Explore #3 of the ‘Hot Filth Tour’
Crossing over into Belgium on Day One of our industrial-focussed exploring weekend, we made a quick stopover to see this picturesque little control room. Please excuse the uber-naff Urbex ‘codename’ for the location – nothing to do with me!
History
I’ve not been able to find any details directly, but according to other reports this was once a ‘turbo-jet’ powered plant. Its purpose was to enable very quick electricity generation to meet spikes in demand, or to provide emergency cover if the regular grid generators failed unexpectedly. The turbo-jet was jump started with a compressed air tank, and powered by burning naphtha (a highly flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixture) to reach maximum output capacity within just a couple of minutes. This building has clearly lain empty and disused for a number of years, although there are still workers present elsewhere on the site.
Our Explore
As you can see, the only bit of real interest left in this building was the control room with vintage panels, dials, and switches so this was a brief but enjoyable little explore…
The main part of the building was now stripped out, but we admired the cast-iron staircase.
Mark rolled back the years to squeeze through the entrance gap! 🙂
Revisit
Explore #6 of the Greased Otters Tour, August 2017
Tim hadn’t seen this location before, so we managed to squeeze in a very quick 30-minute (re)visit. I decided to chill out, and only took a couple of new shots…
Do you feel lucky, Punk?
Adam X