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 C-13
  
Location: Mandeville LA
Gender: Male
"Be always sure you're right, then go ahead."
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< on 12/8/2008 8:55 PM >
|  | | | Does anyone ever try to find blue prints for any place they want to explore? If so, where do you find them?
“The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.”
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don_corleyone
  
Location: F/RoX
Gender: Male
I have abandonment issues
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<Reply # 1 on 12/8/2008 9:05 PM >
| | | | on the floor at eagle river power station.
leave the gun. take the cannoli.
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TurboZutek
  
King Dick
Location: Scotland
Gender: Male
Giant octo-penised rapephant
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<Reply # 2 on 12/8/2008 10:56 PM >
| | | | Certainly the engineering / works department of any large abandonment might turn up some maps or prints, but really the local planning department / city hall / library is your best bet: especially for public buildings.
Chris...
We all had ostriches. My dad had an ostrich farm! I remember one day someone came in and said the high altitude bombing of Kosovo had been a limited success, so we all went out and celebrated… by killing an ostrich and boiling it in kiwi fruit. |
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pinchy
Location: Minneapolis
Gender: Male
| | Re: Maps
<Reply # 4 on 12/9/2008 3:33 PM >
| | | | Posted by C-13
Does anyone ever try to find blue prints for any place they want to explore? If so, where do you find them?
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For historical maps, try looking for older Sanborn Insurance Maps. You may need to access them at a library or historical center. They are great for historical research; some of the maps even mark the locations of tunnels/caves.
If you inside a large industrial building, try looking in offices. You might be surprised. The following maps were found in a well known complex in Saint Paul. I accidentally brushed up against some of the chemical-soaked maps and received a nice burn that caused me to hop around the room.
For storm sewer maps, there are lots of potential web sites that have useful information.
* Identify the organization that manages the watershed(s) in your area. Annual reports and studies will often provide very useful maps, a list of outfalls, etc.
* Look on city and county web sites (e.g. public works department, surveying department, etc). For example, the city of Saint Paul published scans of many survey notebooks written during the construction and maintenance of the storm and sewer systems.
* Monitor large construction projects. Studies/reports can be very useful. For example, a study related to the new ballpark stadium in Minneapolis contained lots of detailed maps and history of the entombed Basset Creek tunnel.
* Search for joint task forces or groups that are trying to clean up some polluted property or region. An example is SEMI in Minneapolis.
Good luck.
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Azubi.UK
Location: UK / KSA
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Maps
<Reply # 5 on 12/9/2008 3:47 PM >
| | | | Pinchy, those look more like electrical diagrams than maps of a building.
The 11th Commandment: Don't get caught! |
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DarkForce
Location: Nashville, TN
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 7 on 12/9/2008 7:59 PM >
| | | | Posted by don_corleyone
on the floor at eagle river power station.
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LOL
Or in the basement of the Alamo.
Somebody set up us the bomb |
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Opheliaism
  
Moderator
Location: Out on the border of everything and nothing, TN
Ophie
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<Reply # 8 on 12/10/2008 1:30 AM >
| | | | Posted by CodyMan
LOL
Or in the basement of the Alamo.
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If you had done proper research of the map, you would know there is NOT a basement at the Alamo. Back on topic without the sarcasm, please. 
Show up at 9:30 with 15 dollars cash and your fingers crossed.
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DarkForce
Location: Nashville, TN
Gender: Male
| | Re: Maps
<Reply # 9 on 12/10/2008 5:54 AM >
| | | | Posted by Opheliaism
If you had done proper research of the map, you would know there is NOT a basement at the Alamo. Back on topic without the sarcasm, please.
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Sorry about that I could not resist, but make sure when you get there tell them large Marge sent ya.
On a serious note, this did make me remember something I had long forgotten in the college haze. Back in my college years we formed a group dedicated to exploring the tunnel network of the college that connected all the buildings for steam and electrical purposes. Rumors were abound the college about how the tunnel system used to be open for students to travel from building to building without needing to go out in the bitter cold. However, as the story goes, several incidents years past forced the college to close the tunnels.
On one of our first ‘excisions’ in various basements trying to find the tunnels we happened across a room labeled “Blueprint room” or something as obvious. In our luck someone had neglected to close and lock the door. As it was business hours and people could be found walking around we “acquired” only the blueprints readily available. We “obtained” blueprints to two buildings on campus.
A few semesters later we were able to get our hands on two sets of keys to various buildings on campus. They were both huge key rings which seemed to fit random places on campus but with them both many doors on campus could be opened.
We used our blueprints with some success and were able to gain access to various tunnels and other areas on campus where we did not belong. However, some of the most interesting sites on our blueprints could not be accessed with the keys we had (we were missing some entire buildings). There was one building basement we were particularly interested in but were unable to access the tunnel to it or the basement itself. Also, we found that some tunnels got progressively smaller and smaller until the pipes left you no room to pass. Finally we came upon a sign like this and could not venture any farther.
Before we left we passed down the blueprints and two sets of keys each to three different people. We hoped that they would work together and start a new tradition of the “tunnel rats” that’s what we called ourselves.
Sorry for the long ass rant, I haven’t thought about all of this in almost 10 years. I didn’t think of it as UE and didn’t make the connection until just now, but yeah wow it really was. We used to do stuff like that all the time back then but we only called it fun.
Somebody set up us the bomb |
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denryuu
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 10 on 12/10/2008 3:35 PM >
| | | | You really can, oftentimes, find them laying in the 'official' areas (offices and the like) of the places you explore. The school I attend is undergoing construction and each little squad of workers was given their own large, laminated copy of the blueprints. That's another way you can get them, just look around to see who has them and ask if you can see them too.
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Dick Winter
Location: Richmond
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 11 on 1/13/2009 1:00 AM >
| | | | I don't know about other maps, but i got maps of the drains for the town i live in and Richmond. I just emailed the city, and asked for them. It was great
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hilite
Gender: Male
don't destroy my sweater....
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<Reply # 12 on 2/6/2009 2:18 AM >
| | | | I'm studying Geographic Information Systems in school and have been trying to get my hands on underground maps of drains and such from online databases, but no luck. Maybe I just try asking the city. LOL 
And when you finally disappear, We'll just say you were never here. |
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hilite
Gender: Male
don't destroy my sweater....
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<Reply # 13 on 2/6/2009 2:59 PM >
| | | | I almost forgot, found this one
And when you finally disappear, We'll just say you were never here. |
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jratter
Location: Huntington Beach
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 14 on 2/6/2009 4:22 PM >
| | | | So far I have not used any, but I have started acquiring blueprints recently. Internet, Planning Dept. and Library; in that order.
One of my favorite trips is to the Queen Mary. I've done it about a dozen times without, but next time I'll be packing. They're not really necessary, but I want to make sure I haven't missed anything. (If anyone would like a copy of the zip, let me know.)
That being said, I always found that much of the excitement is NOT knowing what is behind that door, until you open it.
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