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 DJ Craig
         
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Location: Johnson City, TN
Gender: Male
Break the Silence
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< on 11/26/2009 8:45 PM >
|  | | | So I know a lot of people hate going on legal tours of locations. But I want to see more huge, active industrial locations and for most people, exploring those types of locations illegally just isn't viable.
So...are there any large, modern industrial locations in the Mid-Atlantic that offer tours for the public?
"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go..." -Dr. Suess |
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CagedPsycho
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Gender: Male
G.H.U.L.S.
| | | Re: Industrial tours
<Reply # 1 on 11/26/2009 9:45 PM >
| | | | Posted by DJ Craig
So I know a lot of people hate going on legal tours of locations. But I want to see more huge, active industrial locations and for most people, exploring those types of locations illegally just isn't viable.
So...are there any large, modern industrial locations in the Mid-Atlantic that offer tours for the public?
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That impressed with Pittsburgh? 
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Roland
 
Location: Baltimore, MD
Gender: Male
Proud Leader of Brandishing a Firearm on the High Seas UE
| | | Re: Industrial tours
<Reply # 2 on 11/26/2009 10:16 PM >
| | | | At some point in the near future they're going to start giving tours of Bethlehem Steel, but I'm not sure how much of the place will actually be open to the public.
Edit- didn't notice the active part
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DJ Craig
Moderator
Location: Johnson City, TN
Gender: Male
Break the Silence
| | | | Re: Industrial tours
<Reply # 3 on 11/26/2009 11:19 PM >
| | | | Posted by Roland
At some point in the near future they're going to start giving tours of Bethlehem Steel, but I'm not sure how much of the place will actually be open to the public.
Edit- didn't notice the active part
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Awesome! Abandoned works too.
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YoelT
Location: Viet Nam
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Industrial tours
<Reply # 4 on 11/27/2009 2:09 AM >
| | | | I have been on tours of a few TVA sites around, notably the Sequoyah nuclear plant in Soddy Daisy, TN.. that was years ago.
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don_corleyone
Location: F/RoX
Gender: Male
I have abandonment issues
| | Re: Industrial tours
<Reply # 5 on 11/27/2009 2:26 AM >
| | | | this reminds me that i've been meaning to contact BGE about a tour of a baltimore power plant that i explored several times while it was offline, but has been put back into about 20% service. i would love to tour an active power plant.
leave the gun. take the cannoli.
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DJ Craig
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Location: Johnson City, TN
Gender: Male
Break the Silence
| | | | Re: Industrial tours
<Reply # 6 on 11/27/2009 9:04 AM >
| | | | Posted by Exothermic
I have been on tours of a few TVA sites around, notably the Sequoyah nuclear plant in Soddy Daisy, TN.. that was years ago.
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DUDE...having explored two abandoned TVA nuclear power stations, I HAVE to see this now. Road trip, anyone?
"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go..." -Dr. Suess |
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Karamar
Location: Shreveport, LA
Gender: Male
Wait...... What?
| | Re: Industrial tours
<Reply # 7 on 11/27/2009 5:59 PM >
| | | | As far as industrial places I could probably swing a tour of Newport News Ship Yard, but you wouldn't be allowed to take pictures. If you were looking to take pictures, Norfolk Naval Base has tour busses in the summer time that you can go on and I'm sure you could get in contact with the public affairs officer to get a tour of an aircraft carrier there.
Well...... crap........ |
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DJ Craig
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Location: Johnson City, TN
Gender: Male
Break the Silence
| | | | Re: Industrial tours
<Reply # 8 on 11/27/2009 6:02 PM >
| | | | Posted by Robby
As far as industrial places I could probably swing a tour of Newport News Ship Yard, but you wouldn't be allowed to take pictures. If you were looking to take pictures, Norfolk Naval Base has tour busses in the summer time that you can go on and I'm sure you could get in contact with the public affairs officer to get a tour of an aircraft carrier there.
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Dude I'm in. Same thing again...road trip anyone??
"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go..." -Dr. Suess |
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Karamar
Location: Shreveport, LA
Gender: Male
Wait...... What?
| | Re: Industrial tours
<Reply # 9 on 11/27/2009 6:15 PM >
| | | | Oh and I can get you on to any base to take a tour but before you take any pictures you will need to make sure it isn't classified stuff which is usually in restricted areas so you shouldn't see anything like that unless someone messed up. As far as Newport News I'll look into the process for getting visitor passes, I know you need to be a US citizen and i think there are some other requirements I'll have to do some checking.
Well...... crap........ |
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Avius
Location: Washington DC / NOVA
Gender: Male
Wow you guys!
| | | Re: Industrial tours
<Reply # 10 on 11/27/2009 7:13 PM >
| | | | Posted by Robby
I'm sure you could get in contact with the public affairs officer to get a tour of an aircraft carrier there.
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I got to go on a tour of the USS George Washington like 15 years ago when I was a boy scout, and it was AMAZING. An aircraft carrier is seriously a huge, floating industrial super-complex. With giant guns. And fighter jets. and a nuclear reactor. I would highly recommend it to anybody.
In places forgotten, tread where you will. -=- http://www.flickr.com/photos/avius/ |
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Karamar
Location: Shreveport, LA
Gender: Male
Wait...... What?
| | Re: Industrial tours
<Reply # 11 on 11/28/2009 4:53 AM >
| | | | I know I work on the USS Theodore Roosevelt. The George Washington caught on fire like a few years ago when it was supposed to be taking the Kitty Hawks position in Japan. Too bad the Roosevelt isn't available for tours since it's in the yards right now.
Well...... crap........ |
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bouncewiggle
Location: Johnson City, TN
Gender: Female
| | | | Re: Industrial tours
<Reply # 12 on 11/28/2009 7:15 PM >
| | | | Oak Ridge gives tours and you get to see some nuclear reactors. I think it might be $5 or even free - I'm not sure. They do them daily if I'm not mistaken. I wanna go sometime. One of the guys that came with us to the meteor shower at Phipps told me this and I kept forgetting about it until now. We should go!
When I was little I got to go inside the Holston Dam here because my grandmother had amazing connections to all sorts of people. It was awesome to see the turbines and go in the gigantic tubes.
Taking tours of active sites (or abandoned) would be interesting because you would get to see and learn a lot, but you couldn't really climb anything or necessarily take photos (or get the shots you want even if photography were allowed). I don't think I could really count it as exploring since you're being guided/lead. If they just turned you loose, sure. But I wouldn't say that I explored the Amazon if I were lead through the forest by a guide unless we were covering new territory, so I wouldn't say that I explored a place if I went on a tour of it. Regardless, I'd take advantage of it. Opportunities are not to be thrown away. =)
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zomgw00t
Location: Richmond, VA
Gender: Male
heh heh heh
| | | | Re: Industrial tours
<Reply # 13 on 12/12/2009 7:01 PM >
| | | | Posted by Avius
I got to go on a tour of the USS George Washington like 15 years ago when I was a boy scout, and it was AMAZING. An aircraft carrier is seriously a huge, floating industrial super-complex. With giant guns. And fighter jets. and a nuclear reactor. I would highly recommend it to anybody.
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When I was a lot younger, my dad managed to pull off getting us a tour of a nuclear submarine (the USS Boise), at that time stationed at Norfolk. Though I didn't get to see any of the restricted areas of the vessel (aka, the reactor), it was still (needless to say) awesome. I even got to crawl down one of the torpedo tubes and sign my name with a grease pen.
~Teh Chappie
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StevePhoto
Gender: Male
| | Re: Industrial tours
<Reply # 14 on 1/23/2010 4:22 AM >
| | | | You can tour the Corvette Assembly Plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky. You can see all of the major steps that go into building a new Corvette with the exception of exterior paint, which is done in a sealed "clean zone" in the plant. Go here for more info:
http://www.corvett..._tours/index.shtml
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zomgw00t
Location: Richmond, VA
Gender: Male
heh heh heh
| | | | Re: Industrial tours
<Reply # 15 on 1/23/2010 4:16 PM >
| | | | Another thing to look into are small sewage treatment facilities. A while back I wad driving to Pittsburgh with my mom when we saw this facility and decided to stop by to see if by any chance they would give us a tour. The guys were pretty thrilled that somebody would actually want to stop and learn about what they do.
~Teh Chappie
"By the early 1970s, techniques of tape manipulation were being superseded by synthesizers, especially the Moog synthesizer, which could theoretically produce any type of pitch or timbre, but usually made a sound like a cat chewing a bee." ~ BBC Radiophonic Workshop - The Alchemists of Sound |
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LiveAudio
Location: Greenville SC
Gender: Male
Along came a spider
| | Re: Industrial tours
<Reply # 16 on 1/24/2010 5:24 AM >
| | | | The BMW plant here in SC gives tours. There's a bit of a lead time, so you have to plan ahead. I can tell you more about it this weekend
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DJ Craig
Moderator
Location: Johnson City, TN
Gender: Male
Break the Silence
| | | | Re: Industrial tours
<Reply # 17 on 5/18/2010 3:12 PM >
| | | | I'm actually on a road trip now and planning to use this thread to find some cool stuff. Just thought I'd bump it first to see if anyone knew of anything new?
"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go..." -Dr. Suess |
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Louie
| | | Re: Industrial tours
<Reply # 18 on 5/21/2010 6:08 AM >
| | | | It really depends on where you are but most power plants, dams, and water utilities should be doable, with the right phone number.
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elkhart007
Location: Chattanooga, TN
Gender: Male
| | Re: Industrial tours
<Reply # 19 on 10/20/2010 11:23 AM >
| | | | Posted by DJ Craig
DUDE...having explored two abandoned TVA nuclear power stations, I HAVE to see this now. Road trip, anyone?
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Not anymore. My friend's father in law works at Sequoyah, no tours of nuclear facilities because of 9/11.
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