Assembly & Test Facility July '13

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mookster

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About time I had some new stuff to bring to the explore table! Hat tip to Stuart (who is a member here but I forget his name!) for finding it.

I really can't find much out about this place other than they offered fabrication, component finishing and product assembly services over a 17000m2 site. The company worked on their own projects of which some were valued in terms of multi-millions of pounds so it wasn't a small fry!

The company went into liquidation and the facility closed in 2008, and here's where it gets weird - after closure, part of the site was taken over by a nearby university to house their mechanical engineering department, they too have vacated the premises some time back so now the whole site is empty.

I was having autofocus issues with my camera all day so a few may not be as sharp as I'd like...

It's not an interesting building externally so just the one from me













There is a fair amount of empty office space













It had it's own bar in the far end of the top floor of the site!



Just a few records left....







Huge archive bins full of blueprints and diagrams



















There was a great surprise we found at the end of the explore but sadly forum rules mean I can't include it, it's on Flickr though!

More here http://www.flickr.com/photos/mookie427/sets/72157634515708164/ :)
 
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Very interesting explore. Used to work in the motor industry and have seen similar rig test facilities. Not state of the art even for 2008.
Assume the bottle of gin dates from the student days!
 
I've been on Ur Flickr for the last two hours at least (may be 3?) (can't say I had nothing else to do tonight, such as...work & stuff, but...). I really like the way you document places. My favourites are La Maison de Grand Georges and The House in the Woods. You've made an amazing job.
 
Cheers everyone, it held way more than I thought it would for a modern abandonment!
 

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