Dec 28, 2009

Machine Works

Posted by: Naaman 

This is a giant complex which used to be a respectable machine plant, but has apparently lost its usefulness. It is currently half abandoned and half active and it is actually big enough not to matter. You could have a rave in the north end on a Monday morning and not one of the 100 people that work on the South end would ever know. In total, there is about two miles of structure to enjoy.



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Dec 20, 2009

Coke Plant

Posted by: Naaman 


Birmingham's finest urban relic: The old coke plant

Climbing up the see-through stairs on the way up the side of the coke oven was a rush that was equaled minutes later as we descended the conveyor shafts down over 100 feet to the ground below. Watching pieces of our stairs make the long fall was sobering.

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Nov 22, 2009

Thermafux

Posted by: Naaman 

Rockwool, Insulation, Asbestos, oh my!

Once a great mecca of abandonment, Thermafiber is slowly fading into memory. The cancer that is a giant evil bulldozer is eating away at it from all sides, slowly, surely, inevitably.

Stay tuned.... More adverbs to come.

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Gray matter

2. Docx
Documents`

3. Hope
HOPE

4. Winslow
Scale

5. Peel
Peeling!

6. Dumper
More dumper

7. Thermafiber
Thermafiber

8. Hyd
Hydrant

9. The Wall
TEH WALL

10. The Machine
Dumper

11. The John
THE JOHN

12. Expose
Seam

13.Rocks from beyond
Rocks from the silo

14. Loom
Loom

15. From above
Goin

16. Hall of Tile
Shaft

17. Self
Naaman

18. Moss
Moss

19. Link
Closeup

20. Extinguish
Extinguisher of things

21. Panorama
PANNERAMMUH