thamesteel

Land on the Isle of Sheppy was acquired in 1968 by the Sheerness Steel Company and work on a steelworks began. Built within the Garrison Town surrounding Sherness Naval Dockyard, the first steel was produced in 1972 and production continued for the next thirty years. In 2003 the site was sold...

Well its been a few weeks since I posted, and about 6 weeks since I visited here with 3 exploring friends from various forums (Liam_CH, Els and a Bengley). I have wanted to crack this site for a very long time, so it was nice to get it done on a sunny April weekend The site is located in...

After seeing a few reports from this place and my fascination with decaying heavy industry, I finally got to chance to see it for myself along with my urbex buddy, Greenthum. Many have said that this place is a colossal site... I wasn't disappointed and they weren't exaggerating! We got onto the...

Thamesteel Visited with Chaos and non member Markymark History Thamesteel, in Sheerness Kent was a steel foundry until January 2012. The owners of the plant went into administration and workers came to work to be told that they no longer had a job. Nothing has happened since that day...

Another one of my old reports, but i thought no point gathering dust in my hard-drive! Visited several times, with SX-Riffraff, Myself, and someone who i wont mention. politics beside, this place is vast, and i mean huge, one of the biggest places i've had the change to see, every turn was...

explored with... wevsky ,obscuirty ,stealh2k12,fortknoxo,urbanginger and six riff raff a little history ... This is a large and interesting complex, located at the northern end of a tight triangular junction with the Sheerness-on-Sea branch. First proposed in 1969, the construction of...

Quick bit of history and a linky if you want to know more The steelworks in Brielle Way, Sheerness, went into administration in January but in June it was sold to a company which is part of former owners, the Al-Tuwairqi Group (ATG). http://www.kentonline.co.uk/times_guard ... _mill.aspx This...