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UER Forum > US: Great Lakes > Century-Old Abandoned Iowa City Water Plant (Viewed 2361 times)

IceBurgess Location: Eastern Iowa Gender: Male Total Likes: 35 likes "Not all those who wander are lost". Goin' where you wouldn't... on a life of adventure \| \| \|	Century-Old Abandoned Iowa City Water Plant < on 1/4/2015 6:34 PM > \| Reply with Quote

	Hello everyone. I'm including some pictures that I got over these past few days with a Pentax MX-1. Apologies if you've seen this post already, I'm brand new to UER and I didn't realize that this would be a much more appropriate place to post this, instead of the general photography forum or photo critiques. I visited this abandoned water plant that used to service the University of Iowa. It is to be demolished in the next couple of days, and I believe that I was the last non-worker to see what's inside. The buildings themselves - there are two, in a complex - contain relatively newer equipment, but one of the two buildings is nearly a century old, simply containing newer stuff on the inside. All the interior photos that don't look so good I got by sticking my camera into gaps between the boarded-up windows and bricks of the older building, as there is no way in. I've included them to give y'all an idea of what it looked like inside, not as much for art purposes. The newer building had an open door so the pictures I got inside were a bit nicer. Here are my best shots from these past couple days. Also, if you have any comments or suggestions, they would be greatly appreciated! 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
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iliamo1986 Location: Central Iowa Gender: Female Total Likes: 29 likes \| \|	Re: Century-Old Abandoned Iowa City Water Plant < Reply # 1 on 1/5/2015 1:58 PM > \| Reply with Quote

	Is this the plant that's right beside the Iowa River?
	"The destruction of the past is perhaps the greatest of all crimes." -Simone Weil

Axle Location: Milton, ON Gender: Male Total Likes: 507 likes Sieg oder Tod \| \|	Re: Century-Old Abandoned Iowa City Water Plant < Reply # 2 on 1/5/2015 3:38 PM > \| Reply with Quote

	Beautiful macro work here!
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Piecat Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Gender: Male Total Likes: 97 likes \| \|	Re: Century-Old Abandoned Iowa City Water Plant < Reply # 3 on 1/5/2015 5:42 PM > \| Reply with Quote

	Great work! Thanks for sharing.

TunnelRunner33 Location: Seattle Gender: Male Total Likes: 143 likes \| \|	Re: Century-Old Abandoned Iowa City Water Plant < Reply # 4 on 1/5/2015 5:50 PM > \| Reply with Quote

	Nice job getting in. Thanks for sharing, and welcome to UER!
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TunnelRunner33 Location: Seattle Gender: Male Total Likes: 143 likes \| \|	Re: Century-Old Abandoned Iowa City Water Plant < Reply # 5 on 1/5/2015 5:50 PM > \| Reply with Quote

	Oops sorry, double post... [last edit 1/5/2015 5:51 PM by TunnelRunner33 - edited 1 times]
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Posted by iliamo1986
Is this the plant that's right beside the Iowa River?

Yep, right off of N. Madison street and on the banks of the river.

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iliamo1986 Location: Central Iowa Gender: Female Total Likes: 29 likes \| \|	Re: Century-Old Abandoned Iowa City Water Plant < Reply # 7 on 1/6/2015 4:43 PM > \| Reply with Quote

	Darn. I hate to see it go. It's a neat building. Thanks for the look inside!
	"The destruction of the past is perhaps the greatest of all crimes." -Simone Weil

crows Location: Eastern Iowa Total Likes: 89 likes Il est interdit de faire smashy smash \| \| \|	Re: Century-Old Abandoned Iowa City Water Plant < Reply # 8 on 1/10/2015 6:11 AM > \| Reply with Quote

	^^ It is a neat building! I've peered in its windows a few times, somewhat before I got into doing this, and it's sort of floated around on my list of things to see how possible it would be to get inside (my comfort levels can be... variable) but I guess not now! I had no idea they were planning on demolishing it. They're just tearing down all kinds of shit in our town (nyrrgh rrgh cottages rant). Hey, are you in the IC area? We should hang out.
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Posted by crows
I had no idea they were planning on demolishing it. They're just tearing down all kinds of shit in our town (nyrrgh rrgh cottages rant). Hey, are you in the IC area? We should hang out.

The university is planning to build a new dorm in its place. And yeah, I live in IC! It's awesome to find a neighbor on here.

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IceBurgess Location: Eastern Iowa Gender: Male Total Likes: 35 likes "Not all those who wander are lost". Goin' where you wouldn't... on a life of adventure \| \| \|	Re: Century-Old Abandoned Iowa City Water Plant < Reply # 10 on 1/10/2015 3:28 PM > \| Reply with Quote

	whoops, sorry for the double post. Darn interface [last edit 1/10/2015 3:29 PM by IceBurgess - edited 1 times]
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