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Abandoned textile factory Anonymous
There's an abandoned textile factory (mill?) in Aberdeen, Scotland, that I have wanted to visit for a long long time. Anyone who's spent any time in the city will almost certainly know of its existence.

Last weekend I finally got into the place with two friends. We got in by going through the back door of a house (marked with a yellow spot on the map), and climbing out of its basement window into the factory car park.

Anyway, I took almost 800 photos and thought you guys might like to see some. Image quality might be iffy since I had to use ISO 400, and continual focus kinda messed up the focus on a few panoramas, but hopefully nobody will notice anyway.
>> Anonymous
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I'm going to be uploading these in the order that they were taken. Roughly.
>> Incubus
Yes please, show us what you got :)
>> Incubus
is it just me or is 4chan really lagy atm ?
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>>335581
I'm getting minor problems, but it's probably my torrents.
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Pity how everything loses its colour when you upload it to the web.
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This one bugs me for obvious reasons.
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This is slightly better.
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>>335601
Precisely.
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Just liked the lamp-post in this one.
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Incoming panorama stitching issues...
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>> Anonymous
Wow, it's like any given block in New Orleans.
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>> Anonymous
find anything cool?
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>>335584
Thought this was neat
>>335627
Be that as it may, I appreciate the effort from this anon
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>>335632
Not really. Couple of bottles of various types of acid; hydrochloric/sulphuric/etc. Mostly it was just cotton and smashed glass.

==
This set of steps was slightly scary. It goes over the top of a stairwell, and there's a 5 storey drop beneath you, which you can see through the steps. Didn't help that it was rusted and creaked when you stepped on it, but it was the way to the roof.
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Woops, forgot the photo from the roof.
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View from the doorway the two were standing by in>>335646

Focus is pretty messed up in this one.
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Right, I'm going to take a break for a while.

Not exactly running out of photos, so I'll probably post some more later if anyone is remotely interested.
>> Anonymous
this thread delivers! some of the pics are a little blurry--but nothing to wine about... post more!
>> Anonymous
>>335599
>>335600

Looks like a CSS map
>> Anonymous
hello to a fellow Aberdonian, nice piccys... I never thought of this place as being somewhere I'd like to go but it looks pretty cool. Your phtoos document it much better than I could have!
>> an_orange_hrfag
OP, are you downloading this torrent?
>http://thepiratebay.org/tor/4050289/HR_pics
:D
/me attempts to stop whoring the torrent around everywhere, so it gets more seeders/peers
>> Anonymous
looks cool, do you have a torrent of them or some complete package? won't be able to d/l them today.
>> Anonymous
Awesome photos
>> Anonymous
Damn good pics. Post more!
>> Anonymous
These are great. But shoot some nudes (women) in there next time...
>> Anonymous
must bump, i want more pictures!

i work in theater and i know a lot designers who would benefit from having a stockpile of abandond building pics,

well done, op
>> Anonymous
your awsomeness is large OP, very large.
Thank you.
>> Anonymous
Fucking beautiful thanks much OP
>> Anonymous
bumping before bed, don't let this die, i want moar!
>> Anonymous
>>335832

your largess is very awsome OP, very awesome

Thanks
>> Anonymous
These are pretty fucking cool. I wish I could find something like that our here in the states.
>> Anonymous
Dude, i'm making textures for a 3d project for uni...these are extremely useful, i am indebted i wish i could pay you back
>> Anonymous
thnx for the nice pictures, very cool subject, and new material should be here more often instead of the same pics and subjects over and over again

maybe you should try to pick the best ones out of your 800 pic collection.. and throw the rest away, be more selective.

thanks for sharing
>> Anonymous
Jesus christ, i think i burned out my "FUKKEN SAVED" button.
>> Anonymous
>>335894

If you live in the east coast, Pittsburgh (and PA in general) has SHITLOADS of abandoned factories. Some of the coolest shit I've ever seen. But, they are pretty hard to break into.
>> Anonymous
>>335930
Sadly, I live in California. I have broken into a marked for demolition section of the Chicken Of The Sea Tuna Plant off interstate 5. It was lame. Nothing as awesome as OP's site.
>> Anonymous
Dear OP.
I must say that those are very nice pics!
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>>335930
How hard can it possibly be to break into an abandoned factory?! It's not like security guards could catch you or something...
>> Anonymous
This thread is awesome. I have a friend who shits himself over nearly anything having to do with aging post-industrial towns.

I'm quite pleased to see that not only is the subject impressive, but the camera work as well. Looking forward to the rest of OPs pics.
>> Anonymous
GET OUT OF HERE STALKER
>> Anonymous
OP, good work, keep posting!
>> Anonymous
OP, You fucking rock. And I hate you for living my dream :[
>> Anonymous
OP here, haven't read any comments yet, sorry.

I'll post a load more in about 4 hours. At work just now.
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Okay, got a couple more here.
>> Anonymous
Fuck yeah UE
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Some of these panoramas have obvious stitch issues. I could have sorted it so that you wouldn't notice, but that would take hours, so I only removed the blindingly obvious ones that were in the centre of the frame.

No doubt I'll have missed some anyway.
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nikon d300. Nice cam anon!
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>>336090
Yeah, sure is. Pity my lens sucks though, images would have been a lot nicer with a good prime..
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Quality is pretty bad on this one (had to shoot low shutter speeds hand-held, which is why these images are all at least a little blurry) but I loved the decay in this room.
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Out onto the roof again.
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OP did anyone ever tell you that /P/ is over THERE?

Im sure youd be more appreciated by people who do this daily, not jus tthose lookin' for some free hi res... Am i right guys?
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Gotta love stairways with plants growing on them. On the 5th floor.
>> Anonymous
>>336116

NO :D
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This is taken from the roof of the red building in the background of>>335649


Last one for tonight. Gotta get up at 6am for work (just like I did this morning, and it's 11:20pm now), and I'm completely knackered.

Might post some more some time. Hope you liked them, and hopefully more people will post new stuff on /hr/ Far too many reposts these days.
>> Anonymous
>>336116
Yeah I know, but I like /hr/ better than /p/ so I decided to post them here.
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>>336124

You chose... poorly.

>>336123

...although admittedly that CRATE O' DEATH hangin up there is a wiley coyote accident waiting to happen!
>> Anonymous
:D
>> Anonymous
If it's so abandoned, why are there so many cars and trucks in its parking lots?
>> Anonymous
This is The Most Epic Thread in /Hr/'s History
>> Anonymous
>>336202
look to be from google maps. i know google map images are years behind in being updated. must be old i guess.
>> Anonymous
>>336202
What>>336254said.

Sat image is years out of date.
>> an_orange_hrfag
>>336254
>>336307
It is. If you look at the top left building of the encircled-by-red area, you can faintly see a google (C) symbol poking out of the roof.
>> Anonymous
Bump for moar
>> Anonymous
Shit, gotta do this kind of thing when I'm on my next photo hunt.
>> Anon !nafxN1EfIo
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Hey,

I have two images for OP. I have used one of his pictures as my wallpaper. This first is a screenshot but i'll also attach a photo of my desk area to prove its spanned across the monitors correctly.
>> Anon !nafxN1EfIo
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Sorry the image quality is not up to yours but its my phone cam.
>> Anonymous
OP please share moar. These are great!
>> Anonymous
/r/ torrent of the complete set
>> an_orange_hrfag
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Honestly, that isn't half bad for a cellphone camera.>>336458
>>336223
>>335922
>>335753
>>335738
I agree with these.
>>335689
and most definetely this one. Needs a torrent of those pics. Full set or bust.
>> Anonymous
>>336484

Fucking agree with this anon, torrent of full set would be awesome.
>> Anonymous
BMUPS
>> Anonymous
POAST MUST NOT BE TOAST
>> Anonymous
alive
>> Anonymous
Must keep ....alive.
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Why did nobody else immediately think this on seeing these?
>> Anonymous
STICKY THIS SHIT
>> Anonymous
Great place for airsofting!
>> Anonymous
im thinkin about buying/renting this place, clean it up, and make some bitch ass rave parties!
>> Anonymous
>>336692
Is your allowance gonna be enough? I don't think your parents can afford to give you the several hundred thousand dollars you'd need.
>> Anonymous
i will make it a community effort=> work and entertainment for the young plus cleaning/protecting the environment, the councils/high schools will love it ;)
>> Anonymous
OP here.

I've only posted 50 out of almost 800, so I have plenty more. Won't get back to my computer until tomorrow night unfortunately, but I'll post a bunch more then.

Might consider a torrent, but the whole lot makes up almost 8Gb, and my computer is only on for 3 days a week (work 4 days a week, where I'm away from home 24/7).

Glad you guys like them anyway.
>> Anonymous
>>336788

With any luck, 3 days will be enough. Anon actually surprised me with the /hr/ torrent so many seeders.
>> Anonymous
>>336788

Go for it anyway...
most of us have torrent clients available 24/7 so will keep it alive until you can give us more
>> Anonymous
Jesus Christ torrent plz this is sweet!
>> Anonymous
STICKY!!!!

OP post more!
>> Anonymous
I will be checking this remotely and emailing myself, please keep this thread alive until I get to the cities (4hrs+ away)!
TORRENT! ANON DEMANDS A TORRENT!
>> Anonymous
>>336933

Dude, this is /hr/. There are threads that haven't seen activity for 6 DAYS still alive in here.
>> an_orange_hrfag
>>336938
and yet my thread about the 1.17 gig /hr/ torrent was baleeted. probably by mods or whomever.
>> Anonymous
Best thread on 4chan i must admit the effort op has gone to deserve a fully gratifying thanks
>> Anonymous
>>336859

I have a client residing on a 20mb down and 700kb up line. I am willing to seed alot and am willing to be superseeded too if OP knows how. From there I can upload a shitload and am willing to superseed to anyone else with a decent line. From there we should be able to hit everyone.

OP if you are still out there just upload a torrent file and we will do the rest. You only need to upload while your line is alive and we will keep it going.
>> Anonymous
>>336978

20 meg down and only 700k up? What's up with that?
>> Synonymous
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probably uses bethere.co.uk as an ISP.

I'm on the 24/2.5, though goes more like 17/2.

I too would hit a torrent of this and make sure it's well seeded. OP, do it.
>> Anonymous
gotta keep this alive!
>> Anonymous
>>337064

Virgin cable...
if im lucky I can get 2.5mB/s down and a complete maximum of 100kb/s back up again...

but its usually nearer 2mB/s down and 70kb/s back up again...


I'm guessing its virgins way of controlling torrents. I know I live in a house of 5 students and the upload is rarely a restriction to anyone but me trying to torrent.
>> Anonymous
Where exactly is this? I might consider going myself.
>> Anonymous
>>336664
That is awesome beyond words.
>> Anonymous
>>337183
It's in Aberdeen. The long straight road slightly to the right of the factory on the map is George St.

If you go to Aberdeen, you can't miss it. You can see the tower from miles away.

OP again (still at work), I don't mind torrenting the collection in theory, but my ISP has my torrents capped at a 40kbps upload speed, so it would take forever for me to upload the lot.

Also, a lot of them aren't very good. It was quite dark, so a lot of the photos are slightly blurry because I was holding the camera with slow shutter speeds.
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>>336664
More like..

Get out of here stalker!
>> Anonymous
>>337175
Extreme fail, but I feel your pain. It's the same here in Switzerland. 20 down, 1 up, wtf.

Seeding torrents is futile for me, so I just leech. Makes it easier on the conscience at least.
>> an_orange_hrfag
>>337211
The torrent I started was 1.17 gigs, and I seeded it on 30k/s up.
DO IT OP. Just make sure to return to seeding after your days of work.
>> Anonymous
>>337264

Naa...

For torrents to work as a whole people need to seed. I still always manage 1:1.2

This does however mean I dont really pull very much down. Although my torrent client is never turned off anymore.
>> Anonymous
>>337253
Nice shoop anon.
>> Anonymous
Another anon here requesting a torrent.

I would gladly seed as well.

Just start it up when you get home. What do you got to lose? Either we all fail at it and don't get the pictures, or we don't get them all in the first place.

Thanks for this shit, by the way, I fucking love abandoned places, and would love to go to one myself.
>> Chopstixxx
BEAUTIFUL!!

Royalty free?