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 SilentSearch
     
Location: Cowtown
Gender: Male
My rebellion against the santa cursor! HoHoHo
 |  | Cotton mill and the Texas Steel plant (what's left)
< on 8/9/2005 4:16 AM >
|  | | | We got into the cotton mill one day and checked it out. Several of the local UE'ers have been there. It's a place that is active as storage but not doing any sort of production.
After that, we went down to check out whats left of the Texas Steel plant. almost all of it (foundries and such) have been dismantled but there are some structures left to explore. One thing to be aware of, some of the structures are in an unstable condition, so use common sense. Also, there is a construction office trailer on the west side, which has an almost complete view of the grounds.
Be aware of any hazardous materials that could be stored there. We found some buildings where mold forms where stored. These ranged from small, (text book size) to huge pieces that would weigh several tons.
COTTON MILL
TEXAS STEEL PLANT remnants
Anyone know what these cylinders are? They are some sort of stone or composite and look like they screw together, end to end. They were next to a huge 4 story structure that I think was some sort of air cleaning unit for the plant.
Shelves of molds.
Some of the big molds. These were in a building behind the TSP. The flashlight in them is a "D" cell about 14 inches long. (for reference)
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RevSM
Location: South Central Texas
| |  | Re: Cotton mill and the Texas Steel plant (what's left)
<Reply # 1 on 8/9/2005 9:31 PM >
| | | | Nice, I'd like to get into the South Cotton Seed Oil Co. building again during the day. I've only been once and it was at night. Got some decent pictures from the roof and outside but want to get pictures of the inside.
Tetanus for Breakfast!
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SilentSearch
Location: Cowtown
Gender: Male
My rebellion against the santa cursor! HoHoHo
| | Re: Cotton mill and the Texas Steel plant (what's left)
<Reply # 2 on 8/12/2005 3:57 AM >
| | | | A couple of exploring buds went there last sunday and found even more destruction going on. Won't be long before it's all a flat dirt landscape. 
SS
Official UE Safety officer and rescue specialist. |
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Noah Vale
Location: Portland, Or
It's nobler to never get paid, than to bank on shit and dismay
| |  | | Re: Cotton mill and the Texas Steel plant (what's left)
<Reply # 3 on 8/14/2005 10:31 PM >
| | | | FWIW, it wasn't a cotton mill at all, but a place that pressed cotton seeds to extract the oil.
"Dallas is a magnificent and wide open city, and I'm deeply envious of any urban explorers who have the good fortune to live there." -Ninj. |
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mox25
Noble Donor
Location: Austin, tx
Gender: Male
Picture of my cat
| | | Re: Cotton mill and the Texas Steel plant (what's left)
<Reply # 4 on 8/16/2005 1:58 AM >
|  | | | Noah Vale,
Had a blast last weekend man, Thanks.
Did you have a chance to go next door and check out the steel mill?
I still can't get over the belt lift in the mill that the workers used to get to the top.
see yaa
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RevSM
Location: South Central Texas
| | | Re: Cotton mill and the Texas Steel plant (what's left)
<Reply # 5 on 8/16/2005 3:51 PM >
| | | | Yeah, that grain elevator was in great shape but probably had one of the worst smells ever. Rotting grain = omfg. Awesome views from the roof. Was going to check out the steel plant with Noah on Sunday morning but didn't get a chance to.
Tetanus for Breakfast!
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Chicagocookie23
Location: Richardson, TX
Gender: Female
I have no pants! :)
| |  | | Re: Cotton mill and the Texas Steel plant (what's left)
<Reply # 6 on 8/22/2005 12:04 AM >
| | | | i had fun exploring too. just thought i'd chime in w/my two cents... i'd like to check out the sites i missed b/c i was sore. the ones mentioned sounded cool. i think one was a house near the trinity river or something like that... sorry for being a charlie party pooper but i got bruised up and scratched up from the cotton place- mox saw me and my love wounds given to me by the buildings... haha, damn them, they told me they loved me... no ky and the reach around... damn
cookie
- lover of men, whiskey, french fries, and books... |
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Arch-Image
Location: DFW
Gender: Male
"This gene pool could use a little chlorine."
| | | Re: Cotton mill and the Texas Steel plant (what's left)
<Reply # 7 on 9/5/2005 8:26 PM >
| | | | Looks like it was a great day! I really like the third shot, it reminds me of a giant version of one of those old rotary push mowers. As for the black cylinders, from what you describe they sound like a charcoal filter of some sort that would go in a tank perhaps. Kinda like the ones ya put in your fish tank that diffuses the air if that makes any sense at all. Very porus but traps all sorts of goodies.
"Your kid may be an honor student but YOU'RE still an IDIOT!" |
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Dokk
Location: Lewisville, Texas
Gender: Male
| |  | Re: Cotton mill and the Texas Steel plant (what's left)
<Reply # 8 on 9/25/2005 12:38 AM >
|  | | | Posted by Arch-Image
Looks like it was a great day! I really like the third shot, it reminds me of a giant version of one of those old rotary push mowers. As for the black cylinders, from what you describe they sound like a charcoal filter of some sort that would go in a tank perhaps. Kinda like the ones ya put in your fish tank that diffuses the air if that makes any sense at all. Very porus but traps all sorts of goodies.
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The black cylinders are definitely not charcoal filters. They are very solid and very heavy almost like they are tiny iron or steel pellets pressed together. They are very solid too, not crumbly or anything like that.
Dokk
"If I'm gonna get blamed for it, I might as well do it!" |
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RevSM
Location: South Central Texas
| | | Re: Cotton mill and the Texas Steel plant (what's left)
<Reply # 9 on 9/26/2005 2:39 PM >
| | | | They look to me like rolls of tar paper. The kind with gravel on one side. Kinda hard to tell though.
Tetanus for Breakfast!
http://www.shatteredshutter.com |
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VanHook
Gender: Male
| | | | Re: Cotton mill and the Texas Steel plant (what's left)
<Reply # 10 on 10/1/2005 2:25 AM >
| | | | Hey, Kookie,
How did you get banged up so bad? Fall through a floor or something? You cant be too careful. These buildings will wait (usually) so don't push your luck with an unsafe approach, no photo is worth dying for.
VH
Some of us do this to escape our jobs, some of us do this wishing it was our job. I some how figured out how to make this my career. |
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Chicagocookie23
Location: Richardson, TX
Gender: Female
I have no pants! :)
| | | | Re: Cotton mill and the Texas Steel plant (what's left)
<Reply # 11 on 10/2/2005 5:42 AM >
| | | | no floor falling through for this Cookie however, i am very accident prone according to my best friend. also, i bruise very easily so i look like a battered wife if i come back from exploring or go to concerts and am in the pit gen. admin./pit area...
though i ache a lot fo times, it feels good. lets meknow i'm still alive...
that and i have this pain thing sometimes...
Cookie
- lover of men, whiskey, french fries, and books... |
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