Pilkington's Glass
The Explore
Drove up to meet Session9 at Doncaster and headed for some industrial goodness and we weren't disappointed. Using the "going in dry" technique as always we had a wander around the outside looking for access. At one point I was boot-deep in mud and water in a large pipe checking out a possible access point when i heard S9 having a meeting with a yappy dog above so I hid in the pipe until it buggered off, whilst slowly sinking. The old sealskinz waterproof socks proving their worth once again
Further around the perimeter we got lucky and found a way in...
The History
(stolen from S9 once again lol)
Pilkington Glass was established in St Helens, Merseyside in 1826. The Doncaster site was opened in 1922 at its canalside location in Kirk Sandall. Pilkingtons had a large workforce and the small village of Kirk Sandall grew to provide housing for the workers. There was even a pub nearby named "The Glassmaker" (now rebuilt and re-named "The Glasshouse").
The site eventually ceased production in 2008.
The Pictures
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This area was mahoosive!
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Unfortunately this gantry crane cab had been wedged shut, otherwise i'd have taken it for a spin..
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The font and colour of these hand-painted signs reminded me of New York fire engines for some reason..
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Many would've taken a picture of the number on the pillar to the left....
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I spent a lot of time climbing shit here and ended up pretty much covered in red dusty crap by the end of the day..
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Hell minus 300..
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Rusty pipe..
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A very much live area which appeared to have some newly built train tracks and smelled better than your own fart brand..
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Battery Charging Room
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Moving on to the Engineers Workshop area..
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Gogglebox..
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Got filthy climbing up here...
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Gay machinery..
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As always thanks for looking and feedback always appreciated
The Explore
Drove up to meet Session9 at Doncaster and headed for some industrial goodness and we weren't disappointed. Using the "going in dry" technique as always we had a wander around the outside looking for access. At one point I was boot-deep in mud and water in a large pipe checking out a possible access point when i heard S9 having a meeting with a yappy dog above so I hid in the pipe until it buggered off, whilst slowly sinking. The old sealskinz waterproof socks proving their worth once again
Further around the perimeter we got lucky and found a way in...The History
(stolen from S9 once again lol)
Pilkington Glass was established in St Helens, Merseyside in 1826. The Doncaster site was opened in 1922 at its canalside location in Kirk Sandall. Pilkingtons had a large workforce and the small village of Kirk Sandall grew to provide housing for the workers. There was even a pub nearby named "The Glassmaker" (now rebuilt and re-named "The Glasshouse").
The site eventually ceased production in 2008.
The Pictures
1.
This area was mahoosive!
2.
3.
Unfortunately this gantry crane cab had been wedged shut, otherwise i'd have taken it for a spin..
4.
The font and colour of these hand-painted signs reminded me of New York fire engines for some reason..
5/6.
Many would've taken a picture of the number on the pillar to the left....
7.
I spent a lot of time climbing shit here and ended up pretty much covered in red dusty crap by the end of the day..
8.
Hell minus 300..
9.
10.
11.
12.
Rusty pipe..
13.
A very much live area which appeared to have some newly built train tracks and smelled better than your own fart brand..
14.
Battery Charging Room
15.
Moving on to the Engineers Workshop area..
16.
17.
18.
Gogglebox..
19.
Got filthy climbing up here...
20.
Gay machinery..
21.
22.
As always thanks for looking and feedback always appreciated
