Tag : Machinery

TV Transmission Centre - Belgium

TV Transmission Centre, Belgium

A TV and radio transmitting control centre with a central control room and emergency broadcast facilities

Chatterley Whitfield Underground Mining Experience, Staffordshire

Chatterley Whitfield Underground Mining Experience, Staffordshire

The “Chatterley Whitfield Experience” was a part of the former coal mining museum, set underground in shallow workings and drifts.

Power Plant at a Paper Mill, France

Power Plant at a Paper Mill, France

The power plant of a paper mill that closed in 2014 but had been maintained in the hope it would re-open. The mill is now back in use.

Royal Papworth Hospital, Papworth Everard, Cambridgeshire

Royal Papworth Hospital, Papworth Everard, Cambridgeshire

Established as a tuberculosis settlement in 1918, the Royal Papworth Hospital grew to be a world-leading heart and lung hospital, and moved to new premises in 2019

Zeche HR, Germany

Zeche HR, Germany

Zeche HR was a mine in Germany with an amazing bathhouse full of baskets, and features a huge hammerhead winding tower. There’s also an elephant!

Lucchini Steel Works, Piombino, Italy

Lucchini Steel Works, Piombino, Italy

A steel works in Italy dating back to 1864 and rebuilt after the war, including coke ovens and rolling mills.

Stora Enso Paper Mill, Corbehem, France

Stora Enso Paper Mill, Corbehem, France

Dating back to the 1920s, the industrial site in Corehem, France developed into a huge paper mill complex including several power stations.

Brent Delta Oil Platform

Brent Delta Oil Production Platform

Brent Delta was one of four oil production platforms servicing the Brent oilfield off the coast of Scotland from 1977 until 2016.

Anderl Textile Mill, Austria

Anderl Textile Mill, Austria

An abandoned fabric mill in Austria with everything left in place including vintage spinning and weaving machinery.

Caterpillar, Gosselies, Belgium

Caterpillar Manufacturing Plant, Gosselies, Belgium

Opening in 1965 the Caterpillar plant in Gosselies, Belgium was a huge manufacturing plant. Excavators and parts were assembled until closure in 2016.