Assembly & Test Facility July '13

[mookster]

About time I had some new stuff to bring to the explore table! Hat tip to my mate for finding it.

I really can't find much out about this place other than they offered fabrication, component finishing and product assembly services over a 17000m2 site. The company worked on their own projects of which some were valued in terms of multi-millions of pounds so it wasn't a small fry!

The company went into liquidation and the facility closed in 2008, and here's where it gets weird - after closure, part of the site was taken over by a nearby university to house their mechanical engineering department, they too have vacated the premises some time back so now the whole site is empty.

I was having autofocus issues with my camera all day so a few may not be as sharp as I'd like...

It's not an interesting building externally so just the one from me

There is a fair amount of empty office space

It had it's own bar in the far end of the top floor of the site!

Just a few records left....

Huge archive bins full of blueprints and diagrams

And...we weren't expecting to find this

More here http://www.flickr.com/photos/mookie427/sets/72157634515708164/

 

[Bonesout]

Nice and clean there! Excellent snaps, you must be one of the first in?

 

[skeleton key]

Great set and location mooks

The place look in really good order and loads to take in.

quality share mate cheers





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[mookster]

Nice and clean there! Excellent snaps, you must be one of the first in?

As far as I know we were the first to photograph it, although its obviously been visited by metal fairies a little bit and local kids. Loads of pretty valuable kit left from the university department hence keeping the location on the general down low

 

[skeleton key]

Always good when you manage to catch places at the right time and fair play keeping it off the radar

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[Perjury Saint]

​Industrial Strength Quality!! Nice one Mooks...

 

[sj9966]

Nicely done Mook's a cool looking place!

 

[shaddam]

This is lovely stuff

 

[Banshee =}]

Very nice some cool shots here =}

 

[shatners]

Lovely set that mate... loads to see

 

[Nelly]

Nicely done, love the van!!

 

[Lara]

Very nice indeedy :jump

 

[Stussy]

Such a good find Mooks, so much machinery and files left behind. Cracking pics!

 

[Scattergun]

Plenty to see in there mate, nice little set. Loved that engine block.