers. If you find something epic and can't get in it, keep trying! We spotted this place when heading back from the coal fields. It looked promising as it had a fine building sat in a field of rubble. After ditching the car in a lay by, we trudged across...

This week's installment from the archive is topical as the building is due to be demolished. Built by ICI to power it's Lostock plant, which is part of the greater works of Burnner Mond Alkali works. At the time of my visit I didn't really know that much about Brunner Mond or soda ash, or in...