Hey,
Bit of an unusual explore, there is an abandoned site right near where I live so I decided to check it out. Turns out it used to be known as Kitto Laboratories and were part of a group known as 'Associated Laboratory Services Group.'
A little bit of background - In the 1880's Benedict Kitto, a former lecturer at Camborne and Public Analyst for the county of Cornwall, founded an analytical practice in the City of London. Over the space of the next 100 years, Benedict Kitto & Sons gained a wide international reputation as independent samplers and assayers particulary in the fields of tungsten, tantalum, molybdenum, niobium and tin.
After the sucess the company had they changed there name to KITTO LABORATORIES LIMITED to make it more modern. They expanded to have a small board of directors and moved the company to Bocking Essex. With the addition of the board who had many years experience of sampling behind them, the company expanded the range of tests they carried out. Thus making the ALSP company.
The company entered financial difficulty in the mid 90's and was forced to cease all operations. The premises have all remained abandoned since then.
It's not the most amazing report for you to read but I found it very interesting and I hope some of you like it.
Picture wise it was very hard to get any decent ones as there was next to no light inside the building.
Cheers, Gav.
This was in the ladies toilets so we know what machine it is but in the bottom tray it still had money in in. Old big 5p's and there were a few shillings too
In the labs
There was still quite a bit of heavy machinery left.
On the roof looking onto main warehouse
Very strict hand washing in the toilets. Not a (just wash the right hand) job
That is pretty much it. Sorry it's not mesmerising but it was a good few hours and nice grounds.
Gav
Bit of an unusual explore, there is an abandoned site right near where I live so I decided to check it out. Turns out it used to be known as Kitto Laboratories and were part of a group known as 'Associated Laboratory Services Group.'
A little bit of background - In the 1880's Benedict Kitto, a former lecturer at Camborne and Public Analyst for the county of Cornwall, founded an analytical practice in the City of London. Over the space of the next 100 years, Benedict Kitto & Sons gained a wide international reputation as independent samplers and assayers particulary in the fields of tungsten, tantalum, molybdenum, niobium and tin.
After the sucess the company had they changed there name to KITTO LABORATORIES LIMITED to make it more modern. They expanded to have a small board of directors and moved the company to Bocking Essex. With the addition of the board who had many years experience of sampling behind them, the company expanded the range of tests they carried out. Thus making the ALSP company.
The company entered financial difficulty in the mid 90's and was forced to cease all operations. The premises have all remained abandoned since then.
It's not the most amazing report for you to read but I found it very interesting and I hope some of you like it.
Picture wise it was very hard to get any decent ones as there was next to no light inside the building.
Cheers, Gav.
This was in the ladies toilets so we know what machine it is but in the bottom tray it still had money in in. Old big 5p's and there were a few shillings too
In the labs
There was still quite a bit of heavy machinery left.
On the roof looking onto main warehouse
Very strict hand washing in the toilets. Not a (just wash the right hand) job
That is pretty much it. Sorry it's not mesmerising but it was a good few hours and nice grounds.
Gav