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During the Cold War, the Warsaw Pact prepared for a nuclear attack on Europe, In 1960, exercises were held in conditions similar to warfare, their aim was to test methods of transporting nuclear weapons from the USSR to the territories of western Poland to the strike units. Several methods of...

Explore with @jaws, see his account here (Report - - ARBRE Biomass Facility - Eggborough (July 2020) | Industrial Sites) History: The ARBRE Biomass Facility, which is essentially a biomass power plant, was a project started by Kelda (the holding company of Yorkshire Water) in 2000 they sold...

The History Plant Protection Limited moved to the estate of Sir Felix Schuster in 1945, establishing a research institute focused on pest and disease control in horticultural crops, with a significant orchard on the property. The site hosted international conferences in 1951 and 1956, and was...

An abandoned MOD observation post in Cornwall, which, for decades, was used as a secret torpedo testing station Between 1952 and 1993, run by the RAF, the Aircraft Torpedo Development Unit (ATDU) and eventually the Royal Navy, the station at Porthkerris Point functioned as the main control...

The camp was established in 1794 when the British Army bought over 229 acres of land at Shorncliffe; it was then extended in 1796 and 1806.[2] It was at Shorncliffe that, in 1803, Sir John Moore trained the Light Division that fought under the Duke of Wellington in the Napoleonic Wars.[3] In...

Hi again! With the weather warming up I've been getting antsy to get out and explore. Still have not found a great spot in the UK, but figured I'd post another favorite from back home. This one has some remaining items, but is certainly not an untouched gem. However, I found it very photogenic...

Harrison Point Lighthouse is the latest, of four lighthouses, to be built on the island, in 1925. Rising to a height of 26 meters, on the north-west corner of the island; the lighthouse remained in use until 2007. In 1957 a United States Naval Facility was commissioned on the land adjacent to...

The BA Training Facility History The building was constructed the original office blocks at the site in the 50s, whilst everything else was added from them during 60 years of use. British Airways operated a training facility at Cranebank beside London Heathrow airport for many years. Students...

History: We have to go back to the late 80s for the history of this former prison complex. In the late 80s most of the prison complexs in the Netherlands were all dating back to the pre war times, this meant that they were really outdated for modern standards. This kick started a movement of...

I was lucky enough to have a quick sprint around here early January, i kinda wish i took the big camera and not a point and shoot but didnt really want to hang about down there . So much to see down there really and i feel lucky to have seen the place. I have been told the site is now secured...

I know this has been reported a lot but well why not again The History (lazy so stolen) On 18th August 1939, the Air Ministry sought approval to acquire the disused Glynrhonwy Isaf slate quarry which had closed in 1930; the quarry, near Llanberis in North Wales, was deemed suitable for the...

History of the Royal Navy Diving & Animal Testing Facility The Ministry of Defence is considering abandoning deep-diving experiments which induce agonising decompression sickness in live goats after complaints from animal rights groups. Live testing was suspended in March 2007 and a review...

Decaying But Not Forgotten Institutionalized Solitude Situated not far from the rather sleepy seaside town of Millisle in Co. Down, a place seemingly so normal at first glance, a grand yet empty white building one of exquisite architecture known as "Woburn House" built in the 1800s owned by...

Good evening everyone, continuing from where I left off from part 2... Again, if you'd like to learn a bit more of the history, that can be found back in part 1 :thumb This part will cover the R&D labs on the site, plus another of the API plants.... It was around this time that I had spotted...

Okay, time for part 2... I'm not going to be including more history in this report, but if you missed the first one and would like a bit of context you can check it out here. I will be trying my best to explain what is going on in between the photos though, however, I am not exactly qualified...

Good evening everyone! So I visited this location over the course of 3 weekends at the beginning of April, and have recently released the breaks with sharing some shots from this absolutely breath-taking pharmaceutical production facility. Due to the sheer size of the site, and the amount of...

The leafield underground workings were originally part of the Monks Park Quarry and were used for mining Bath stone from around 1886 with what is now the leafield site becoming known as western monks park. In 1914 the mining operations stopped and the area lay dormant until it was taken over by...

The electrical industry has played a key part in the history of Stafford since the turn of the 20th century, when Siemens Bros. constructed a new factory for the heavy-current side of the business in 1903. The Stafford works were taken over by English Electric in 1919 becoming their main base of...

My first ever report and actually my first proper exploration in general. It was amazing, and very easy once I had found the way in (not gonna say much, but trust me, there is a great way in. also dont trust the ways you see on google earth, they have since been reinforced with barbed wire)...

History The ARBRE Biomass Facility, essentially a biomass power plant, was initially proposed in 1998 by the then Energy Minister, John Battle MP, as somewhat of a (very) little brother to the coal fired power station not half a mile down the road from the proposed location of it. The project...