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Barking B Control room is one of the few parts left of the original Barking Power Station. The control room is now surrounded by shipping containers, undeveloped lots, constructions sites and some rather lonely looking flats. I had been planning a visit to this control room as it looked like a...

This place has been covered a lot but is very cool so when it had a bit of a resurgance at the end of last year we had to go and take a look. History - Brunner Mond was founded in 1873 on the site of Winnington Hall, Northwich. It was a pioneering chemical company established by John Brunner...

This was a small stop on a weekend in Lincon for my 28th birthday. We tried a couple of other places this weekend, but weren't successful. All the same, this was a nice quick mooch. We just did the control tower for this one. Royal Air Force Coleby Grange or more simply RAF Coleby Grange was a...

Been quite a while since I’ve posted a report, this one was quite eventful so why not! Thanks to @Stevoid for the info. The History (taken from @KPUrban_ report) Winnington B Power Station was a dual-purpose coal fired(?) station built in the early 1950's, primarily for providing electrical...

A location I was surprised was still open when I revisited having not seen it anywhere for ages. Access is convoluted now, but it's very easy to blend in apparently... More on that later on. The History Origins & purpose Barking Power Station stood at Creekmouth on the north bank of the...

Northfleet civil control bunkers and care home Not much information on it as most the results online are for the henley tunnels or gravesend bunker (Sub brit) Built in the 1950s underneath the car park of the former Northfleet Town Hall with emergency exit coming out on the opposite side of...

I am new to this exploration of abandoned locations and was inspired to start searching for local locations. On this website I stumbled across this power substation in Barking and really wanted to visit due to my photography project in school After finding the location, me and some friends found...

Introduction This site has been around for years, I was very surprised when I found out it had been disused since the seventies, it has fared very well. It has been posted numerous times before but became quite popular again last year and decided to take a look with @Wastelandr. He had visited...

December 2024 I managed to knock this one off as a solo visit after spotting access during an early morning drop at Crewe railway station, after a quick dash home to grab my camera bag I was back and in. I’ve been aware of this one for years having first spotted it whilst doing the...

Introduction One of a few military sites me and @Wastelandr visited on a 3-day trip to the Lincolnshire area recently. The entire weekend was extremely wet and windy due to Storm Darragh. The Art-Deco design of this control tower appealed to us after seeing a recent post on FB. It’s pretty...

July 2024 Visited with @Mr Budge and @Tobin, I wasn't quite sure what to anticipate, having only come across a handful of reports from years past. The structure is beginning to exhibit signs of neglect, with multiple rooms, including the control room, showing clear evidence of dampness. In...

Hi all, Similar to another post on here a while ago. I've decided to try and make a sort of mini control panel display for my study. So far I have about 10 small ammeters and voltmeters but that's all. Anything else I'd be interested in, such as larger dials, levers, coloured lights, tags etc...

History Brunner, Mond and Co. was established in 1873 by John Brunner and Ludwig Mond. Their journey began when they set out to find a suitable site for an ammonia works in the Cheshire salt district. They selected Winnington, near Northwich, as the location for their first plant. This was...

Barking Power Station History Commissioned by the C.L.E.S.Co (County of London Electricity Company) in 1920, to take on the workload of the smaller Barking Urban District Council site within the area, their plan was to build and operate an electricity generating station capable of expanding...

Can anyone date this? For some info I found it inside a pumphouse (nowsealed) a few years back right next to a scrapyard. front backvoltmeterswitches