Been wanting this for as long as I can remember,
always thought about it each time the train passed by,
but never felt comfortable attempting it while live.
Once I read about the offical closure,
I began too plan an explore as I know the surroundings well.
With Acid-Reflux in tow.
So achieving the recee on a freezing night,
we decided too sleep in Acid-Refluxs car bad idea as it was freezing, blowing a hurricane & pouring sleet.
I had too eat a whole dish sized triffle too survive.
So returning for the explore on a freezing morning, (apologies for asking you too park your car 1 mile away)
we had abit scouting about & decided on a plan.
Once in we notice sounds, then realised we werent alone.
The site is vast, alot easier too play hide & seek with the salvage crew
which were removing & stripping the equipment.
Both stealth & luck played their part,
as CCTV was evident & secca were patrolling randomly each 15 - 45 mins.
Lackenby Steel Works, by stranton visited with @ACID- REFLUX
Founded in 1917 as an iron works, by Dorman Long
become British steel in 1967 & Corus in 1998 - 99.
Then Tata in 2007 & SSI in 2012, the latter went bankrupt in October 2015 & closed the site
which included the Coke Ovens too the west & Blast Furnace too the east.
Tata owns 2 / 3 of the site which it uses as a beam mill, part of its long products division, while
SSI owned 1 / 3 of the site which lies empty.
Its been closed about a month & there already stripping the equipment, its such a shame.
view via South Bank Station,
a train carrying 2 wagons ( torpedos) each,
brings the iron from the Blast Furnace to the steel works too be turned too steel.
loading and unloading of wagons
sub stations
cab of gantry crane
gantry crane
storing of wagons
basic oxygen steel making
fabrication workshops
theres an inhouse railway both wide & narrow along with gantry cranes,
for carrying the ladels about.
wagons
ladels
hooks for carrying the ladels
thanks
always thought about it each time the train passed by,
but never felt comfortable attempting it while live.
Once I read about the offical closure,
I began too plan an explore as I know the surroundings well.
With Acid-Reflux in tow.
So achieving the recee on a freezing night,
we decided too sleep in Acid-Refluxs car bad idea as it was freezing, blowing a hurricane & pouring sleet.
I had too eat a whole dish sized triffle too survive.
So returning for the explore on a freezing morning, (apologies for asking you too park your car 1 mile away)
we had abit scouting about & decided on a plan.
Once in we notice sounds, then realised we werent alone.
The site is vast, alot easier too play hide & seek with the salvage crew
which were removing & stripping the equipment.
Both stealth & luck played their part,
as CCTV was evident & secca were patrolling randomly each 15 - 45 mins.
Lackenby Steel Works, by stranton visited with @ACID- REFLUX
Founded in 1917 as an iron works, by Dorman Long
become British steel in 1967 & Corus in 1998 - 99.
Then Tata in 2007 & SSI in 2012, the latter went bankrupt in October 2015 & closed the site
which included the Coke Ovens too the west & Blast Furnace too the east.
Tata owns 2 / 3 of the site which it uses as a beam mill, part of its long products division, while
SSI owned 1 / 3 of the site which lies empty.
Its been closed about a month & there already stripping the equipment, its such a shame.
view via South Bank Station,
a train carrying 2 wagons ( torpedos) each,
brings the iron from the Blast Furnace to the steel works too be turned too steel.
loading and unloading of wagons
sub stations
cab of gantry crane
gantry crane
storing of wagons
basic oxygen steel making
fabrication workshops
theres an inhouse railway both wide & narrow along with gantry cranes,
for carrying the ladels about.
wagons
ladels
hooks for carrying the ladels
thanks
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the SAS would be proud of. Marine Police & multiple Secca patrols, i"m surprised we managed anything at all lol
& thinking i was in an empty shed alone only to have it ruined by that worker stood below me on his phone as i took some long exposure shots 
i"ve never taken so few pics from a site for that much wear & tear on my Heart !
