We recently took two friends to this Chemical Plant. The spot exceeded our expectations quite a lot. Many of the buildings were still supplied with power and the overall atmosphere was something to be desired...

Now for a little background...from the clues left behind in the buildings we were able to discover the facility was working on new water treatment methods, or at least that was the final project worked on. The place closed somewhere around 2012, judging by the last verification date on fire extinguishers, which there were a lot of.

I went for more of a warm color scheme with my shots, though a cool scheme looked amazing. Enjoy!

The locker rooms were infested with spiders...
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IMG_3543 by S&J Explore, on Flickr

These labs were fully powered! Almost everything worked!
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IMG_3545 by S&J Explore, on Flickr

I had a lot of fun shooting the exterior
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IMG_3549 by S&J Explore, on Flickr

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IMG_3557 by S&J Explore, on
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IMG_3559 by S&J Explore, on Flickr

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IMG_3560 by S&J Explore, on Flickr

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IMG_3563 by S&J Explore, on Flickr

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IMG_3571 by S&J Explore, on Flickr

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IMG_3572 by S&J Explore, on Flickr

This area was really cool!
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IMG_3595 by S&J Explore, on Flickr

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IMG_3598 by S&J Explore, on Flickr

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IMG_3604 by S&J Explore, on Flickr

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IMG_3610 by S&J Explore, on Flickr

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IMG_3614 by S&J Explore, on Flickr

I played around with Lightroom for these next couple of shots.
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IMG_3547-2 by S&J Explore, on Flickr

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IMG_3565-2 by S&J Explore, on Flickr

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IMG_3580-2 by S&J Explore, on Flickr

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IMG_3605-2 by S&J Explore, on Flickr

Thanks for viewing! Let me know what you guys think!

Good set
Looks like maybe a pilot plant of some kind.

Really great pictures. I still haven’t been to a plant like this, but I really want to. I love number 17.

Super awesome location! Definitely a place I'd love to explore. Thanks for sharing these shots. #4. Th curtain looks like a grateful dead bear. Keep up the good explores!

Shots could be squared better but otherwise looks like a fun explore. The warm color enhances the grunge.

Great set! I know this exact place, I explored it with some other UER members a few months back. I'm surprised you guys didn't reach the control room- it has a massive green control board covered in lights and buttons, it's pretty cool.

Just a minor thing of note though- this wasn't a chemical plant, it was originally a chemical waste incinerator/disposal facility, with the sections you posted being used to blend chemical for disposal. The incinerator building itself is long gone, but this stuff remains. It shut down in the early 1990's after the incinerator exploded when a manager swapped the labels on some barrels, causing explosive chemical waste to be incinerated with predictable results.

The power was still on in certain buildings and the fire extinguishers were probably kept up to date for insurance purposes- I've been to several locations where they maintain the fire extinguishers even as the building is collapsing around them so they can claim they are complying with fire safety standards.

Posted by Aran Great set! I know this exact place, I explored it with some other UER members a few months back. I'm surprised you guys didn't reach the control room- it has a massive green control board covered in lights and buttons, it's pretty cool. Just a minor thing of note though- this wasn't a chemical plant, it was originally a chemical waste incinerator/disposal facility, with the sections you posted being used to blend chemical for disposal. The incinerator building itself is long gone, but this stuff remains. It shut down in the early 1990's after the incinerator exploded when a manager swapped the labels on some barrels, causing explosive chemical waste to be incinerated with predictable results. The power was still on in certain buildings and the fire extinguishers were probably kept up to date for insurance purposes- I've been to several locations where they maintain the fire extinguishers even as the building is collapsing around them so they can claim they are complying with fire safety standards.

Pretty cool... control room *drool*
In shot #13 at the bottom of the pic, are those reactor and/or mixing vessels? Do you know what their purpose was?
What they incinerated?

Posted by blackhawk Pretty cool... control room *drool* In shot #13 at the bottom of the pic, are those reactor and/or mixing vessels? Do you know what their purpose was? What they incinerated?

Not sure, but I assume that those are smaller storage or blending tanks like the others. The tall narrow ones might be the mixing tanks, as they have a rotating blade in the bottom to stir them- but I don't know if the blade was to mix them or just prevent them from settling.



As for what they incinerated, my impression is that they incinerated any kind of chemical waste that could safely be disposed of by burning, though I don't know what kind specifically.

Anyway, here's the control panel!

Posted by Aran Anyway, here's the control panel click to view click to view

Hell yeah!

Posted by Aran Not sure, but I assume that those are smaller storage or blending tanks like the others. The tall narrow ones might be the mixing tanks, as they have a rotating blade in the bottom to stir them- but I don't know if the blade was to mix them or just prevent them from settling. click to view As for what they incinerated, my impression is that they incinerated any kind of chemical waste that could safely be disposed of by burning, though I don't know what kind specifically. Anyway, here's the control panel! click to view click to view

Sweet

What a great explore, these are some awesome shots, I especially love some of those outside pics...10-13 and 18 are my personal favorites!

Incredible location & shots, thanks for posting this! Especially love shots 16 and 18. It's so strange to see a place like this, with parts of the walls literally falling off like in 7, but still entirely illuminated. Abandoned yet operational at the same time, that's a really cool location to find

Posted by Aran Great set! I know this exact place, I explored it with some other UER members a few months back. I'm surprised you guys didn't reach the control room- it has a massive green control board covered in lights and buttons, it's pretty cool. Just a minor thing of note though- this wasn't a chemical plant, it was originally a chemical waste incinerator/disposal facility, with the sections you posted being used to blend chemical for disposal. The incinerator building itself is long gone, but this stuff remains. It shut down in the early 1990's after the incinerator exploded when a manager swapped the labels on some barrels, causing explosive chemical waste to be incinerated with predictable results. The power was still on in certain buildings and the fire extinguishers were probably kept up to date for insurance purposes- I've been to several locations where they maintain the fire extinguishers even as the building is collapsing around them so they can claim they are complying with fire safety standards.

Thanks for the info, some really interesting stuff! We'll definitely have to go back and see the buildings we missed, especially that control room... We had to leave a little early to catch the right lighting for some rooftopping right afterward. Thanks again!

Thanks for all the support everyone! This spot was a real gem, it's always cool to find something like this...

Loving 17!