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Retro_Chick
      
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Denver-ish
Gender: Female
Serial Trespasser
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< on 5/11/2009 5:35 AM >
|  | | | [I did find a short archived thread about this, but can't revive an archived discussion.]
Has anyone been to the Walsen Power Plant recently?
http://cbs4denver....aces.2.990566.html
Is there anything left of the Walsen mining camp?
Do you guys think it's worth an explore?
"The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me."
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imprezawrxsti
 
location:
Portland, OR
Gender: Male
nothing is true; everything is permitted
| |  | Re: Walsen Power Plant
<Reply # 1 on 5/11/2009 7:03 AM >
| | | | i've not been personally, but it's on my list for summer. there is definitely still a building there.
funny story, i was in englewood camera a while back, and bryce was showing me photos from a trip the staff went on. it looked like something cool, so i asked what it was. they had gone to the power plant.
might be worth the drive.
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Luna
location:
Hollywood, CA
Gender: Female
I am the terror that faps in the night
| | | Re: Walsen Power Plant
<Reply # 2 on 5/11/2009 8:54 AM >
| | | | Posted by imprezawrxsti
might be worth the drive.
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Wow. Yes.
Casual mysterious. |
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Novemberico
Baby murder
| | Re: Walsen Power Plant
<Reply # 3 on 5/11/2009 9:25 AM >
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WALSEN POWER PLANT
Year Listed: 2009
County: Huerfano County
Status: ALERT
Context: Industrial
Date Constructed: 1898
Significance:
Built to provide energy to the Walsen Mine, Walsen Camp, and the town of Walsenburg, the power plant is the last remaining structure of the once bustling Walsen Camp, a coal mining settlement dating from the late 1870s. At its peak the Walsen Camp boasted over 200 homes and a population of 1,200.
Threat When Listed:
The building suffers from years of neglect, vandalism, and scrap metal scavenging. The current owner has an eight-foot chain link and barbwire fence surrounding the perimeter of the building but vandalism and scavenging continues. With the high value of scrap metal the building will continue to be a prime target.
Last Update:
February 2009
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From http://www.colorad...tes/epp_09_04.html
I'd be down to go! looks pretty neat 
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lexiphoto
location:
Denver, Colorado
Gender: Female
UE Den Mother
| |  |  | | Re: Walsen Power Plant
<Reply # 4 on 5/12/2009 3:29 AM >
| | | | been there a couple times.
Nothing Satisfies Like Beef! |
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Quarantine
location:
Denver
Gender: Female
retired former old-school UE'er
| | Re: Walsen Power Plant
<Reply # 5 on 5/12/2009 4:25 AM >
| | | | I was there in January, can't remember if I posted photos yet. Very cool building, it's small but it's got a lot of character.
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Kbasa
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Gunnison/Crested Butte, co
Gender: Male
High Hopes
| | | Re: Walsen Power Plant
<Reply # 6 on 5/12/2009 5:07 AM >
| | | | Posted by Quarantine
I was there in January, can't remember if I posted photos yet. Very cool building, it's small but it's got a lot of character.
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anything inside? or is it pretty much stripped?
Shut the fuck up and ride that fucking Couchmobile!
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Quarantine
location:
Denver
Gender: Female
retired former old-school UE'er
| | Re: Walsen Power Plant
<Reply # 7 on 5/12/2009 6:21 AM >
| | | | The entire boiler/furnace is gone (they even ripped out half of the East side of the building to remove it!) but the lower levels are full of stuff, albeit scattered about. There's a really neat generator on one of the upper levels that's the size of a car.
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kc
Noble Donor
location:
Pueblo, Colorado
Gender: Male
"yah, im hangin the drywall at the new Mc. Donalds"
| | | Re: Walsen Power Plant
<Reply # 9 on 6/1/2009 8:19 PM >
| | | | doing service calls I have drove by this place and almost wrecked each time trying to look at it. It seems easy enough to get too, and now I know what it is.
If anyone is gonna go, hit me up please.
Doing a job RIGHT the first time gets the job done. Doing the job
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imprezawrxsti
location:
Portland, OR
Gender: Male
nothing is true; everything is permitted
| | | Re: Walsen Power Plant
<Reply # 10 on 6/3/2009 1:29 AM >
| | | | Posted by kc
I have drove by this place and almost wrecked each time trying to look at it.
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i can't tell you how many times i've almost gotten into accidents on Broadway because i'm staring at a certain abandoned rubber plant.
do you know how to waltz? |
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kc
Noble Donor
location:
Pueblo, Colorado
Gender: Male
"yah, im hangin the drywall at the new Mc. Donalds"
| | | Re: Walsen Power Plant
<Reply # 11 on 6/3/2009 11:58 AM >
| | | | Posted by imprezawrxsti
i can't tell you how many times i've almost gotten into accidents on Broadway because i'm staring at a certain abandoned rubber plant.
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I have done that one myself also...every time I am in the area.
Texting and driving is much safer then driving by an amazing abandonment. ;)
Doing a job RIGHT the first time gets the job done. Doing the job
WRONG fourteen times gives you job security. |
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Akron
location:
Colorado
Gender: Male
Ab inferno te libera, ignave!
| | Re: Walsen Power Plant
<Reply # 12 on 6/4/2009 3:29 AM >
| | | | Posted by imprezawrxsti
i can't tell you how many times i've almost gotten into accidents on Broadway because i'm staring at a certain abandoned rubber plant.
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I've done that before, but with outfalls. Heck, even in the same area. I've crooned my head trying to see what the water level was at Rivergate many times.
Libera te tu temet ipsum ab inferis!
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imprezawrxsti
location:
Portland, OR
Gender: Male
nothing is true; everything is permitted
| | | Re: Walsen Power Plant
<Reply # 13 on 6/4/2009 4:12 AM >
| | | | Posted by Akron
I've done that before, but with outfalls. Heck, even in the same area. I've crooned my head trying to see what the water level was at Rivergate many times.
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i'm so glad there's a stoplight there. i do the same thing.
do you know how to waltz? |
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Retro_Chick
location:
Denver-ish
Gender: Female
Serial Trespasser
| | Re: Walsen Power Plant
<Reply # 14 on 6/4/2009 4:36 AM >
| | | | Posted by imprezawrxsti
i can't tell you how many times i've almost gotten into accidents on Broadway because i'm staring at a certain abandoned rubber plant.
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Oh my god- EVERYWHERE I drive I'm a hazard! I'm CONSTANTLY On the lookout for abandonments and either writing them down or trying to remember exactly where it is, so I can go home & research! Most of the ones I've found are right on main roads... imagine how many there are off the beaten path!
"The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me."
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