free hit counter
Portside Grain Elevator aka 'The Motherload' - March 2015 | Oblivion State Urban Exploration

Post a thread

Post a thread in one of the forums

Browse the forums

Browse threads and contribute to reports

Contact Staff

Contact the team

Portside Grain Elevator aka 'The Motherload' - March 2015

mookster

Full Member
OS Member
Joined
Jul 30, 2012
Messages
934
Reaction score
360
Points
63
...or to give it it's proper title, the 'Holy f**king s**t this is epic' Grain Elevator.

After finding the most unassuming but amazing breakfast spot ever where I ate possibly the best toasted bacon and egg breakfast sandwich I have ever eaten I knew that it was going to be a good day.

This place is massive. And I mean truly MAHOOOOSIVE. The elevators at Silo City in Buffalo are the only things comparable in size to this behemoth which towers over everything in the neighbourhood. The ascent to the top floors where all the interest lies involves a dizzying, disorientating spiral staircase in a pitch black metal tube that takes you to the level above the vast silos, and then numerous staircases up to the roof - tiring stuff but the rewards are totally worth it. I soon forgot about my aching legs as once again I found myself somewhere in which I literally didn't know where to point the camera at first, everywhere I looked I saw something I needed to investigate.

So here are some photos of what I saw.

16781629340_b11052df8f_b.jpg


16943263946_d7e7e410ca_b.jpg


16781512348_ef293280fe_b.jpg


16943251836_2cd5474b76_b.jpg


16968257771_afc415452d_b.jpg


16782995879_c43a8ed061_b.jpg


16781709320_0ce99f6c96_b.jpg


16943227186_4edd168d92_b.jpg


16968232981_3cd0caf3fe_b.jpg


16761784787_d3587e9943_b.jpg


16349074623_2da98c14d3_b.jpg


16349066223_5d72ef16f9_b.jpg


16969155835_9253b73d99_b.jpg


16943198896_8b2acf4248_b.jpg


16943197456_9b95df291f_b.jpg


16781454948_ffd1822c10_b.jpg


16782942339_5027c4fc56_b.jpg


16781442408_fa5c5f05d0_b.jpg


16782935879_49b40bba0f_b.jpg


16781436488_8423c98acd_b.jpg


16968184611_f1e028503b_b.jpg


16782926379_5b032143a7_b.jpg


16781426598_af14b919a9_b.jpg


16761729057_3b9099448b_b.jpg


16346751734_4d5d31912d_b.jpg


16761723567_111361be6c_b.jpg


Thanks for looking, more here https://www.flickr.com/photos/mookie427/sets/72157651177326707/


 

The_Raw

Administrator
Staff member
Admin
Joined
Dec 16, 2013
Messages
3,931
Reaction score
2,183
Points
113
Favourite thing I've seen from your recent trip this, full of win...any shots of the spiral staircase?

 

mookster

Full Member
OS Member
Joined
Jul 30, 2012
Messages
934
Reaction score
360
Points
63
Cheers peeps :)

Favourite thing I've seen from your recent trip this, full of win...any shots of the spiral staircase?
It wasn't that great from the outside, it went up about a floor then disappeared into the metal tube so not much to look at from top or bottom sadly...it was bloody tiring though!

 

masodo

OS Member
OS Member
Joined
Mar 10, 2017
Messages
13
Reaction score
8
Points
3
Location
Oaklandon, IN
A little late to the party, I know... but have to say, Thanks For Posting! Motherlode indeed. I have been pondering the exploration of a couple of these locations in my backyard here in Indiana and find this collection a most powerful whetting agent!

 

Dubbed Navigator

OS Full member
OS Full member
Joined
Aug 17, 2015
Messages
1,328
Reaction score
512
Points
113
Location
Leicestershire
A little late to the party, I know... but have to say, Thanks For Posting! Motherlode indeed. I have been pondering the exploration of a couple of these locations in my backyard here in Indiana and find this collection a most powerful whetting agent!


Nothing wrong with bringing old reports back up to the surface, especially when they are like this!

@mookster you have a habit of producing epically mahoosive places, pretty synonymous with ‘murica I guess... ?

nice one.

 
Top