Located little more than two blocks walk from my explorer friends house I was staying in for a time in the USA is this enigma of a time capsule of a factory.

Originally the premises was occupied by a company who manufactured transmission systems and driveshafts for all sorts of industries around the world including aerospace, defence, medical and more mundane things like commonplace lawnmowers and other agricultural machines. At some point they moved to a shiny new bigger premises on the other side of town and a bookbinding company took up home in their old space. As for the details of that operation I can find exactly sod all, other than the name of the former company there really isn't even a single crumb I can find out there, the sign on the outside wasn't even changed from it's previous occupancy. The only thing I know for sure is that the building dates to the 1930s and the Bookbinding company closed its doors suddenly in around 2014, from dates on calendars and diaries found in offices. It must have been a very abrupt closure as there are still books in the process of being assembled on one of the oldest and most impressive bits of machinery left inside.

It seems after closure there was a small effort to clean up and dismantle some things however it appears to have been quite random, some machines are in bits whilst others have been moved around but most are completely intact. The attached admin building has been thoroughly stripped out however, even the doors and door frames were removed for some reason. As of now there is a compromised area of roofing that is allowing water to pool on the wooden floors upstairs, and some of the office floors are already pretty far gone due to rot. Despite this the building is currently up for rent although I don't know if the letting agents know what the state of the place is currently!

After going in the hard way my friends had used the times they'd gone in previously, I managed to find a much easier way out and so a much easier way in for them in the future - I certainly wasn't planning on doing the entry procedure in reverse that's for sure especially as this day in question was rather wet.

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Thanks for looking

I'm in love with the machinery in here. I have an uncle who worked for the Government Printing Office over here who I bet would get a kick out of seeing these.

Glad you were able to see such great spots over here, and can't wait to see what else you still have in store!

This is very interesting, not really something we (or at least I) see everyday. Rather unique explore; the presses and other machinery are neat to see, love those motorized pallet movers/lifters in pic 9. Thanks for sharing, great to see you're having such a productive and rewarding 'splore trip over here!

The machinery and those floors are amazing! And of course your awesome pictures as always.

Crazy they left all that machinery in there.

I love love love the shot looking down the hallway and with the wood paneled doorways. Almost Wes Anderson