Arla Dairy, Appleby - May 2011

I have been keeping an eye on this for a while and there was never any way to get in, then the last time I went it had an enormous hole through the wall and work machinery in, so I thought I'd better move myself and have a look before it was too late. I'm afraid I missed most of the interesting bits as the workers seem to have done most of the stripping already.



Big hole by UEJEP27, on Flickr

History:
These is a distict lack of info on this site I'm afraid. From what I have managed to find it closed on the 28th February 2009.

At its peak, when it was run by Express Dairies, the depot took in 385,000 litres of milk a day from 400 farms, and employed 250 people. It was taken over by Arla Foods when it moved to this site.

Exterior:


Express Trademark #2 by UEJEP27, on Flickr


Main Door by UEJEP27, on Flickr


Alleyway by UEJEP27, on Flickr


Pipes by UEJEP27, on Flickr

Interior:


Pipes and Wheels by UEJEP27, on Flickr


Flaps by UEJEP27, on Flickr


Machine by UEJEP27, on Flickr


Over View by UEJEP27, on Flickr


Upstairs Floor by UEJEP27, on Flickr


Corridor by UEJEP27, on Flickr



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Love the ferny mossy steps on your Flickr set...and the random organ!
Well done for getting in as soon as you could. Nice one, JEP.

Looks an interesting site.

Like the tile shot.

Thanks for sharing