This was my very first visit to anywhere, armed with a crappy compact and no tripod
It was my first explore and I was a bit edgy and spent some time dodging lorries coming and going from the Permanite Asphalt site at the far end of the old quarry. With plans to build houses in and around where these builds were, would be interesting to see if the lorries will have their own route. Cant exactly see lorries going through the middle of a new housing development.
I haven't managed to find much info about the quarry itself apart from it quarried limestone or slate. There are some old buildings tucked away that i've seen whilst driving past the site since. Apart from that the only real evidence of the quarry is the lagoon at the far end of the site.
Non of the buildings looked that modern, I got that impression from the styles of the window frames. I guess it's possible some were the old quarry buildings
Flashearth linky
First views when I entered the site
Not sure what this building next to the river was for, but it had big pipes and valves, with an outlet to the river. Most likely some kind of filter building for drain water from the quarry or the bitumen producing building up the bank from it.
Were these marks on the wall
Which are the levels the flood water reached in the floods of those years. In the 2nd pic of the building you can see how far above the river it is, goes to show the floods must've been terrible.
Obligatory smashed up toilet
Next is the building in james.s's thread.
My way to the upper level, first step 6ft off the floor and i haven't got long legs![Frown :( :(](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
These pipes came from the tanks in the above pics and were in smaller building next to them.
Bitumen Emulsion labels
These bits were in the same building
Next building is the one in the first pic, had it's on tracks leading in to it
And old style gantry type crane
Hundreds of paint tins in here, someone had had some fun with them
Next is the building in the second pic, had a big workshop area and sizeable office area too
Whats up here?
Be another gantry crane then!
It went the whole length of the building, was pretty dark in there and couldn't get a shot looking along the rails for the crane![Frown :( :(](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Surely you need more than 11 people to make a 'massive' or were they just 'massive' people?![Mrgreen :mrgreen: :mrgreen:](/main/images/smilies/mrgreen.gif)
SAFE innit![Lol :lol: :lol:](/main/images/smilies/lol.gif)
Randoms
Surprising intact, considering all the building it was in was trashed
Lots of big rolls for something
This was on the wall behind the 'thingy' in the above pic
Quite alot of pics but, work better all being in one thread. Rest of them are here
![Lol :lol: :lol:](/main/images/smilies/lol.gif)
It was my first explore and I was a bit edgy and spent some time dodging lorries coming and going from the Permanite Asphalt site at the far end of the old quarry. With plans to build houses in and around where these builds were, would be interesting to see if the lorries will have their own route. Cant exactly see lorries going through the middle of a new housing development.
I haven't managed to find much info about the quarry itself apart from it quarried limestone or slate. There are some old buildings tucked away that i've seen whilst driving past the site since. Apart from that the only real evidence of the quarry is the lagoon at the far end of the site.
Non of the buildings looked that modern, I got that impression from the styles of the window frames. I guess it's possible some were the old quarry buildings
Flashearth linky
First views when I entered the site
![DSC00092.jpg DSC00092.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/47/47568-DSC00092.jpg)
![DSC00093.jpg DSC00093.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/47/47569-DSC00093.jpg)
![DSC00094.jpg DSC00094.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/47/47570-DSC00094.jpg)
![DSC00095.jpg DSC00095.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/47/47571-DSC00095.jpg)
Not sure what this building next to the river was for, but it had big pipes and valves, with an outlet to the river. Most likely some kind of filter building for drain water from the quarry or the bitumen producing building up the bank from it.
![DSC00100.jpg DSC00100.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/47/47572-DSC00100.jpg)
![DSC00105.jpg DSC00105.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/47/47573-DSC00105.jpg)
Were these marks on the wall
![DSC00118.jpg DSC00118.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/47/47574-DSC00118.jpg)
Which are the levels the flood water reached in the floods of those years. In the 2nd pic of the building you can see how far above the river it is, goes to show the floods must've been terrible.
![DSC00112.jpg DSC00112.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/47/47575-DSC00112.jpg)
Obligatory smashed up toilet
![DSC00121.jpg DSC00121.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/47/47576-DSC00121.jpg)
Next is the building in james.s's thread.
![DSC00154.jpg DSC00154.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/47/47577-DSC00154.jpg)
![DSC00156.jpg DSC00156.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/47/47578-DSC00156.jpg)
![DSC00155.jpg DSC00155.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/47/47579-DSC00155.jpg)
![DSC00157.jpg DSC00157.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/47/47580-DSC00157.jpg)
![DSC00169.jpg DSC00169.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/47/47581-DSC00169.jpg)
![DSC00165.jpg DSC00165.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/47/47582-DSC00165.jpg)
![DSC00167.jpg DSC00167.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/47/47583-DSC00167.jpg)
My way to the upper level, first step 6ft off the floor and i haven't got long legs
![DSC00175.jpg DSC00175.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/47/47584-DSC00175.jpg)
![DSC00170.jpg DSC00170.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/47/47585-DSC00170.jpg)
These pipes came from the tanks in the above pics and were in smaller building next to them.
![DSC00127.jpg DSC00127.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/47/47586-DSC00127.jpg)
![DSC00134.jpg DSC00134.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/47/47587-DSC00134.jpg)
![DSC00132.jpg DSC00132.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/47/47588-DSC00132.jpg)
![DSC00123.jpg DSC00123.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/47/47589-DSC00123.jpg)
Bitumen Emulsion labels
![DSC00140.jpg DSC00140.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/47/47590-DSC00140.jpg)
![DSC00141.jpg DSC00141.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/47/47591-DSC00141.jpg)
These bits were in the same building
![DSC00143.jpg DSC00143.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/47/47592-DSC00143.jpg)
![DSC00133.jpg DSC00133.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/47/47593-DSC00133.jpg)
![DSC00138.jpg DSC00138.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/47/47594-DSC00138.jpg)
Next building is the one in the first pic, had it's on tracks leading in to it
![DSC00200.jpg DSC00200.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/47/47595-DSC00200.jpg)
And old style gantry type crane
![DSC00199.jpg DSC00199.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/47/47596-DSC00199.jpg)
![DSC00210.jpg DSC00210.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/47/47597-DSC00210.jpg)
Hundreds of paint tins in here, someone had had some fun with them
![DSC00197.jpg DSC00197.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/47/47598-DSC00197.jpg)
![DSC00210.jpg DSC00210.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/47/47599-DSC00210.jpg)
![DSC00202.jpg DSC00202.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/47/47600-DSC00202.jpg)
Next is the building in the second pic, had a big workshop area and sizeable office area too
![DSC00212.jpg DSC00212.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/47/47601-DSC00212.jpg)
Whats up here?
![DSC00220.jpg DSC00220.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/47/47602-DSC00220.jpg)
Be another gantry crane then!
![DSC00218.jpg DSC00218.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/47/47603-DSC00218.jpg)
It went the whole length of the building, was pretty dark in there and couldn't get a shot looking along the rails for the crane
![DSC00222.jpg DSC00222.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/47/47604-DSC00222.jpg)
![DSC00224.jpg DSC00224.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/47/47605-DSC00224.jpg)
![DSC00243.jpg DSC00243.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/47/47606-DSC00243.jpg)
![DSC00241.jpg DSC00241.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/47/47607-DSC00241.jpg)
Surely you need more than 11 people to make a 'massive' or were they just 'massive' people?
![Mrgreen :mrgreen: :mrgreen:](/main/images/smilies/mrgreen.gif)
![DSC00236.jpg DSC00236.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/47/47608-DSC00236.jpg)
SAFE innit
![Lol :lol: :lol:](/main/images/smilies/lol.gif)
![DSC00240.jpg DSC00240.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/47/47609-DSC00240.jpg)
Randoms
Surprising intact, considering all the building it was in was trashed
![DSC00250.jpg DSC00250.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/47/47610-DSC00250.jpg)
![DSC00255.jpg DSC00255.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/47/47611-DSC00255.jpg)
![DSC00263.jpg DSC00263.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/47/47612-DSC00263.jpg)
![DSC00271.jpg DSC00271.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/47/47613-DSC00271.jpg)
![DSC00277.jpg DSC00277.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/47/47614-DSC00277.jpg)
![DSC00284.jpg DSC00284.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/47/47615-DSC00284.jpg)
![DSC00286.jpg DSC00286.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/47/47616-DSC00286.jpg)
![DSC00285.jpg DSC00285.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/47/47617-DSC00285.jpg)
Lots of big rolls for something
![DSC00292.jpg DSC00292.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/47/47618-DSC00292.jpg)
![DSC00298.jpg DSC00298.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/47/47619-DSC00298.jpg)
![DSC00295.jpg DSC00295.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/47/47620-DSC00295.jpg)
![DSC00303.jpg DSC00303.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/47/47621-DSC00303.jpg)
![DSC00309.jpg DSC00309.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/47/47622-DSC00309.jpg)
This was on the wall behind the 'thingy' in the above pic
![DSC00314.jpg DSC00314.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/47/47623-DSC00314.jpg)
![DSC00321.jpg DSC00321.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/47/47624-DSC00321.jpg)
Quite alot of pics but, work better all being in one thread. Rest of them are here
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