Posted by EsseXploreR Thats far larger than I want so I'm going with the advice offered earlier in the thread. Like I also mentioned I intended to keep things in the early stages of demolition out of this since demolition projects stall all the time. MGS is nowhere near close enough to call demolished.

okay,

Well this one is not slowing down thats for sure, it was very active when i went this summer and they even have a website just for it.

http://www.mercers...ent-site-activity/

Ill try to add some stuff really demolished tho.

2019 has felt like a really rough year. Maybe I'm just aware of more locations now so it seems like more is disappearing, but I can't remember a year that bummed me out more in that respect. I think Crawford station was the biggest heartbreaker for me. Pulled up to an active demolition site with that one, all for it to become a distribution center, what a joke.

Posted by arsytee 2019 has felt like a really rough year. Maybe I'm just aware of more locations now so it seems like more is disappearing, but I can't remember a year that bummed me out more in that respect. I think Crawford station was the biggest heartbreaker for me. Pulled up to an active demolition site with that one, all for it to become a distribution center, what a joke.

Completely agreed! We have lost some incredible stuff this year. Its a shame you weren't able to make it to Crawford. I would have loved to have seen that video.

Posted by ClementRSedona okay, Well this one is not slowing down thats for sure, it was very active when i went this summer and they even have a website just for it. http://www.mercers...ent-site-activity/ Ill try to add some stuff really demolished tho.

The last update was early August, and the turbine hall is part of phase 5 demolition. They are still in the first stage. I've seen plenty of projects stall, no reason to assume this one wont.

Posted by EsseXploreR The last update was early August, and the turbine hall is part of phase 5 demolition. They are still in the first stage. I've seen plenty of projects stall, no reason to assume this one wont.

I know, ive seen many plans fail too. This one is just not a little project, they are big players and they have the cash and all the certifications and demo permit have been issued, sadly.
They have a lot of other big projects like this completed and on the way, including another beautiful place that i cringe just thinking about seeing it go (that you probably know of), like crawford

When i went inside they were in the decontamination procedure with the turbines.
They were all covered in white plastic with big fans.

I hope it would stall too but sadly i don't see this happen with this one.

I know it sounds cliche and we always say this, but I'm sure going to miss this location. This first one was the Texoma Medical Center, located in far North Texas. Most of the shuttered hospitals I've visited were forced out of business and into bankruptcy in rural areas, but this one was relocated and rebuilt bigger and better (and now conveniently located right off of the freeway). The old TMC was left to sit idle for several years still fully stocked with supplies, furniture, even medical records. I had a lot of fun at this one and I visited here more times than I can remember. I hate it when these places die but it really was inevitable. TMC had no historical value and this town of 50,000 or so people is growing, but not anywhere near enough to support two large hospitals. Old TMC was doomed from the moment its doors were closed and the shiny new medical center took its place. As is usually the case, this location simply became a place to vandalize, do drugs, and cause headaches for the residents living nearby. I was sad to see it go, but I was probably in the minority. I think that most of the citizens of Dennison, Texas were happy to see it razed.


by Dee Ashley, on Flickr


by Dee Ashley, on Flickr

I used to think that medical facilities actually paid attention to things like privacy and HIPPA. I was wrong. I find complete medical files all the time in these abandoned hospitals.


by Dee Ashley, on Flickr

by Dee Ashley, on Flickr

The fact that this location still had partial power years after it was abandoned definitely added to its creepy factor:

by Dee Ashley, on Flickr


by Dee Ashley, on Flickr

Below is another hospital lost this year in Palestine, Texas. This hospital was abandoned far longer than the one above, and its condition showed that fact pretty clearly. It was a somewhat well-known location among local explorers (and ghost hunters too, evidently), and a lot of us were sad to see this one die. I happened to show up at this location the day the were demolishing it a few months ago (I can't find the photos of the demo right now or I would post one):


December 1983 by Dee Ashley, on Flickr


by Dee Ashley, on Flickr


by Dee Ashley, on Flickr

Baby ICU:

by Dee Ashley, on Flickr

Most of the images on the film were of a variety of injuries of unknown subjects:

by Dee Ashley, on Flickr

Anyone here ever used a rotary landline phone?

by Dee Ashley, on Flickr

I have tons of photos I would love to post just of these two locations, but I don't want to oversaturate the feed, so I'll stop here.

Both of these hospitals had some really interesting relics left behind which makes their demise an even harder pill to swallow. Not to mention, good locations are pretty hard to come by around this part of the country.

R.I.P. TMC and Palestine Hospital!

_{More info on TMC can be found here: https://www.herald...x-to-be-demolished
More info on Palestine Memorial Hospital can be found here (spoiler alert - the city suggests that the site of the former hospital will most likely become home to a ...drumroll... city park or parking lot): https://www.kltv.c...al-still-underway/}

This place hasn't been demolished, but apparently this staircase collapsed at some point recently.

Damn Dee, thats such a shame. Very glad you were able to get into both of those hospitals! I really appreciate you adding those photos. This thread covers a pretty good area as a result of all these contributions!

Posted by Roland This place hasn't been demolished, but apparently this staircase collapsed at some point recently. https://scontent-i...294c19&oe=5E6EB97D

Another Horace Trumbaur home ruined. Such an absolute shame. Thanks for adding! When was that taken?

Posted by EsseXploreR Another Horace Trumbaur home ruined. Such an absolute shame. Thanks for adding! When was that taken?

What a beautiful staircase

Thank you for the history lesson
He had his own architectural design firm at 21. Wow.
https://en.m.wikip...i/Horace_Trumbauer

Posted by EsseXploreR Another Horace Trumbaur home ruined. Such an absolute shame. Thanks for adding! When was that taken?

My picture was taken in March of 2014, I saw a few people post on Facebook pictures of the collapse they took this past weekend.

Some fantastic shots of some beautiful places. It's always a shame to see some places with relatively little damage/vandalism and lots of history still meet the wrecking ball.




Made a thread a few months ago about a significant location biting the dust earlier this year.

http://www.uer.ca/...=1&threadid=130880



St. Clair County Hospital

Was one of the more interesting modern hospitals in the region, visited twice in 2017.
Oddly enough this place didn't seem to have a morgue, never found one in two trips and talking with other people who've been they couldn't find one either.
Strange given the hospital was five stories and fairly spacious. Demolition started early fall and finished about a month ago.


Untitled by Abandoned Alabama, on Flickr


Untitled by Abandoned Alabama, on Flickr


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Untitled by Abandoned Alabama, on Flickr


Untitled by Abandoned Alabama, on Flickr


Untitled by Abandoned Alabama, on Flickr


Untitled by Abandoned Alabama, on Flickr


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Untitled by Abandoned Alabama, on Flickr


Full set

https://www.flickr.../with/32624357560/





Dannemora/Shelby Hotel


Originally built in 1863 right next to the Shelby Iron Works (a local museum now), it was the first hotel in Alabama to have running water and electricity, due to it being so close to the iron works.
The original Dannemora hotel burnt down in 1898 and was rebuilt in 1900 as the New Dannemora Hotel, later renamed the Shelby Hotel.
The hotel had a number of notable guests during it's heydays, including President Theodore Roosevelt. The hotel closed in the mid 70s.

Unfortunately, and ironically just like the original Dannemora Hotel, the Shelby Hotel was destroyed by arson this past May.



Some historic and other interesting photos of the place, none of these are mine.
















My shots, visited once in late 2015, and in mid 2016.


Untitled by Abandoned Alabama, on Flickr

Untitled by Abandoned Alabama, on Flickr

Untitled by Abandoned Alabama, on Flickr

Untitled by Abandoned Alabama, on Flickr

Untitled by Abandoned Alabama, on Flickr

Untitled by Abandoned Alabama, on Flickr

Untitled by Abandoned Alabama, on Flickr

Untitled by Abandoned Alabama, on Flickr

Untitled by Abandoned Alabama, on Flickr

Untitled by Abandoned Alabama, on Flickr


Full set

https://www.flickr.../with/30005826752/

Another place I was sadly informed about the other day, a wonderful lesser-known industrial site in the heart of the UK that was quietly demolished a couple of weeks back.

Derwent Castings Ltd produced cast iron pipes and decorative items, it closed at some point a few years back and whilst the foundry building itself was stripped of all the machinery after closure, all the old sheds full of moulds and other associated things were left intact.

















Actually whilst I'm here another one sprung to mind. Moreton Hospital was a small regional hospital serving the small town it was in and the outlying villages, it closed in 2013 and was demolished earlier this year. It had a nice original Victorian part as well as larger ugly extensions and a more modern building constructed in I guess the 1980s.

Posted by mookster Another place I was sadly informed about the other day, a wonderful lesser-known industrial site in the heart of the UK that was quietly demolished a couple of weeks back. ....

Damn man, seemed like a neat spot for sure. I have another one thats gonna hit hard for you as well. Connors Creek Generating Station was built in 1915 as two plants on one property. The first, whose iconic chimneys earned the name "The seven sister's" was demolsihed in the 1990s. The second, "the two brothers" stayed online until 2008. However, it too came down over the course of this year. The structure was imploded yesterday. Big thanks to Pear for pointing this out to me.

Trail Generating Station by EXR, on Flickr

Futher reading:
https://www.mcall....0191213-story.html

Forgot about this one. The only time I went to the shuttered Riverside Stadium in Newark was in 2017 after it was announced it would eventually be demolished. Before I could get back during the day it started showing up on instagram and I lost interest. It is a part of Newarks history though, so i'm glad I didn't miss it. Here are some cell shots.

Newark Bears Stadium by EXR, on Flickr

Newark Bears Stadium by EXR, on Flickr

Newark Bears Stadium by EXR, on Flickr