I've been meaning to do this site for months now and with talk recently of it all been sold off and flattened for housing I thought "Right, lets have a crack at it".
Im a little sketchy on history for this site im affraid but heres what I know. The site has been used by Pirelli since the 1920's, and during 90's parts of the site were temporarily closed due to the tough economic climate. By 2000 the site had extended to c.27 hectares in size although some areas still remained unused. This part of the site closed in 2005 and was acquired by a large development company.
The site is huge and this is just a small section (3 floors to be exact) of one of the old buildings. They seem very reminiscent of old mill buildings but little to no machinery remains in these section.
There are still buildings on the site with old machinery left in and I am hoping to visit at a later date as well as the underground tunnels which link various parts of the site together which apparently still have power but flood this time of year.
I apologise for the amount of photos, I got a little carried away in the 3.5 hours I was there. Anyway on with the pics. Enjoy.
Im a little sketchy on history for this site im affraid but heres what I know. The site has been used by Pirelli since the 1920's, and during 90's parts of the site were temporarily closed due to the tough economic climate. By 2000 the site had extended to c.27 hectares in size although some areas still remained unused. This part of the site closed in 2005 and was acquired by a large development company.
The site is huge and this is just a small section (3 floors to be exact) of one of the old buildings. They seem very reminiscent of old mill buildings but little to no machinery remains in these section.
There are still buildings on the site with old machinery left in and I am hoping to visit at a later date as well as the underground tunnels which link various parts of the site together which apparently still have power but flood this time of year.
I apologise for the amount of photos, I got a little carried away in the 3.5 hours I was there. Anyway on with the pics. Enjoy.
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