Report - Agecroft Control Room, Salford - April 2019

[BrainL]

The Explore
I'd heard stories of this place being completely sealed and alarmed but thought I'd try it out anyway.. no sign of anything of the sort and was in and out with no problem at all. Maybe not the best day to be exploring dusty old control rooms filled with pigeons with the heat we've had lately but a decent little explore nonetheless. The banks of the River Irwell was a nice place to chill out for a while afterwards anyway

The History
Opening in 1925 and closing in 1993, agecroft was responsible for providing 100,000kw of electricity to the surrounding areas. The site was once a bustling site of energy with cooling towers on site...however these were demolished in 1994 leaving the control room and other parts of the building to decay. The site closed in 1993.



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Stumbled on another interesting room while looking for the actual control room

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Nice place to chill out after a dusty explore

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[Bugsuperstar]

Nice! I’d love to see this place.

 

[host]

Nice report funny how you hear various stories about sites. No joy with the main large building ? Your not missing much

 

[BrainL]

Nice report funny how you hear various stories about sites. No joy with the main large building ? Your not missing much

Cheers mate, I didnt really bother attempting the large building, seen some pics that didn't look too exciting so didnt bother

 

[Ferox]

Nice pics mate. Looks a good one

 

[Banzai Bailey]

The Explore
I'd heard stories of this place being completely sealed and alarmed but thought I'd try it out anyway.. no sign of anything of the sort and was in and out with no problem at all. Maybe not the best day to be exploring dusty old control rooms filled with pigeons with the heat we've had lately but a decent little explore nonetheless. The banks of the River Irwell was a nice place to chill out for a while afterwards anyway

The History
Opening in 1925 and closing in 1993, agecroft was responsible for providing 100,000kw of electricity to the surrounding areas. The site was once a bustling site of energy with cooling towers on site...however these were demolished in 1994 leaving the control room and other parts of the building to decay. The site closed in 1993.



[url=https://flic.kr/p/251PXg4]
[url=https://flic.kr/p/RRZ64z]
[url=https://flic.kr/p/251PWSZ]
[URL='https://flic.kr/p/RRZ6mi']Stumbled on another interesting room while looking for the actual control room

[URL='https://flic.kr/p/RRZ6mi']Nice place to chill out after a dusty explore
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Superb images! The control room was the one room I really wanted to get into but

The Explore
I'd heard stories of this place being completely sealed and alarmed but thought I'd try it out anyway.. no sign of anything of the sort and was in and out with no problem at all. Maybe not the best day to be exploring dusty old control rooms filled with pigeons with the heat we've had lately but a decent little explore nonetheless. The banks of the River Irwell was a nice place to chill out for a while afterwards anyway

The History
Opening in 1925 and closing in 1993, agecroft was responsible for providing 100,000kw of electricity to the surrounding areas. The site was once a bustling site of energy with cooling towers on site...however these were demolished in 1994 leaving the control room and other parts of the building to decay. The site closed in 1993.



[url=https://flic.kr/p/251PXg4]
[url=https://flic.kr/p/RRZ64z]
[url=https://flic.kr/p/251PWSZ]
[URL='https://flic.kr/p/RRZ6mi']Stumbled on another interesting room while looking for the actual control room

[URL='https://flic.kr/p/RRZ6mi']Nice place to chill out after a dusty explore
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Superb images! I really wanted to locate and get some images of the control room, I spotted a security dog from the stairwell window in the large building...There are a few bits to capture in there but not much.

Cheers steve

 

[Calamity Jane]

Another bumped thread, nice to see it though, as I hadnt. Lovely shots, and the relax spot after looks cool.