control room

Introduction This site has been around for years, I was very surprised when I found out it had been disused since the seventies, it has fared very well. It has been posted numerous times before but became quite popular again last year and decided to take a look with @Wastelandr. He had visited...

The History: Vockerode/Elbe Power Plant was a lignite and later a gas-fired power plant in Vockerode, East Germany. It was built in 1937 and shut-down between 1994 and 1998. After being the site of a power plant for almost 60 years, in 2001 its four chimneys were demolished although much of the...

Introduction RAE Bedford has always been on the bucket list for me. Ever since I saw photos back in 2017 it is one I have always wanted to do but never thought I would ever get there or do it successfully, but we finally managed it in the end! I first tried it back in 2019 but couldn’t find an...

BARKING CONTROL ROOM THE HISTORY: Barking A Power Station was opened by King George V in 1925 and boasted eight small Parsons turbines. It was designed to take over from Barking Town Urban District Council’s power station and, at the time of construction, was the largest plant in Britain to...

DORKING ICE HOUCE DONT KNOW MUCH ABOUT IT BUT PROBOBLY SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE RAILWAY CONTROL CENTER. PHOTOS

Explored with @Ojay, @slayaaaa, @xplorer.x and @Terminal Decline History: Eggborough Power Station was a 2-gigawatt coal-fired generating plant in North Yorkshire, built between 1962 and 1970, and first began generating electricity in 1967 just before the completion of the site in 1970. The...

Intro We accidentally discovered this site the day before our visit, after having to cancel a London explore, so with little knowledge we headed there and hoped for the best. The Bulding The site itself (NOW DEMOLISHED) consisted of two buildings and multiple conveyors and towers, a bit like an...

Intro Barrington Cement works was home to one of Cambridgeshire's chimneys and had an impact on the railways and towns throughout it's lefetime. After accidnetally discovering it a few years back we have made multiple visits and found things from Gas masks to Control Rooms. So I thought I'd put...