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<blockquote data-quote="Mikeymutt" data-source="post: 347806" data-attributes="member: 30366"><p>me and man gone wrong were debating what to do so we come up with a choice of places and decided to have a go at this,and a few other places he had never been and I had visited a few yeas back,but was not over happy with my shots from here and missed huge parts of it.so off we go hoping that we get through the secca barrier ok and in before the port authority drive down the road,and we got in ok and it was a bit different way in this time..i have a bit of a fascination for this place its very unique.construction of the factory started in 1898 and completed in 1901.the factory was built to accommodate the massive fishing industry growing in Grimsby.it became the largest factory of its type in the world and one of the largest refrigeration buildings in the world.a massive decline in the need for ice with onboard refrigeration in the boats meant the factory slowly cut down production and in 1990 the factory shut down for good.the ice was originally made by ammonia compressors starting the process powered by stema engines the steam was provided by six lancashire boilers but in 1930 new electric compressors were added a total of four made by J and L hall and were powered by wellington ickers motors.these were the largest of this sort ever built.and the only remaining ones left.a fith one was added in 1950.the water was poured into massive tray lined with brine and then it was crushed and then taken up and on conveyor belts straight to the docks and on the boats.there was seven ice rooms in total at its peak with the factory producing 1200 tonnes a day.there is a group trying to save the building but not to much joy there as the are struggling to get funding and the port authority really eem to have no interest in the building which is a crying shame really</p><p></p><p>Looking down over the four compressors</p><p></p><p><a 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up here..looking over tank room one</p><p></p><p><a href="http://s1027.photobucket.com/user/Mikeymutt1972/media/0%200%200%200%200%200%20abandoned%20A/Grimsby%20ice%20factory/image_zpsx2dfqpgc.jpeg.html" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]230455[/ATTACH]</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s1027.photobucket.com/user/Mikeymutt1972/media/0%200%200%200%200%200%20abandoned%20A/Grimsby%20ice%20factory/image_zps0yaer918.jpeg.html" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]230456[/ATTACH]</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s1027.photobucket.com/user/Mikeymutt1972/media/0%200%200%200%200%200%20abandoned%20A/Grimsby%20ice%20factory/image_zps3lmc45rc.jpeg.html" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]230457[/ATTACH]</a></p><p></p><p>Looking across rooms one to two.you can see the pipes on the wall that were used to feed water into the tanks</p><p></p><p><a href="http://s1027.photobucket.com/user/Mikeymutt1972/media/0%200%200%200%200%200%20abandoned%20A/Grimsby%20ice%20factory/image_zpsumfrdd8w.jpeg.html" 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building and another building are separate the other building is tank rooms five and six.the way across was a rusty old bridge.which I don't know why I crossed it that high up.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://s1027.photobucket.com/user/Mikeymutt1972/media/0%200%200%200%200%200%20abandoned%20A/Grimsby%20ice%20factory/image_zpsibrducbb.jpeg.html" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]230463[/ATTACH]</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s1027.photobucket.com/user/Mikeymutt1972/media/0%200%200%200%200%200%20abandoned%20A/Grimsby%20ice%20factory/image_zpssffaqrom.jpeg.html" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]230464[/ATTACH]</a></p><p></p><p>Looking over tank room five I stayed on the concrete pad I did look at the spiral taircase but it was all rotten around it so left it,there are four spiral staircases in the factory</p><p></p><p><a href="http://s1027.photobucket.com/user/Mikeymutt1972/media/0%200%200%200%200%200%20abandoned%20A/Grimsby%20ice%20factory/image_zpstpevp4rp.jpeg.html" 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[QUOTE="Mikeymutt, post: 347806, member: 30366"] me and man gone wrong were debating what to do so we come up with a choice of places and decided to have a go at this,and a few other places he had never been and I had visited a few yeas back,but was not over happy with my shots from here and missed huge parts of it.so off we go hoping that we get through the secca barrier ok and in before the port authority drive down the road,and we got in ok and it was a bit different way in this time..i have a bit of a fascination for this place its very unique.construction of the factory started in 1898 and completed in 1901.the factory was built to accommodate the massive fishing industry growing in Grimsby.it became the largest factory of its type in the world and one of the largest refrigeration buildings in the world.a massive decline in the need for ice with onboard refrigeration in the boats meant the factory slowly cut down production and in 1990 the factory shut down for good.the ice was originally made by ammonia compressors starting the process powered by stema engines the steam was provided by six lancashire boilers but in 1930 new electric compressors were added a total of four made by J and L hall and were powered by wellington ickers motors.these were the largest of this sort ever built.and the only remaining ones left.a fith one was added in 1950.the water was poured into massive tray lined with brine and then it was crushed and then taken up and on conveyor belts straight to the docks and on the boats.there was seven ice rooms in total at its peak with the factory producing 1200 tonnes a day.there is a group trying to save the building but not to much joy there as the are struggling to get funding and the port authority really eem to have no interest in the building which is a crying shame really Looking down over the four compressors 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[URL=http://s1027.photobucket.com/user/Mikeymutt1972/media/0%200%200%200%200%200%20abandoned%20A/Grimsby%20ice%20factory/image_zpsksb8e7of.jpeg.html][ATTACH=full]230441[/ATTACH][/URL] [URL=http://s1027.photobucket.com/user/Mikeymutt1972/media/0%200%200%200%200%200%20abandoned%20A/Grimsby%20ice%20factory/image_zpsimu9bozs.jpeg.html][ATTACH=full]230442[/ATTACH][/URL] This was the lateradded compressor five [URL=http://s1027.photobucket.com/user/Mikeymutt1972/media/0%200%200%200%200%200%20abandoned%20A/Grimsby%20ice%20factory/image_zpsf8audabk.jpeg.html][ATTACH=full]230443[/ATTACH][/URL] [URL=http://s1027.photobucket.com/user/Mikeymutt1972/media/0%200%200%200%200%200%20abandoned%20A/Grimsby%20ice%20factory/image_zpss1vne7sh.jpeg.html][ATTACH=full]230444[/ATTACH][/URL] [URL=http://s1027.photobucket.com/user/Mikeymutt1972/media/0%200%200%200%200%200%20abandoned%20A/Grimsby%20ice%20factory/image_zpswfy8izcb.jpeg.html][ATTACH=full]230445[/ATTACH][/URL] small office up the top with a drawing board and the rotting remains of some plasns [URL=http://s1027.photobucket.com/user/Mikeymutt1972/media/0%200%200%200%200%200%20abandoned%20A/Grimsby%20ice%20factory/image_zpsjc00th7q.jpeg.html][ATTACH=full]230446[/ATTACH][/URL] [URL=http://s1027.photobucket.com/user/Mikeymutt1972/media/0%200%200%200%200%200%20abandoned%20A/Grimsby%20ice%20factory/image_zpsa7m74uol.jpeg.html][ATTACH=full]230447[/ATTACH][/URL] [URL=http://s1027.photobucket.com/user/Mikeymutt1972/media/0%200%200%200%200%200%20abandoned%20A/Grimsby%20ice%20factory/image_zpsfyla6hdg.jpeg.html][ATTACH=full]230448[/ATTACH][/URL] [URL=http://s1027.photobucket.com/user/Mikeymutt1972/media/0%200%200%200%200%200%20abandoned%20A/Grimsby%20ice%20factory/image_zpszavgvpj8.jpeg.html][ATTACH=full]230449[/ATTACH][/URL] [URL=http://s1027.photobucket.com/user/Mikeymutt1972/media/0%200%200%200%200%200%20abandoned%20A/Grimsby%20ice%20factory/image_zpsqrprkkst.jpeg.html][ATTACH=full]230450[/ATTACH][/URL] This was the pump house were the water would be extracted from boreholes in the ground [URL=http://s1027.photobucket.com/user/Mikeymutt1972/media/0%200%200%200%200%200%20abandoned%20A/Grimsby%20ice%20factory/image_zps7wb87hiy.jpeg.html][ATTACH=full]230451[/ATTACH][/URL] Don't know wat these valves were used to operate but I liked them. [URL=http://s1027.photobucket.com/user/Mikeymutt1972/media/0%200%200%200%200%200%20abandoned%20A/Grimsby%20ice%20factory/image_zpskp9boknx.jpeg.html][ATTACH=full]230452[/ATTACH][/URL] [URL=http://s1027.photobucket.com/user/Mikeymutt1972/media/0%200%200%200%200%200%20abandoned%20A/Grimsby%20ice%20factory/image_zpsq5slu1vx.jpeg.html][ATTACH=full]230453[/ATTACH][/URL] [URL=http://s1027.photobucket.com/user/Mikeymutt1972/media/0%200%200%200%200%200%20abandoned%20A/Grimsby%20ice%20factory/image_zpsshpnryvs.jpeg.html][ATTACH=full]230454[/ATTACH][/URL] Up the stairs to ice tank rooms one and two.its a bit ropey up here..looking over tank room one [URL=http://s1027.photobucket.com/user/Mikeymutt1972/media/0%200%200%200%200%200%20abandoned%20A/Grimsby%20ice%20factory/image_zpsx2dfqpgc.jpeg.html][ATTACH=full]230455[/ATTACH][/URL] [URL=http://s1027.photobucket.com/user/Mikeymutt1972/media/0%200%200%200%200%200%20abandoned%20A/Grimsby%20ice%20factory/image_zps0yaer918.jpeg.html][ATTACH=full]230456[/ATTACH][/URL] [URL=http://s1027.photobucket.com/user/Mikeymutt1972/media/0%200%200%200%200%200%20abandoned%20A/Grimsby%20ice%20factory/image_zps3lmc45rc.jpeg.html][ATTACH=full]230457[/ATTACH][/URL] Looking across rooms one to two.you can see the pipes on the wall that were used to feed water into the tanks [URL=http://s1027.photobucket.com/user/Mikeymutt1972/media/0%200%200%200%200%200%20abandoned%20A/Grimsby%20ice%20factory/image_zpsumfrdd8w.jpeg.html][ATTACH=full]230458[/ATTACH][/URL] [URL=http://s1027.photobucket.com/user/Mikeymutt1972/media/0%200%200%200%200%200%20abandoned%20A/Grimsby%20ice%20factory/image_zpshkefxopo.jpeg.html][ATTACH=full]230459[/ATTACH][/URL] [URL=http://s1027.photobucket.com/user/Mikeymutt1972/media/0%200%200%200%200%200%20abandoned%20A/Grimsby%20ice%20factory/image_zpsh1et1ahf.jpeg.html][ATTACH=full]230460[/ATTACH][/URL] [URL=http://s1027.photobucket.com/user/Mikeymutt1972/media/0%200%200%200%200%200%20abandoned%20A/Grimsby%20ice%20factory/image_zpspq7yvdbd.jpeg.html][ATTACH=full]230461[/ATTACH][/URL] you can see on the roof how bad things have got [URL=http://s1027.photobucket.com/user/Mikeymutt1972/media/0%200%200%200%200%200%20abandoned%20A/Grimsby%20ice%20factory/image_zps52lgsoqq.jpeg.html][ATTACH=full]230462[/ATTACH][/URL] the main building and another building are separate the other building is tank rooms five and six.the way across was a rusty old bridge.which I don't know why I crossed it that high up. [URL=http://s1027.photobucket.com/user/Mikeymutt1972/media/0%200%200%200%200%200%20abandoned%20A/Grimsby%20ice%20factory/image_zpsibrducbb.jpeg.html][ATTACH=full]230463[/ATTACH][/URL] [URL=http://s1027.photobucket.com/user/Mikeymutt1972/media/0%200%200%200%200%200%20abandoned%20A/Grimsby%20ice%20factory/image_zpssffaqrom.jpeg.html][ATTACH=full]230464[/ATTACH][/URL] Looking over tank room five I stayed on the concrete pad I did look at the spiral taircase but it was all rotten around it so left it,there are four spiral staircases in the factory [URL=http://s1027.photobucket.com/user/Mikeymutt1972/media/0%200%200%200%200%200%20abandoned%20A/Grimsby%20ice%20factory/image_zpstpevp4rp.jpeg.html][ATTACH=full]230465[/ATTACH][/URL] The upper and lower amonia tanks [URL=http://s1027.photobucket.com/user/Mikeymutt1972/media/0%200%200%200%200%200%20abandoned%20A/Grimsby%20ice%20factory/image_zpsskjuoemu.jpeg.html][ATTACH=full]230466[/ATTACH][/URL] [URL=http://s1027.photobucket.com/user/Mikeymutt1972/media/0%200%200%200%200%200%20abandoned%20A/Grimsby%20ice%20factory/image_zpsb7ubutdk.jpeg.html][ATTACH=full]230467[/ATTACH][/URL] Heading back down to the pump beds [URL=http://s1027.photobucket.com/user/Mikeymutt1972/media/0%200%200%200%200%200%20abandoned%20A/Grimsby%20ice%20factory/image_zpsxsf5j8iv.jpeg.html][ATTACH=full]230468[/ATTACH][/URL] This was the original boiler house.six boilers sat in here once [URL=http://s1027.photobucket.com/user/Mikeymutt1972/media/0%200%200%200%200%200%20abandoned%20A/Grimsby%20ice%20factory/image_zps6tskii6f.jpeg.html][ATTACH=full]230469[/ATTACH][/URL] [URL=http://s1027.photobucket.com/user/Mikeymutt1972/media/0%200%200%200%200%200%20abandoned%20A/Grimsby%20ice%20factory/image_zpsmqh8ls9x.jpeg.html][ATTACH=full]230470[/ATTACH][/URL] [URL=http://s1027.photobucket.com/user/Mikeymutt1972/media/0%200%200%200%200%200%20abandoned%20A/Grimsby%20ice%20factory/image_zpsxpnkqtvf.jpeg.html][ATTACH=full]230471[/ATTACH][/URL] [URL=http://s1027.photobucket.com/user/Mikeymutt1972/media/0%200%200%200%200%200%20abandoned%20A/Grimsby%20ice%20factory/image_zpsslq07hus.jpeg.html][ATTACH=full]230472[/ATTACH][/URL] Down below is tank rooms three and four [URL=http://s1027.photobucket.com/user/Mikeymutt1972/media/0%200%200%200%200%200%20abandoned%20A/Grimsby%20ice%20factory/image_zpsymte4zyg.jpeg.html][ATTACH=full]230473[/ATTACH][/URL] [URL=http://s1027.photobucket.com/user/Mikeymutt1972/media/0%200%200%200%200%200%20abandoned%20A/Grimsby%20ice%20factory/image_zpsjtezkw8x.jpeg.html][ATTACH=full]230474[/ATTACH][/URL] [URL=http://s1027.photobucket.com/user/Mikeymutt1972/media/0%200%200%200%200%200%20abandoned%20A/Grimsby%20ice%20factory/image_zpszfgqivnd.jpeg.html][ATTACH=full]230475[/ATTACH][/URL] [URL=http://s1027.photobucket.com/user/Mikeymutt1972/media/0%200%200%200%200%200%20abandoned%20A/Grimsby%20ice%20factory/image_zpstthceclp.jpeg.html][ATTACH=full]230476[/ATTACH][/URL] [URL=http://s1027.photobucket.com/user/Mikeymutt1972/media/0%200%200%200%200%200%20abandoned%20A/Grimsby%20ice%20factory/image_zpsim6zpav5.jpeg.html][ATTACH=full]230477[/ATTACH][/URL] [URL=http://s1027.photobucket.com/user/Mikeymutt1972/media/0%200%200%200%200%200%20abandoned%20A/Grimsby%20ice%20factory/image_zpsrvzkmxey.jpeg.html][ATTACH=full]230478[/ATTACH][/URL] [URL=http://s1027.photobucket.com/user/Mikeymutt1972/media/0%200%200%200%200%200%20abandoned%20A/Grimsby%20ice%20factory/image_zpspnrqzcqc.jpeg.html][ATTACH=full]230479[/ATTACH][/URL] And lastly we have rusty the uebex fox he followed us around for quite a bit and even laid down watching me take photos [URL=http://s1027.photobucket.com/user/Mikeymutt1972/media/0%200%200%200%200%200%20abandoned%20A/Grimsby%20ice%20factory/image_zpsvxha9n8u.jpeg.html][ATTACH=full]230480[/ATTACH][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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