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 oscaryu1
 |  | TG Sulfur Plant Urbex (pics getting less nooby)
< on 1/8/2013 1:44 AM >
|  | | | Finally bought a DSLR, hopefully the pics are getting better!
Focus and a Eclipse, Eclipse had the head torn off for some reason. Both had expired tags.. been there for a while.
Didn't even explore half of it in these pictures! I can only imagine how long it would have taken to explore had the main building(s) still been there..
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insulinguy
    
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Gender: Male
| |  | Re: TG Sulfur Plant Urbex (pics getting less nooby)
<Reply # 1 on 1/8/2013 2:44 AM >
| | | | nice find!! id like to check this place out sometime - i love that it hasnt been ruined by shitty spray paint. well done man -
pro-abortion, anti-christ |
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cdevon
 
Location: west county
Gender: Male
| | | Re: TG Sulfur Plant Urbex (pics getting less nooby)
<Reply # 2 on 1/8/2013 4:57 AM >
| | | | industrial sites are the bomb! enjoy your new camera!
When I say I'm 'clean and sober', it means I've showered and I'm headed to the liquor store. |
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oscaryu1
| | Re: TG Sulfur Plant Urbex (pics getting less nooby)
<Reply # 3 on 1/10/2013 6:27 PM >
| | | | Well, seems like nobody has identified this place yet.. here ya go!
"TEXASGULF. Texasgulf, Incorporated, began as the Gulf Sulphur Company in 1909 in Matagorda County, with its initial mine at the massive Boling Dome in neighboring Wharton County. This mine is still considered the largest inland sulfur deposit in the world; by 1993 its total production had surpassed all other dome mines. With the Spindletop oilfield discovery in 1901, Texas drillers exploring along the Gulf Coast punctured numerous salt domes. At Big Hill, five miles from Matagorda, they found little oil, but a definite presence of sulfur. In 1908 two St. Louis businessmen, A. C. Einstein and J. W. Harrison, bought the mineral rights at Big Hill, drilled for sulfur, and found a good show. On December 23, 1909, they formed the Gulf Sulphur Company, with headquarters in Matagorda. The sulfur industry was in its infancy. In October 1891 Dr. Herman Frasch obtained a patent to use superheated water to melt sulfur cryhttp://www.uer....readid=106759stals and pump the liquid to the surface and into vats, where it solidified into elemental sulfur."
http://www.newgulf...8/album/index.html
Check out these pics from mid 2008.. quite a bit has been removed, sadly. 
Pretty interesting picture. The boat/trailer and dump truck were all still there in the same spot when we visited.
http://www.youtube...atch?v=3dDUHtKO2DY
^ video of TG Sulfur in '89. Pretty damn awesome.
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Mellon_Collie
Location: Utah'ish
Gender: Male
Chingblot.
| |  |  | Re: TG Sulfur Plant Urbex (pics getting less nooby)
<Reply # 4 on 1/10/2013 6:57 PM >
| | | | Good and proper job, Oscaryu1.
Somebody's got to climb those stacks--sooner or later.
[last edit 1/10/2013 6:58 PM by Mellon_Collie - edited 1 times]
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backslider26
Location: Jonestown
Gender: Male
| |  | Re: TG Sulfur Plant Urbex (pics getting less nooby)
<Reply # 5 on 1/10/2013 11:25 PM >
| | | | You need to check out the airport that was very near there.
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backslider26
Location: Jonestown
Gender: Male
| | | Re: TG Sulfur Plant Urbex (pics getting less nooby)
<Reply # 6 on 1/10/2013 11:33 PM >
| | | | If its ok, I would like to add some pics.
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backslider26
Location: Jonestown
Gender: Male
| | | Re: TG Sulfur Plant Urbex (pics getting less nooby)
<Reply # 7 on 1/10/2013 11:40 PM >
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oscaryu1
| | Re: TG Sulfur Plant Urbex (pics getting less nooby)
<Reply # 8 on 1/11/2013 7:06 AM >
| | | | Posted by Mellon_Collie
Good and proper job, Oscaryu1.
Somebody's got to climb those stacks--sooner or later.
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There was actually a rappelling line down both of them (or what looked like one). It's incredibly high up in the air, and the "ladder" was just some rebar sunk into some mortar. Roughly a fourth of them were already loose in the smokestack.. it was tempting though! Would definitely have done it had I had another way down haha.
backslider26, how far away was the airport?
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backslider26
Location: Jonestown
Gender: Male
| | | Re: TG Sulfur Plant Urbex (pics getting less nooby)
<Reply # 9 on 1/11/2013 6:12 PM >
| | | | Very close, should be able to spot it on google maps.
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oscaryu1
| | Re: TG Sulfur Plant Urbex (pics getting less nooby)
<Reply # 10 on 1/11/2013 7:33 PM >
| | | | Posted by backslider26
Very close, should be able to spot it on google maps.
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Done, haha. Thanks for the tip.. will be headed there soon ;)
Speaking of which, have you checked out that one video of a plane landing on that abandoned airstrip (on youtube)? Same one maybe?
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oscaryu1
| | Re: TG Sulfur Plant Urbex (pics getting less nooby)
<Reply # 11 on 1/13/2013 12:09 AM >
| | | | Posted by backslider26
Very close, should be able to spot it on google maps.
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Airstrip is back in use.. there were two planes in the hangar and a truck in the garage 
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backslider26
Location: Jonestown
Gender: Male
| | | Re: TG Sulfur Plant Urbex (pics getting less nooby)
<Reply # 12 on 1/16/2013 2:02 AM >
| | | | Hmmmm, thats quit interesting.
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Jakk_Handsome
I'll be there soon.
| | Re: TG Sulfur Plant Urbex (pics getting less nooby)
<Reply # 13 on 1/17/2013 12:53 AM >
| | | | The gas plant guys next door to the old sulfur plant use the parking lot and other areas as storage for their old vehicles, cattle trailers, and tools. If you're out there on a weekday, be careful.
My favorite UE quote so far.
"U don't have to be suck a dick about it..." |
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Crypton
Gender: Male
| | Re: TG Sulfur Plant Urbex (pics getting less nooby)
<Reply # 14 on 1/17/2013 2:09 AM >
| | | | DSLR != better pics.
Composition, subject matter, balance, all still play a role.
Nice explore still 
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oscaryu1
| | Re: TG Sulfur Plant Urbex (pics getting less nooby)
<Reply # 15 on 1/18/2013 10:31 PM >
| | | | Posted by Jakk_Handsome
The gas plant guys next door to the old sulfur plant use the parking lot and other areas as storage for their old vehicles, cattle trailers, and tools. If you're out there on a weekday, be careful.
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The Phillips 66 or some other guys? There were quite a few ATV's and trucks roaming about when we were exploring.. it appears that the plant land was divided up and sold off in small lots..
New erm, CGI'd pics of the main/quality control/chem buildings:
Beautiful things. Everything was a bit moist and a little corroded, but the dials still turned and everything.
Telephone server, apparently.
creepy.
floors rotted through
legit backup tapes lol.
dat doorstop
This was in one of the walk in vaults.. we didn't touch it; looks like somebody was here before us.
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oscaryu1
| | Re: TG Sulfur Plant Urbex (pics getting less nooby)
<Reply # 16 on 1/18/2013 11:38 PM >
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part 2 of this cgi journey.
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