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Thames Steel closed its doors on 19th January 2012. For three years the site has laid silent, so I thought it was high time I paid it a visit.

The site is huge, and we ended up spending 7 hours exploring it! So apologies if this is a bit pic heavy, but it’s a big site. Thanks to Mikeymutt for encouraging me to go. I had a free day for exploring pencilled in the calendar with nowhere I wanted to go, then got a message from him out the blue saying "You gotta go here!" So thanks again!

Visited with Lady Pandora, Mr Dan, & Sweatpea.

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I loved this room so much. It was a lot darker than it looks here though. This was a 10” exposure:
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Freddy!
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Caged corridor
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Bucket…
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Even the supports under the mezzanine formed a beautiful pattern:
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The light in the warehouses was just lush!
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Big door: (an UrbanX included for scale)
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Tools / parts:
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Admin buildings:
The huge steelworks was shut down at 48 hours notice. I assume the workers were spun a yarn about how they’d “probably be back at work in a few weeks” as the place was left just as it was.

Ties and jackets still hanging up:
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Testing kit:
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Photos left behind:
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Paperwork:
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Not a million miles off what my office is like:
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Mugs still in the dishwasher:
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Canteen:
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The many filthy minded signs of Thames Steel. They never got old.
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Control rooms:
I lost count of how many control rooms we got into, maybe 6?
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Time to go:
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Thanks for reading.
 
I really hope this place doesn't get trashed...Like all the others eventually do. Great report, mate! :)
 
Superb set there..glad you finally got to see it.the place is just totally epic in scale.
 
It's amazing isn't it? I don't usually go in for the industrial sites but visiting here was akin to being in a Mad Max movie....top photos - nice one.
 
Wow! I wanna go here so badly after seeing everyones pics as of late! Top work
 
Fab set of pics. the place is a huge and interesting explore. On my list again having seen some of your great pics.
Thanks for sharing.
 
Lovely crisp pics. This place is right on my doorstep but has a bit of a close relationship to my work so is out of bounds. Its killing me!
 
Love it X That's a titanic set!, you really have to see this place for yourself to really appreciate the grandeur!
 
Holy crap that is beautifull!
I like how it just looks like everyone upped and left like something happened~

That's pretty much what did happen! lol.

"This plant is being mothballed, pick up your belongings and don't bother coming in tomorrow".
 
Sadly I've been made redundant twice in the last five years due to the company going into admin. Each time the bosses were playing the "It might not even be permanent, we'll probably be back at work next week" card so I'm not surprised so much was left behind.
 

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