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Urban Exploration 1 by Tøm, Adam
April 28th, 2008 3:08 PM / Location: 52.610852,1.7206478Lime Quay Grain Mill
Really with this kind of task I've always thought it was best to let the photos do the talking but I thought I would give you a bit of background to go with them.
For as long as I can remember there has always been an abandoned grain plant opposite the railway station on Lime Kiln Walk in Yarmouth and for an equally long ammount of time I wanted to investigate. I was browsing Flickr when I came across some photos of it and enquired as to how to get in. I got the instructions and went on a rekkie to see if it was still possible. It was. I arranged with Tom to meet and look further.
We entered through a small cut in the chain-link fencing and we were both pretty astounded by what we found. It was very odd, as if it had been left in a hurry. The electrical room still had many components in place and signs still up. The working areas looked as if they hadn't been made safe at all and the office was still full of office things. Including some coffee, seats, telephones, a telex machine, instruction manuals and all the rest.
Some of the eeriest parts about the whole task were just how still everything was. The electrical switches still said on and the plants seemed to slowly crack up through the pavement to invade what was left. Obviously people had been there before us, there were some alcohol cans around, a little bit of grafitti and somehow a fire had broken out in one section and there were a number of gas canisters in the area which were thrown onto it.
I think I can say we were both very happy to have seen it before it is demolished and turned into generic riverside flats.
Anyway, like I said, the pictures are good so here are some of my favourites and the rest are at the bottom.
Just after completing the task and our final photo on-site.
A dot-matrix printer with some text left in it reading "Power interuption" "Automatic cycle" "Power interuption"
I did a bit of research (Googled) the company, they still own a grain mill in South Norfolk.
Tom's additionI wish there were more places like this.
Tom and I
Having just crawled under the fence and back out
Start
The gap can just be seen next to the No Pedestrains sign
Overgrown
Machinery taken over by nature
No Entry
Ha! Take that The Man
Fuses
These once meant something
Dot Matrix
With some text left on
Silo Switches
No Animals
Cos of Rabies, duh.
Rabies is a Killer
Silos
Probably the tallest part of the place
Berth 22K
Silos
Berthing
I've seen ships hauled up here in emergencies before
Warehouse
Where the grain was unloaded
Feather
No Entry
Switches
A small area of the large switchboard
Light
Smashed on the ground.
Roof
After a fire had broken out
Orange
An orange toilet above the fire-hit area.
Trolly
Vibrating Time
Suspicious Liquid
Area
An old storage area
Sorting
Tom is in the photo, just not visible.
Nest
In an electrics box
Wasn't going to anyway
Fuel Tank
Looking back
Petrol tank
Another storage area
Office
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Dated 1999/2000
Gives a clue to the last operating dates
Telephone
Manager's Office
Overgrown
Office Area
Toilet
Large Office
Another large office which had some drink cans in it and some grafitti
Riverside
A view of the riverside and a flood gate
Collapsed section
Part of the office had collapsed and been taken over by nature
Melted
A very creepy melted typewriter
Sink
In the kitchen area
White pepper anyone?
Coffee and files.
One of the very few remaining files with port emergency procedure in it.
Water Leak
The site of a water leak
Fork Lift Trucks
Irony surely.
Grain Factory
Viewed from the other side of the river.
TOM- Shall we go in?
Yes we shall.
TOM- Control room
TOM- Rabies.
TOM- Switch
TOM- Gear?
Wha?
TOM- 1993
Desk calenders with serial/order codes written all over it.
TOM- Disobediant nature?
Definitely
TOM- Passed the test
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this is beautiful.
i think i'm going to come back and look at these pictures again and again and again.
Jesus. Just heard that Tom got banned from his PC for two weeks for this completion. Kudos for the dedication Tom. His mum is going to hate me.
Two weeks, really! Well if you're going to get grounded for tasking this is not a bad note to go out on.
Ah well we shall see. He has computer access at school so he might post a rebuttal to all this tomorrow.
Hmm, it was worth it.
I'm going again on Friday...
I'll upload my photos in two weeks, if I remember...
It's the quiet that really gets to you.
Awesome. I always think exploration tasks are the most fun and creepy. Worth getting banned over. Really good pictures too.
FINALLY someone has told me which it is!
Thank you.
Sadly upon returning to Great Yarmouth I found this place torn down and gone.
Always thought I'd go back and take more photos one day.
I particularly like the melty typewriter and the dot matrix printer complete with printout. Creepy!