Last Saturday it was an early start for me, Jet, Craner, and TheEther as we made the trip to Sudbury to check out the huge Delphi Diesel site. Access was almost criminally easy to all areas of the site and frankly it was an extremely enjoyable explore.
The diesel company arrived in Sudbury in 1944, occupying an ex-silk factory.
For almost 80 years, it was a cornerstone of their community, supplying hundreds of jobs, until it was emptied in 2020 and has remained so since,
On the 28th may 2024, it suffered a major fire which luckily harmed no one and the culprit was caught, and much of the inner factory was damaged.
The expanse of the building is vast, its large industrial nature seeming out of place in a small, southern town. Only a small stretch of the main site took overt fire damage and it really isn't that bad. The place is mostly gutted of course but there is still a lot of character.
The upper offices hold a lot of interest, as they appear to be frozen in time, However, one section of the upstairs is completely scorched to pieces. Alongside these there are multiple interesting labs filled with equipment that I have 0 concept of
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Next door to the factory (still on the complex) is the Delphi social club, an extremely interesting building with many different facilities, most notably a ballroom. There is also very easy access to the roof. Furthermore, there is a small sports area with an overgrown tennis court, a reception office at the front and a small waterhouse sort of thing just outside. Despite the battering this place has taken it is still overall an amazing site with a massive square footage and a cool marker of what once was. It was very hard to condense such a large site and a long few hours into a just a few pictures but I've tried my best and I thought I'd include a few shots from an old camcorder at the end too!
The Photos:
For almost 80 years, it was a cornerstone of their community, supplying hundreds of jobs, until it was emptied in 2020 and has remained so since,
On the 28th may 2024, it suffered a major fire which luckily harmed no one and the culprit was caught, and much of the inner factory was damaged.
The expanse of the building is vast, its large industrial nature seeming out of place in a small, southern town. Only a small stretch of the main site took overt fire damage and it really isn't that bad. The place is mostly gutted of course but there is still a lot of character.
The upper offices hold a lot of interest, as they appear to be frozen in time, However, one section of the upstairs is completely scorched to pieces. Alongside these there are multiple interesting labs filled with equipment that I have 0 concept of
.Next door to the factory (still on the complex) is the Delphi social club, an extremely interesting building with many different facilities, most notably a ballroom. There is also very easy access to the roof. Furthermore, there is a small sports area with an overgrown tennis court, a reception office at the front and a small waterhouse sort of thing just outside. Despite the battering this place has taken it is still overall an amazing site with a massive square footage and a cool marker of what once was. It was very hard to condense such a large site and a long few hours into a just a few pictures but I've tried my best and I thought I'd include a few shots from an old camcorder at the end too!
The Photos:
