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post by bonnie&clyde

Steelscape and Beyond
< on 5/13/2011 7:16 PM >

On May 31, 2002 Steelscape, Inc. took ownership of the assets of Material Science Corp.’s (MSC) Pinole Point Steel Inc. facilities in Richmond, Calif. Steelscape, Inc. is part of the Grupo IMSA family of companies and operates as a separate entity within the IMSA Acero division. IMSA acquired the MSC Pinole Point Steel facilities in an asset sale

Steelscape Inc. will shutter its painting and metal coating plant in Richmond and put the property up for sale, the firm said Friday. The Richmond operations will move to a new plant in Shreveport, La., by March 2006.

The move by the maker of pre-painted steel products for the construction industry comes as its parent company, IMSA Acero of Monterrey, Mexico, plans to consolidate its U.S. operations and expand production capacity.

Steelscape's Richmond plant produces 255,000 metric tons per year of metal-coated steel and 155,000 metric tons per year of painted steel. After analyzing its pre-painting capacity in the United States, the company decided to relocate those existing lines rather than build new green-field facilities.

So now we get to explore this place. The longest building is .29 miles long. They are about 5 stories tall but on 2-3 levels and 2 levels below ground. Those lil things you see in the top right corner of the google shot are rail cars for scope on size. Sorry not many outside shots as there is a security guard we had to avoid.

A model in one of the buildings of the facility in it's hayday.

This was a smaller model in one of the offices. Its has been damaged by vandals

Scrapers had a gold mine in this place. There were dozens of spots that looked just like this.

Us!

Thanx to our friend for sharing this place with us.

[last edit 5/13/2011 7:31 PM by bonnie&clyde - edited 1 times]

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post by decrepitude

Re: Steelscape and Beyond
<Reply # 1 on 5/13/2011 7:48 PM >

Cool spot and explore. I would love to get some wide angle shots of this place.

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post by Vexx

Re: Steelscape and Beyond
<Reply # 2 on 5/13/2011 10:21 PM >

Awesome shots guys! Great info as well, now we know what all the gas heaters were for

Im bummed i didnt get many good pictures. Lots of thanks for having us along with you guys. Wish we coulda went with you guys on the 2nd building trip. Definately gotta come back down and check it out. Let me know. Here are the few decent ones i got

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post by cr400

Re: Steelscape and Beyond
<Reply # 3 on 5/14/2011 12:07 AM >

Fuckin' Awesome, you guys rock!!!!!! I love large MFG plants.

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post by Alice

Re: Steelscape and Beyond
<Reply # 4 on 5/14/2011 7:03 AM >

1. thank you b&c!

http://www.flickr....72157626715669576/

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post by madcap

Re: Steelscape and Beyond
<Reply # 5 on 5/14/2011 7:10 AM >

super thanks to Yuichi, bonnie & clyde for bringing us to this place, we had a great time! nice post, information & shots. the scale of this place was definitely challenging to capture but really fun to work with. the whole explore was so super ninja style do to the before mentioned guard. good times.

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4. still life of an abandoned aquarium

5. empty.

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-madcap

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post by decrepitude

Re: Steelscape and Beyond
<Reply # 6 on 5/14/2011 7:45 AM >

Good job ya'all. Tear. It. Up.

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post by WEKurtz

Re: Steelscape and Beyond
<Reply # 7 on 5/14/2011 10:41 AM >

Great site, nice pics. I like the little clips in the middle.

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post by Cowboy

Re: Steelscape and Beyond
<Reply # 8 on 5/14/2011 2:04 PM >

Damn i should of gone. Damn girlfriends.

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post by Vexx

Re: Steelscape and Beyond
<Reply # 9 on 5/14/2011 8:50 PM >

Posted by Cowboy
Damn i should of gone. Damn girlfriends.

Cant live with em cant live without em ;)
Im lucky that mine like to explore with me.

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post by freeside

Re: Steelscape and Beyond
<Reply # 10 on 5/15/2011 1:29 AM >

Nice find. Was there no process equipment left at all? No spray booths or anything?
-free

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post by bonnie&clyde

Re: Steelscape and Beyond
<Reply # 11 on 5/15/2011 3:02 PM >

Posted by freeside
Nice find. Was there no process equipment left at all? No spray booths or anything?
-free

Totally stripped out. A few piece3s of equipment scattered about. But mostly just pits & pedestals.

Yuichi claims he has been trying to show us this for 4 years now & nobody would listen. So things may have changed since then.

Great shots, Everyone.

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post by synthacide

Re: Steelscape and Beyond
<Reply # 12 on 5/15/2011 10:12 PM >

Wow! that place is huge! I would imagine security would have a hell of a time keeping it secure all this time...

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post by ZombieMeat

Re: Steelscape and Beyond
<Reply # 13 on 5/17/2011 2:01 AM >

Nice find Bonnie & Clyde !!!

Alice, your #4, #7, and #9 pictures are really good. I like how you captured the reflection in #4. Your #9 picture looks like something is coming out of the wall.

madcap, I like the angle of your #1 shot. Your #6, #7, & #9 make feel like I'm there is something hidden in the darkness of the shots.

-ZM

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post by darkstuff

Re: Steelscape and Beyond
<Reply # 14 on 5/17/2011 6:54 PM >

Nice explore. FWIW, the security guard is really bored and the guy I talked to was willing to escort me in for a tour last year, but he was a little too creepy for me to take up the offer!

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post by Alice

Re: Steelscape and Beyond
<Reply # 15 on 5/17/2011 11:04 PM >

Posted by ZombieMeat
Nice find Bonnie & Clyde !!!

Alice, your #4, #7, and #9 pictures are really good. I like how you captured the reflection in #4. Your #9 picture looks like something is coming out of the wall.

madcap, I like the angle of your #1 shot. Your #6, #7, & #9 make feel like I'm there is something hidden in the darkness of the shots.

-ZM

Thanks ZM!!!

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post by sabrepilot9000

Re: Steelscape and Beyond
<Reply # 16 on 5/19/2011 6:17 AM >

Finally got off my butt and am posting what few pictures I got of the place. Pardon the quality, as these are from my phone and needed to touching up to get them to look right. Two words for those who were there that first time: Screech Owl.

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post by bonnie&clyde

Re: Steelscape and Beyond
<Reply # 17 on 5/19/2011 7:30 PM >

Posted by ZombieMeat
Nice find Bonnie & Clyde !!!

-ZM

Yuichi Kanai's find. We just exploited it.

Post by sabrepilot9000

Finally got off my butt and am posting what few pictures I got of the place. Pardon the quality, as these are from my phone and needed to touching up to get them to look right. Two words for those who were there that first time: Screech Owl.

Way to go Cel Pic Soap. Can you not post them _tiny next time.

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post by Vexx

Re: Steelscape and Beyond
<Reply # 18 on 5/19/2011 7:43 PM >

Posted by sabrepilot9000
Finally got off my butt and am posting what few pictures I got of the place. Pardon the quality, as these are from my phone and needed to touching up to get them to look right. Two words for those who were there that first time: Screech owl.

Lol I almost forgot about that!!
Scared the piss out of us when we heard it!

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post by rustyjaw

Re: Steelscape and Beyond
<Reply # 19 on 6/3/2011 5:19 AM >

Hit up this place last weekend. Neat space, love the scale of it. It reminded me of some of the larger buildings at Hunter's Point or Mare Island, just not as old.

Thanks to Bonnie & Clyde for making it known

I had a new lens with me, and shot even more verticals than I normally do (and I normally shoot vertical).

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