Multiple stories of grated metal flooring, mostly intact machinery and pipes. Incredible. I loved this place. Probably one of the greatest places near Birmingham.
The lot itself is semi-maintained, and the water ponds have fairly new and active pumping equipment in them. Both adjacent lots are active and staffed.
Keep Out - But wide open, as if inviting us in...
An overall view of the generators in the foreground, and the four coal fired combustion chambers in the background.
Old gauges, frozen in time.
Lifter
Pipes
I'm not a power plant engineer, but I suspect that these fed air into the combustion chamber.
This chart captured the plants final moments as it was shut down - for good.
Growth
Looks like these batteries are just a bit past their expiration date.
Stacks
And then we left. Few places can rival this abandoned power plant.
Is there anyway you could contact me on how to get here? I have done some explorations in Birmingham area and could possibly give you some places. I'm dying to see this place. My email is zbozau@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteMy best friend and I use to explore there often back in the mid-80s, when we were teenagers. I taught him how to repel from those smoke stacks. The water pits were not there then, and if you walked across the grounds on the other side of the pits(that were not there) there was an old textile mill that is mostly torn down now. We walked every inch of that place also. We also went in the water treatment building next to the grounds, they were not abandoned. We were stupid kids...I wish I had taken pictures back then, I have always loved that place.
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