Previous research indicated that this small, rural complex was built sometime between 1909 and the early 1950's. Upon arriving there, I discovered a small engraving that read "A.D. 1939", so I can probably safely assume that to be the year of construction. I wasn't able to uncover too much information online, so I can't really give much history other than it was used as some sort of sewage treatment plant (indicated by some large text above the door), that it was abandoned quite a long time ago, and that it clearly suffered a fire at some point - possibly during the devastating 2017 wildfires. Unfortunately, the whole place has been completely cleared out and tagged to oblivion, but it was still a fun short explore.

I'll include a mixture of phone shots and pics from my DSLR in this set, since the iPhone's wide angle mode does a pretty good job of capturing small spaces. Anyways, here's the photos...


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A view of the structure from a nearby hill. That tiny building in the middle is the main thing that I explored, and I'm guessing the two round concrete structures once held sewage. If you look closely, you'll be able to see a rope that leads down into the open tank closest to the camera... I didn't try it!



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I blurred out some potentially identifying info above the door. I'm not sure if this is overkill, but better safe than sorry.


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Looking back at the front windows/door from inside the building.



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Here's the wide-angle phone shots for a better perspective of this room. Visible in the above image is an open doorway leading to the outdoor area shown below.



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A bonus shot from the main room that I kinda liked.

Cool little rural spot. Seems to be kinda in the middle of nowhere for a sewage treatment plant? Might be a pump house for a spring and collecting tanks maybe?

Posted by Goste Cool little rural spot. Seems to be kinda in the middle of nowhere for a sewage treatment plant? Might be a pump house for a spring and collecting tanks maybe?

It's definitely a sparsely populated area, but it was pretty close to a large facility previously used to house the mentally ill that contained a hospital and dozens of residential units. Perhaps it was just a small treatment plant that served that compound?

Although... there was also a nearby reservoir, so it could have just been used as some sort of pump house like you said.

the interior is really cool! good find

yeah this might be a water storage facility. did you see any standpipes or anything that said "chlorine"? if it did have a pump room it may have been pumping from an unseen underground well. if the hospital/ward you mentioned really is in the middle of nowhere and underground septic tank may hav served them better.... not entirely sure but its cool to investigate and track down more info.

Posted by bleckfrog the interior is really cool! good find

Thanks!

Posted by RescueMe1060 yeah this might be a water storage facility. did you see any standpipes or anything that said "chlorine"? if it did have a pump room it may have been pumping from an unseen underground well. if the hospital/ward you mentioned really is in the middle of nowhere and underground septic tank may hav served them better.... not entirely sure but its cool to investigate and track down more info.

I'll have to look back through the photos and do some more research. I did notice a couple of holes in the ground in front of the building/inside the main room, and after peering down into them I saw tons of stagnant water. Unfortunately, the water level was so high that I couldn't tell whether that used to be some sort of basement or if it was meant to be an underground storage tank...

Cool find! like RescueMe said it looks more like water storage, maybe extra supply for the facility nearby? Would be quite odd for there to be a treatment plant out there. I'll keep an eye out if you update the thread in case you learn anything about it

Solid find, Galasium! Do let us know if you find anything more on the history of what the plant was connected to back in the day!

Nice find. How recent do you think the graffiti is?