factory

This was a former cod factory founded in the 1950s, ‘Seca do Bacalhau’ meaning ‘Dry of Cod’ in Portuguese. It’s a large site with a lighthouse, water tower, fish farming area, and living quarters for the workers. There was a documentary made of the women workers who worked there, mostly in slave...

We visited this huge former ceramic/ brick factory in Montijo near Lisbon. I’m unable to find any history on the specific site, but the original company Cermon was founded in 1978, and it looks like it was overtaken by another company Cerâmica do Liz before the site was abandoned sometime in the...

Introduction A site that has been covered on here for many years, but only knew about it in recent times with an influx of more recent reports, me and @JakeV50 were keen to see it because of the lovely decay within. Information & History Opening in 1951, the factory was designed with a barrel...

Hello again, Part two of the Solk furniture site. This half of the site is mostly warehouses and storage however there is also a room at the back of the site where it looks like some locals hang out and get up to no good. As you'll see in the photos, getting up to the second level above the...

Hello again, This site sits on the west side of Leeds city and has clearly been run down for a long time. It consists of multiple offices, workshops, and warehouses all connected together. This site has a massive variety of areas, and while I've sorted my photos down as much as I can, I'm still...

Introduction Myself, @KPUrban_ and @Wastelandr met up several weeks back to cover a few places around Cambridgeshire, the primary motive of the trip was to visit Mullard’s Observatory but we also spent a few hours at this old mill site. I mentioned it to KP as I found it on OS Maps a while back...

April 2024 The Visit Did this one as a sole visit whilst in the Steele city, its been done a thousand times and I certainly missed it in its prime back in the day but I just couldn't resist the temptation to explore this place. I spent about an hour wandering around the now fairly dilapidated...

Introduction Me and @Wastelandr were keen to meet up for the first time as we have spoken quite a bit and we are both not a million miles away from each other, Wastelandr suggested taking a look at this factory which has been posted previously on here by Speed, he mentioned a factory in Sudbury...

Introduction I saw a few reports on this place in the past, and although it’s effectively a rusting heap, I thought it looked quite picturesque and I liked the remains of machinery, so I decided to drag @V50jake along to this one on our recent trip to Merseyside. Information & History This...

Dairycrest, an abandoned milk based factory in Devon has probably been done to death by many on this site but it's the first time in years I found myself in this part of the world! I'd read about a fire here which apparently occurred in March 2023 so I wasn't sure if the site would still be...

Introduction This is a place both myself, @Mikeymutt and @V50jake have been keeping an eye on for a while, so we thought we'd give it a shot. History & information The history of the Norfolk Feather Company dates back over 90 years ago and began as a small local feather supplier and later...

March 2023 The Visit Visited with @stranton whilst @coolboyslim kept watch from the outside, being a local I’ve had my eye on this one for a while ever since it was announced that Brightstar intended to relocate to another property in the town, the building began life as the COOP Tea and Coffee...

Introduction On a trip to Derbyshire to cover a few locations back in September last year, me and @V50jake visited this old Asphalt Works. History & Information This place has been done to death over the years and I'm pretty late to the party so I won’t go into too much detail. The Permanite...

Forgot about this place until I saw that it had been sold for housing in the local news. Means I visited a little late, so all the machinery has unfortunately been ripped out. Their distribution centre down the road was demolished immediately after closure, as the land was bought up by Numatic...

January 2023 The Visit After seeing the epic thread from @Esoteric Eric I just had to pay this one a visit (if not for the staircase shot alone), visited this one with @stranton and @coolboyslim whilst out and about in the Liverpool area. We spent a good hour here covering the full building...

History: Originally belonging to John Livesey who had previously run paper mills at Prestolee & Springfield. Paper was made continuously since 1834. At this time rags & textiles were recycled to make paper; wood pulp was not used in papermaking until about 1910 meaning Livesey's enterprise did...

Anglo Beef Processors (or ABP for short) is one of the largest meat processing companies in Europe. During the mid-2000s they scaled back operations and both this and the similar but much smaller facility up in Bathgate were put on the chopping block. The facility originally opened under...

Came across this disused industrial unit whilst driving around. It was a factory making polythene bags and other plastics. The business is still active they just relocated to a new site. This particular site has been derelict for many years and was surprised at how easy the access was. Just a...

If you’ve ever been the canal in woodley and seen it’s chimney, then you probably know of the mill here. Unity was a spinning mill turned into a chemical works and brewery abandoned in 2003. Some other threads explain it’s history better than me as I can’t find much, so check them out for a...

History - Built around 1950 the Octel Bromine works produced bromine from sea water, the bromine was used to produce one of the main chemicals used in the production of anti-knock fluid. Anti-knock fluid is blended with petrol to prevent knock within an engine which can lead to damage and loss...