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Thames Steel. Sheernes. Kent. February 2015

Norfolk Explorer

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When the Steel mill closed in 2012 I knew there and then that I wanted to get inside it and check it out. But little did I know that due to my lazy ass and work schedule it would be 2 years later when I would walk in the door and my jaw would drop on the floor in pure amazement of the scale of the site. How had I managed to neglect this big industrial monster that was only a short drive away from Norfolk. So nice one to Wevsky for the map 2 years ago lol

When we were walking around it was just amazing that the amount of dust was there,the wind was howling through the site and the sun beaming in through every available nook and cranny creating some of the best light beams I have ever seen. After around 4 hours of covering half of the ground floor and the 1stfloor we decided that we would head off to our second location and make sure that we came back soon for a re-visit.

History

In January 2012 the site all of a sudden shut with the loss of 350 Jobs. The site had previously been sold to Al-Tuwairqi Group (ATG) in 2002 when its previous owners went into liquidation. But obviously things did not improve.

There are now rumours in the local press that part of the site could open as a rolling mill by the summer of 2015 creating 120 jobs.

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Looks amazing, really cool set of pics there and enough to make me put this right to the top of my list. Cheers for posting (y)

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Yeah it's got to be done, might take a packed lunch with me for this one :D

 

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That was my problem... I had nothing with me, then saw somebody eating and it was game over after that. But it was cool as we then heading into London for more adventures

 

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That's fantastic. On the list this one (for ages)

 

shaddam

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whoa this is cracking !!

 

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For industrial locations in the UK whats not to like (y)

Nice work and great to see ;)

 

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awesome set there we used to b uy steel from these guys before they folded we had an outstanding order aswell!!

 
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