History copied from @rasinwing thread from August.
HISTORY
Been meaning to check this place out since around this time last year. I'm currently working in Bangor fixing ambulances with a couple of lads who used to work here in the garage there, carrying out maintenance and repairs etc to the various vehicles they had on site. Anyway it never happened and with me being back there now I thought it was about time I had a look.........good job really as it's coming down.
Quite a few of the buildings are still there but quite a few are still in use. The office block at the front, an office block in the middle, the fabrication shop and a few other small building dotted about towards the rear of the site.
I've heard on the grapevine that Quest are in the process of filming some programme following several demolition company's in action and they've decided to film Squibs tearing this place down.
Security are at the front gate and they do regular patrols, the whole site is camera'd up I had a couple of hi vis vests in my van so i thought if he saw us on a camera he'd just think we were filming. We found our way in (without hi vis) right infront of a camera we missed and security rocked up straight away looking for us. After a quick hide he soon disappeared so we took refuge inside the potline sheds donned the vests and had free roam of the place.
Not amazing but I suppose it's worth a look if you're near by.
i dont know how but there is more pics here if anyone is interested
https://flic.kr/s/aHskQHP2CS
HISTORY
Anglesey Aluminium Metal Ltd, which shut down on 30 September 2009, was a joint venture between the Rio Tinto Group and Kaiser Aluminum.
Its aluminium smelter, located on the outskirts of Holyhead, was one of the largest employers in North Wales, with 540 staff members, and began to produce aluminium in 1971. Until recently it produced up to 142,000 tonnes of aluminium every year and was the biggest single user of electricity (255 MW) in the United Kingdom.
Alumina and coke shipped from Jamaica and Australia would berth at the company's private jetty in Holyhead harbour. This jetty is linked by a series of conveyor belts passing through tunnels to the plant. A spur rail link from the main Holyhead to London rail line runs into the plant and was used for both receipt of raw materials and despatch of aluminium.
The plant was powered from the National Grid and received most of its electricity from Wylfa nuclear power station 15 miles away. AA was used as a base load for Wylfa and saved the grid the cost of keeping a power station on standby. The power contract terminated in 2009, and the aluminium smelting operation was shut down as no new contract was negotiated. The company has announced tentative plans for a biomass plant on the site, but smelting operations have been halted and the plant mothballed until 2016.
Near the smelter the Aluminium Powder Company (ALPOCO) produces aluminium powder, which is used in pastes, pigments, chemicals, metallurgy, refractory, propulsion, pyrotechnics, spray deposition and powder metallurgy.
THE EXPLOREIts aluminium smelter, located on the outskirts of Holyhead, was one of the largest employers in North Wales, with 540 staff members, and began to produce aluminium in 1971. Until recently it produced up to 142,000 tonnes of aluminium every year and was the biggest single user of electricity (255 MW) in the United Kingdom.
Alumina and coke shipped from Jamaica and Australia would berth at the company's private jetty in Holyhead harbour. This jetty is linked by a series of conveyor belts passing through tunnels to the plant. A spur rail link from the main Holyhead to London rail line runs into the plant and was used for both receipt of raw materials and despatch of aluminium.
The plant was powered from the National Grid and received most of its electricity from Wylfa nuclear power station 15 miles away. AA was used as a base load for Wylfa and saved the grid the cost of keeping a power station on standby. The power contract terminated in 2009, and the aluminium smelting operation was shut down as no new contract was negotiated. The company has announced tentative plans for a biomass plant on the site, but smelting operations have been halted and the plant mothballed until 2016.
Near the smelter the Aluminium Powder Company (ALPOCO) produces aluminium powder, which is used in pastes, pigments, chemicals, metallurgy, refractory, propulsion, pyrotechnics, spray deposition and powder metallurgy.
Been meaning to check this place out since around this time last year. I'm currently working in Bangor fixing ambulances with a couple of lads who used to work here in the garage there, carrying out maintenance and repairs etc to the various vehicles they had on site. Anyway it never happened and with me being back there now I thought it was about time I had a look.........good job really as it's coming down.
Quite a few of the buildings are still there but quite a few are still in use. The office block at the front, an office block in the middle, the fabrication shop and a few other small building dotted about towards the rear of the site.
I've heard on the grapevine that Quest are in the process of filming some programme following several demolition company's in action and they've decided to film Squibs tearing this place down.
Security are at the front gate and they do regular patrols, the whole site is camera'd up I had a couple of hi vis vests in my van so i thought if he saw us on a camera he'd just think we were filming. We found our way in (without hi vis) right infront of a camera we missed and security rocked up straight away looking for us. After a quick hide he soon disappeared so we took refuge inside the potline sheds donned the vests and had free roam of the place.
Not amazing but I suppose it's worth a look if you're near by.
i dont know how but there is more pics here if anyone is interested
https://flic.kr/s/aHskQHP2CS