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Abandoned Places.

icyfroth — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 02:41:32 GMT

Going through the BUILDING photo thread, it struck me how many abandoned and places there are around the world. Tunnels, Factories, Railway Stations, Hotels, Houses etc.

Like the old shipwrecking yard in Homebush Bay:

Image credits: Bruce Hood

This is the hull of the SS Ayrfield, a large steam ship condemned to dismantling in Homebush Bay, Australia after WWII. When the dismantling yard closed down, however, it and several other ships remained where they were. Now, it is a beautiful and haunting floating forest that serves as an example of nature’s capacity for survival.

It's near the Sydney Olympics 2000 site.

Does anyone else have any favourite abandoned places stories?

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katymatey* — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 02:57:19 GMT

Posted this one in a photo thread.

My grandparents home, left abandoned when my grandmother went into care. It makes me sad.

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icyfroth — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 03:02:58 GMT

Is it still standing? And what will happen with it ultimately?

There's a place like that in Riverstone, been in a state of decay for years and years.

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horizon1907 — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 03:27:16 GMT

I see that photo as quite beautiful. All the memories that the home has. If the walls could talk !!! 🙂

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lloydslights — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 03:36:18 GMT

The place in Richmond, Icy, is probably on land that a Developer has bought and is awaiting further suburban growth. Many houses in the outer surrounds of Sydney have become abandoned for that reason.

The "attachment' has been lost to the master - MONEY. The former landholders had millions of $s dangled before their eyes which they grabbed with glee. The former battlers who fed Sydney.

Further, the building may be of historical value. But it's condition is let decline so that it becomes beyond repair; ensuring that a new house will replace it. Whereby he makes more profit.

Right now, he isn't worrying about added costs like bringing the house up to scratch with up-to-date safe electrical wiring, and non rusty water pipes and sewerage and an asbestos free zone for those pesky tenants.

Of course, different circumstances for others here on this board.

DEB

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lloydslights — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 03:44:38 GMT

I feel that the old homes with character, are those that have a verandah and a chimney.

The character which implies sitting with family in the cool, or in front of a cosy fire.

DEB

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i-need-a-martini — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 03:55:44 GMT

I have an abandoned farmhouse in Italy that was left to me (and a couple of cousins) years ago by my grandparents. It's a stone cottage on arable land with the remnants of a pistachio farm with a fantastic view of Mt Etna in the background.

Sounds romantic doesn't it lol?

I always dreamed of going there and fixing it up but it has accumulated taxes of close to $150,000 in the last 3 decades so I can't even step on the property without paying this first. It can't even be sold without paying this first.

I doubt if it will ever be claimed by anyone in our family.

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amber-eyed-girl — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 04:00:49 GMT

Martini, sad to hear that. A similar situation for a friend of mine. Family home in Florence. Taxes. Had to sell. They were devastated.

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katymatey* — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 04:22:39 GMT

@icyfroth wrote:
Is it still standing? And what will happen with it ultimately?

There's a place like that in Riverstone, been in a state of decay for years and years.

Yes Icy it is still there. Just about 100 metres from my parents current home. Just down the track actually. It is on the land left to my uncle.

I see it every week when I visit Mum. I have this urge to go inside, just to see what is left of what I remember. I can't though as it is unsafe.

I imagine it will sit there until one day one of my cousins will inherit it, and maybe knock it down and build. Maybe!

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*mrgrizz* — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 04:28:31 GMT

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katymatey* — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 04:34:48 GMT

It was struggle street really. My grandparents had five kids, and then my grandfather ( in his 30's) had a massive heart attack. He was a shearer, and pretty much had to give that up. This was during the great depression and money was very very tight. He was able to set rabbit traps around the property, and rabbit meat was a constant on the table. What with a house cow (which my grandmother milked, made butter etc) and chooks they managed to bring up the kids. Also a couple of sheep were slaughtered each year. In later years my grandfather contracted shingles which never left him. He was on morphine injections every six hours for years. My grandmother was hardly ever able to leave the house for any extended time, because he became reliant on her and the morphine. 😞 He was also stone deaf, and I used to communicate with him by talking on my fingers. I was ten when he died, and I wish I could have known him better.

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icyfroth — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 04:35:10 GMT

Grizz!

I know what you mean. Only this morning I was doing a mental tally of ppl I haven't seen here for a while. Then again, a lot of "new" Ids have sprung up.

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katymatey* — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 04:42:51 GMT

I think there are quite a lot of ppl reading, but not posting. The photo thread is a good example. Lots of ID's who kudo, but I don't see actually post.

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icyfroth — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 06:39:47 GMT

@katymatey* wrote:
It was struggle street really. My grandparents had five kids, and then my grandfather ( in his 30's) had a massive heart attack. He was a shearer, and pretty much had to give that up. This was during the great depression and money was very very tight. He was able to set rabbit traps around the property, and rabbit meat was a constant on the table. What with a house cow (which my grandmother milked, made butter etc) and chooks they managed to bring up the kids. Also a couple of sheep were slaughtered each year. In later years my grandfather contracted shingles which never left him. He was on morphine injections every six hours for years. My grandmother was hardly ever able to leave the house for any extended time, because he became reliant on her and the morphine. 😞 He was also stone deaf, and I used to communicate with him by talking on my fingers. I was ten when he died, and I wish I could have known him better.

That's quite a story Katey. It always amazes me how poor people were and still managed to raise large families. Now ppl have plenty but no families.

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this-one-time-at-bandcamp — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 06:40:31 GMT

This isn't abandoned, per se........it's just no longer used.

Tunnel #13 in the Siskiyou Mountains in Southern Oregon.........site of the last great train robbery in the West, in 1923.

I did not take this picture, but I thought it would be of interest. This was the line that most of Southern Oregon's timber and lumber traveled south on. A number of years ago, transients managed to set fire to the shoring in the tunnel, and firefighters braved collapsing debris in the process of extinguishing it. It took another year to shore it up, and by that time, the owners of the line after being informed how decrepit it was decided to halt operations.

The wreath over the tunnel commemorates the 4 individuals who died during the robbery.........

More data here........... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeAutremont_Brothers

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icyfroth — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 06:47:58 GMT

The old Edwin Davy Sons Flour Mill in Pyrmont, just over the Anzac Bridge. I pass it fairly often on the way home from being out west.

It stood vacant for years, then there was just the facade, covered in graffiti.

This is what it looked like back in the day:

for the last month or so it's been covered over with scaffolding and shrouded in plastic, so it must have finally been cleared for development. It'll be interesting to see how they integrate the old facade. Some fine new buildings in that area at the moment.

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icyfroth — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 09:51:46 GMT

@this-one-time-at-bandcamp wrote:
This isn't abandoned, per se........it's just no longer used.

Tunnel #13 in the Siskiyou Mountains in Southern Oregon.........site of the last great train robbery in the West, in 1923.

I did not take this picture, but I thought it would be of interest. This was the line that most of Southern Oregon's timber and lumber traveled south on. A number of years ago, transients managed to set fire to the shoring in the tunnel, and firefighters braved collapsing debris in the process of extinguishing it. It took another year to shore it up, and by that time, the owners of the line after being informed how decrepit it was decided to halt operations.

The wreath over the tunnel commemorates the 4 individuals who died during the robbery.........

More data here........... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeAutremont_Brothers

good on ya, Band, that story reminded me of another song title for the PLACES thread 🙂