Broadford works - night visit 09/08

[Alir147]

Headed out the other night to get some more night shots inside Broadford works. The place never fails to amaze me, due to the scale of it! The streets within the boundary walls make it feel that bit bigger.

Mr. Fish, who lives in Aberdeen, fell partly down a lift shaft. He was ok, but it could have been a lot worse.

The site has usually got builders monday - saturday, although it's not too obvious what they're actually doing. I think everyone knows the history and all that by now, but if not, basically - it's Scotland;s oldest iron framed mill and one of the largest, best remaning examples of it's kind. All buildings are Grade A listed and this great piece of industrial heritage is soon to be totally destroyed by the millionaire who ran the company in to the ground and made many Aberdonians redundant with no final wages or even a pension. Now conveniently he's making his £70MILLION "urban village" here. **** springs to mind.

Here's the photos

the archives room

orders from the 30's

 

[lost]

Good to see you posting here again Ali!
Broadford Works is great at night apart from the injury/death factor of falling down some hole or drop you forgot about.

 

[Alir147]

aye that is a wee factor to consider when in broadford works!

Im glad to be back. Had a wee break the various UE forums but i hadn't stopped exploring!

 

[Lightbuoy]

Great stuff Ali!

One of the best Mills that I've seen. A rather odd-looking chimney mind -looks like it might be encasing an older brick one?

Loving the night-time "glow"

Lb:jimlad:

 

[Seahorse]

I've had many a night time "glow" in Aberdeen meself. Guinness induced usually.

 

[Theseus]

I'ts not a chimney. It's one of the two hose lining towers on the site, this one was pupose buit for the job in the 60's.

 

[Lightbuoy]

I'ts not a chimney. It's one of the two hose lining towers on the site, this one was pupose buit for the job in the 60's.

Okay, cheers for that Would you mind telling us what a "hose lining" tower is please? Ta in advance

Lb:jimlad:

 

[Lightbuoy]

I've had many a night time "glow" in Aberdeen meself. Guinness induced usually.

 

[squiggly]

Love those images, great atmosphere inside that building!

 

[Theseus]

Okay, cheers for that Would you mind telling us what a "hose lining" tower is please? Ta in advance

Lb:jimlad:

It's a tower for lining hoses

 

[Theseus]

Sorry Lightbuoy I coudn't resist.
Fire hoses were one of the things made at Broadford, they were woven. This meant they were not water proof, a bit of a handicap. The finnished hoses were lined with a latex rubber. The hoses were hung up inside the tower and the latex pumped up inside them, they were then heated. Hey presto a water proof hose.

 

[Alir147]

Theseus, have I spoke to you on flickr?

 

[Foxylady]

That's a fabulous looking mill. Love those evening shots, the windows and those dusty ledgers. Excellent stuff.

 

[Seahorse]

That's a fabulous looking mill. Love those evening shots, the windows and those dusty ledgers. Excellent stuff.

Window ledgers???

 

[Foxylady]

Window ledgers???

 

[Alir147]

Here's some daytime shots from back in't day!

Cannae quite emphasise just how big the place is!

inside the electrical distribution place!

to give an idea of the scale - this is only a fraction of Broadford!

the "slide" in the new bit

a wierd 'contraption' in the training centre

projector and computer in the training office

and a view from one of the roofs looking over Broadford

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[Theseus]

Theseus, have I spoke to you on flickr?

Yes you have. I'm lurking here trying to pass myself of as the resident Broadford expert

 

[Alir147]

you are the resident broadford expert though!!