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Chilling Images Of Abandoned Places

Postby bankska22 » Tue Aug 18, 2015 6:13 am

Hashima Island, Japan

Exploited for its access to undersea coal mines, Hashima island – also known as Battelship Island (for its shape) and Ghost Island – was a thriving miners town in the late 1800s.

However, the mines were closed in the late 1900s after the country switched from coal to petroleum, leaving the island to rot.


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Pripyat, Ukraine

A city of 50,000, Pripyat, in Ukraine, was totally abandoned in 1986 due to a nuclear disaster in nearby Chernobyl.


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I.M. Cooling Tower, Belgium

This trumpet-like structure is part of a cooling tower in an old power station in Monceau, Belgium.


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Re: Chilling Images Of Abandoned Places

Postby VincentLupo » Thu Aug 20, 2015 5:44 am

Cool.
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Re: Chilling Images Of Abandoned Places

Postby bankska22 » Fri Aug 21, 2015 5:25 am

4. Abandoned wooden houses, Russia

Hidden deep within Russian forests, these beautiful wooden buildings have remained uninhabited for years.


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5. Salto Hotel, Colombia

Opened in 1928, the Salto Hotel near Tequendema Falls in Colombia attracted who wanted to admire the 157 meter-tall waterfall. But after interest in the waterfall declined in the 90s, it was forced to close down.


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Postby bankska22 » Wed Aug 26, 2015 6:36 am

6. Underwater city in Shicheng, China

The Underwater City in Shicheng, China, is 1341 years old, and was submerged in 1959 during the construction of the Xin’an River Hydropower Station.



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7. 102-year-old floating forest in Sydney, Australia

This is the hull of the SS Ayrfield, a large steam ship condemned to dismantling in Homebush Bay, Australia after WWII.


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Re: Chilling Images Of Abandoned Places

Postby ctaulbee » Wed Aug 26, 2015 8:22 am

Would you spend an entire night alone in the Salto Hotel, Banks?

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Re: Chilling Images Of Abandoned Places

Postby bankska22 » Mon Aug 31, 2015 4:12 am

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Postby ctaulbee » Mon Aug 31, 2015 7:00 am

:LOL :LOL :LOL
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Re: Chilling Images Of Abandoned Places

Postby bankska22 » Fri Sep 11, 2015 7:42 am

8. The abandoned City Hall subway stop in New York, U.S.A.

Situated below City Hall in New York City, this retro tube station was closed in 1945 because its design became unsafe for modern trains.



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Postby bankska22 » Fri Sep 11, 2015 7:44 am

9. Last house on Holland Island, U.S.A

Once part of a small island colony in Chesapeake Bay in the U.S., the house collapsed in 2010 after the island’s long-term erosion finally came to a head.



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Postby bankska22 » Sat Sep 26, 2015 8:32 am

10. Mirny Diamond Mine, Eastern Siberia, Russia

The pet project of Soviet overlord Joseph Satlin, who excavated the site for diamonds, Mirny Diamond Mine is the world’s second largest man-made hole.



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Re: Chilling Images Of Abandoned Places

Postby Pip » Sat Sep 26, 2015 11:21 pm

The only possible "Chilling" one I've seen yet is the Salto Hotel. What's "Chilling" about the others besides being abandoned?

Good images though. :O
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Re: Chilling Images Of Abandoned Places

Postby ctaulbee » Sat Sep 26, 2015 11:28 pm

Biggest man-made hole is Bingham Canyon Mine, more commonly known as Kennecott Copper Mine among locals, located 28 miles south of Salt Lake City in the USA, they have been mining copper there for almost 100 years now and still going...

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Oh and those little trucks you see dotted down in there, they are quite a bit bigger than pictured lol.

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Postby Pip » Sat Sep 26, 2015 11:34 pm

The tyres alone are about 20ft.
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Postby bankska22 » Sun Sep 27, 2015 4:28 am

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Re: Chilling Images Of Abandoned Places

Postby bankska22 » Sun Oct 11, 2015 8:07 am

11. The Maunsell Sea Forts, England

Decommissioned in 1950, the Maunsell Sea Forts, located near the Thames and Mersey rivers, were errcted to help defend against German attacks during WWII.



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Re: Chilling Images Of Abandoned Places

Postby ctaulbee » Sun Oct 11, 2015 6:37 pm

Looks like "War of the Worlds: Beach Landing" :cheesy
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Postby bankska22 » Mon Oct 12, 2015 4:47 am

So true. lol
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Re: Chilling Images Of Abandoned Places

Postby bankska22 » Mon Nov 16, 2015 7:17 am

12. San Zhi, Taiwan

This holiday park in Sanzhi were built as vacation homes for U.S. military officers posted to positions in Asia. A funding black hole caused the site to shut in 1980, before they were destroyed in 2010.



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Postby bankska22 » Mon Nov 16, 2015 7:20 am

3. Uninhabited island in Southwest Florida, U.S.A.

These small dome structures were the summer home of oil producer Bob Lee before falling into disrepair.


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Postby bankska22 » Wed Dec 16, 2015 7:04 am

14. Abandoned subway tunnel in Kiev, Ukraine

With many of the tunnels partially flooded, and stalactites hang from the ceilings, these eerie subway tunnels lay dormant beneath Kiev, Ukraine.



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Re: Chilling Images Of Abandoned Places

Postby bankska22 » Fri Aug 05, 2016 6:12 am

15. Ryugyong Hotel, Pyongyang, North Korea

Perhaps a shining example of North Korea’s maniacal thirst for grandiosity, this imposing hotel was coated in a cool $150 million worth of glass in 2008, but has largely been abandoned for the past 16 years.


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Re: Chilling Images Of Abandoned Places

Postby Fogdude » Fri Aug 05, 2016 12:40 pm

I lived in Utah during my teens & 20s. Kennecott was a constant item of news. You heard about stuff being done there all the time. It is huge. The trucks look like toys until you see them close up. I was always struck by how relatively little their loads looked, & how small & shallow their beds were, compared to their size, but it take a massive vehicle to move that many tons of ore in one load.
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Re: Chilling Images Of Abandoned Places

Postby chouette » Fri Aug 05, 2016 8:02 pm

Nice pics Banks, keep them up! I wouldn't want to "chill" in any one of these places... :)
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Re: Chilling Images Of Abandoned Places

Postby Bert » Fri Aug 05, 2016 10:52 pm

Awesome pics I've never seen before.. Thanks

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Re: Chilling Images Of Abandoned Places

Postby bankska22 » Sat Aug 06, 2016 4:13 am

chouette wrote:Nice pics Banks, keep them up! I wouldn't want to "chill" in any one of these places... :)

With u on that!!
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