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Hey guys, this is my first report on this forum. I reckon I will post an introduction thread shortly. History of Vauxhall Luton Vauxhall's connection with Luton began in 1905, when the company moved its manufacturing operation from London to the town. Luton was deliberately trying to diversify...

I’ve had this one marked as a water-powered site on Google maps so long the pin can no longer be deleted. The reason I never bothered to stop before was that its such an obvious place that it was bound to be empty, which it is. Then passing through one day the road ahead was blocked and I...

It's been a good long while since my last explore, but I was working on a new black and white recipe for my Fujifilm xs10 mostly for street photography but I remembered this old site and thought this would be a great place to try it out. So I just took a quick drive up here on my own and...

WARNING THIS SITE CONTAINS ASBESTOS  HISTORY The site is a late 20th century brick works that opened somewhere around 1870 to late 1930s. It was tied to the Walsall Wood Colliery and established after it was sunk in 1873 just to the north of the colliery. The Birchills and Leamore areas were...

I've visited Italy several times over the past few months, and exploring this abandoned tapestry textile factory was definitely one of the highlights. The factory was a small, family-run business, that appears to have ceased operations around 2012. Amazingly all of the weaving machinery remains...

The History Further reading: https://www.sussexias.co.uk/wp/wp-content/uploads/34-2004.pdf https://www.cementkilns.co.uk/cement_kiln_shoreham.html https://www.southdowns.gov.uk/app/uploads/2022/06/Industrial-Archaeology-Study-Shoreham-Cement-Works.pdf...

Photos I took at a fairly easy to access old factory. Actually had not heard of this one at all via research. My bus just passed it and I had to jump out. Place is in great condition all things considered and it’s absolutely ginormous.

surprisingly i cant find anyone who has done a report on this site before so i figured i would give it a shot, if anyone has anymore info on the site i will happily add it too my report THE HISTORY The site was originally constructed as a horsehair factory in 1851 and after the horsehair factory...

The Bardney Canning Factory was a major industrial site in Bardney, Lincolnshire, operating from 1931 until its closure on April 30, 1994. Originally a pea and potato store for Mr. John Sharpe and Son in 1909, the building was converted into a canning factory by A W Foster and Company Ltd. in...

HISTORY OF THE SITE: One of the UK's strongest milk processing sites stood in West London: the Hanworth dairy, noted as existing as far back as 1847. Its role shifted in 1912, when it joined a small national group pioneering pasteurisation techniques. Under Job's Dairy, growth followed across...

Old Industrial Factory, Nottingham - June 2026 History This massive decaying red-brick complex on Vernon Road (Basford) is one of Nottingham's most notorious industrial ghosts. It was originally built in 1885 and acted as a hosiery, dyeing works for the Sketchleys company and later Guy...

1. The History Poudrerie de Doische is located on the outskirts of Matagne-la-Grande, in the province of Namur, Belgium. It was once a thriving gunpowder factory during the boom of the Belgian explosives industry, which played an important economic role from the late 19th century onwards. The...

This is Nestle Chocolate factory in Fawdon in Newcastle, But it started out as Rowntree's in 1958 at a cost of £2million pounds and employed upto 1,500 people at its peak, making fruit pastilles and fruit gums. In 1988 it was taken over by Nestle where they started the production of Chocolate...

I've finally decided too come back and do my 2nd ever report, there are a couple reports about this site but considering I've visited it about 10 times now and there hasn't been a report in a couple years I figured I would post some updated pics and info and hopefully some stuff that hasnt been...

First found this little beauty by accident, I happened to be driving past and noticed the building looking rather sorry for itself with a lovely Art Deco style frontage. Parked up, had a search and found that it had closed down a few months prior. I'm rather surprised to have not seen it crop...