Tag : Machinery

Spillers Millennium Mills London

Spillers Millennium Mills, London

Millennium Mills is a large abandoned flour mill on Royal Victoria Dock, London. Built at the turn of the 20th century, the building is the last remaining of it’s era in the area.

Ghost Ships - War Ships

The Atlantic Ghost Fleet – Battle Ships, France

The mothballed Atlantic Fleet consists of a number of warships, moored in a bay. The fleet includes an anti-aircraft missile cruiser with weaponry in tact.

Ford Plant, Swaythling, Southampton

Ford Transit Van Factory, Southampton

The Ford Plant in Swaythling, Southampton produced Transit Vans from 1965 until it’s closure in 2013. The automated production lines feature lots of cool robots!

Zeche M Heinz Bergwerk Coal Mine, Germany

Bergwerk West Friedrich-Heinrich, Germany

Zeche M / Zeche Heinz is the above-ground coal processing complex of an abandoned coal mine in Germany.

Usine Cellatex, France

Usine Cellatex, Givet, France

Cellatex was a factory that specialised in the production of artificial silk. The company headquarters were based in the administration block of the premises.

Globe Worsted Mills

Globe Worsted Mills, Slaithwaite, Huddersfield

Globe Mills were built in 1887-9 by the newly established Globe Worsted company of Slaithwaite in the Clone Valley near Huddersfield. The site is now being redeveloped.

Shoreham Cement Works

Shoreham Cement Works, West Sussex

Shoreham Works was established in 1883 to produce cement. The first ever Vickers Armstrong design of rotary kiln was installed in 1940s. The site closed in 1991.

Ruien Power Plant, Kluisbergen, Belgium

Ruien Power Plant, Kluisbergen, Belgium

Gigawatt power station opened in 1960s and grew to be Belgium’s largest thermal power plant. The now-decommissioned plant is seriously huge!

George Barnsley & Sons Cornish Works

George Barnsley & Sons Cornish Works, Sheffield

George Barnsley & Sons were the world’s largest producer of files and cutting tools for the shoemaking industry, based at the Cornish Works in Sheffield.

Sanyo Electronics

Sanyo Electronics Factory, Lowestoft

The Sanyo Electronics factory focussed on the manufacture of televisions of all shapes and sizes. It closed its doors in 2010 due to a fall in demand for traditional TV’s.