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Introduction Having not explored a hospital before and with it being not too far away, me and @Reallyjaffa set out to explore the site making sure to bring adequate masks due to the high levels of asbestos. Sadly the building was quite vandalised and smashed up. Nonetheless, there was still...

This is Union Electric Steel in Gateshead, it was formerly called the Davy roll company. Steel has been in production on this site for 180 years but has recently closed down with the loss of 170 jobs. It has now been taken over by a scrap metal company.

The Union Bank was established in 1836 as a joint stock bank; 24,000 shares costing £25 each were available. The total was 6 Million pounds - a lot of money in those day. Primarily it was a Manchester institution but after 20 years it opened branches elsewhere such as Knutsford. With the cotton...

I have been working and staying in Leeds for a month now (Only going home every few weeks) and have been taking the opportunity to explore as much as I can whilst I'm surrounded by derps and have a decent roster pattern. On one of my earlier days up here during the warm spell back in Early May...

1. The History Located in the Middlewood area of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, British Acheson Electrodes Limited (BAEL) was founded in 1915 to manufacture amorphous carbon and graphite electrodes and rods. The rods were screwed together to make the electrodes used in arc furnaces for the steel...

Newholme Hospital / Bakewell Union Workhouse, Derbyshire - December 2024 Bakewell Poor Law Union formally came into existence in July 1838 and a workhouse to accommodate 200 inmates was constructed in 1841 to designs by a Mr Johnson of Sheffield at a cost of £5,340. The admin block was...

I drove passed this place on the way home from work and assumed it was part of the hospital due to its location, but after searching online it was a former workhouse and a union office. Not much left inside, but some nice decay so headed back there with my camera. History A former workhouse...

This one was a shit show. Third explore on the Sheffield trip with the missus. History British Acheson Electrodes Limited (BAEL) was a Sheffield-based carbon and graphite company, specialised in large electrodes, founded in 1915. The company was taken over in the 1970s by the company Union...

visited with @GRONK The Union bank of Manchester was founded in 1836, the current building was built in 1911 was bought by Barclays bank in 1919 but remained as Union bank until 1940 once the building closed as a bank it had various uses the last being a discount shop closing sometime around...

Hi guys, first post on this forum so do not expect this to be highly detailed as im just learning. Backstory : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archway_Hospital he facility has its origins in the Holborn Union Infirmary, which was designed by Henry Saxon Snell and opened in 1879. It became the...

History 🏚️ British Acheson Electrodes Limited (BAEL), founded in 1915 and based in Sheffield, were manufacturers of amorphous carbon and graphite electrodes. BAEL was taken over by US company Union Carbide, which opened their graphite plant in the late 1970s on a huge plot located at...

Union Bank Manchester, 12 - 16 Piccadilly. In here so others interested can have a look before the 'exploring with' lot g00n the place out like everything else atm :wanker There's not much around Piccadilly these days that's not either been demolished to make way for new builds, or...

History: Highgate station: Highgate station was originally constructed by the Edgware, Highgate and London Railway in the 1860s on its line from Finsbury Park station to Edgware station. Before the line was opened, it was purchased in July 1867 by the larger Great Northern Railway (GNR)whose...

So my first report in 5 years. Visited with that living legend @Landie_Man and a non-member. A lot of the place gets a it samey after a while as it looks like it was extensively developed in the late 90's or early 00's so mostly empty offices and lecture theatres. However it's still possible to...

1. The History Located in the West Yorkshire town of Dewsbury, the Former HQ for Dewsbury Union was constructed in 1890s in the Renaissance Revival style. Latterly used as a registry office, the offices were built on the site of the old court, police station and lock-ups, which had earlier moved...