I noticed there's not all that much on here about this place. The few documented visits seem to have occured either when it was still open to the public or since the current redevelopment started.
Derby used to be this huge bustling railway town in which three different rail networks converged and we had the train manufacturing to go with that. Indeed we still have a good deal of it to this day. Now for anyone in any doubt then Wikipedia has the following to say on the subject:
"A roundhouse is a building used by railroads for servicing locomotives. Roundhouses are large, circular or semicircular structures that were traditionally located surrounding or adjacent to turntables. The defining feature of the traditional roundhouse was the turntable, which facilitates access when the building is used for repair facilities or for storage of steam locomotives."
Now what's particularly great about this one is that it was part of the earliest railway works in England - it was constructed in 1839
It was in full use up until 1970 and then... well I know it was still open to public viewing for some time after that and that the front of the building was used as a temporary ticket office while the train station which is directly across the way was having a large facelift. Other than that I'm pretty ignorant about what's what, aside from knowing that it's currently being converted into a college building which will preserve all the worthwhile parts of the structure.
The bulk of my pictures were taken in January last year, back when there were still a bunch of pikeys living on the ground outside and just a month or two before the fences went up and the place became maximum security - although I did acquire a few more shots after that time too
Now after the hole in the first floor that I gained access by I wasn't sure how great a state it would be in but it was all in excellent shape aside from that. The roundhouse is connected to a huge building which I had a full run of:
Sadly I never got to explore the neighbouring vacant structure:
So yes, on with the snaps! And please bear with me as this was one of my first outings with the camera and very early in the year so I was only removing my gloves to take each shot. Between my inexperience, the low light and me shivering then they didn't all come out terribly well
Roundhouse interior:
The waiting room?
Total run of the place:
Indoors looking out:
This is the sorta thing makes it all worthwhile
Somebody slap some moisturiser on that wall!
Wonder if they left anything in those fridges?
This is the age of the train:
Inside-out again - love these yard-type areas that are totally hemmed in by the surrounding building:
Everything and the kitchen sink!
Guess they'd rather have people travel by car then?
Going up?
Not a pane remained:
Underground art:
Outdoor electrical box:
Huge workshop:
I'm just really jealous I never got into the clocktower after seeing that some other folks did...
Anyways, you can view the rest of the pics in my ImageShack album (they are all tagged as 'roundhouse')
Derby used to be this huge bustling railway town in which three different rail networks converged and we had the train manufacturing to go with that. Indeed we still have a good deal of it to this day. Now for anyone in any doubt then Wikipedia has the following to say on the subject:
"A roundhouse is a building used by railroads for servicing locomotives. Roundhouses are large, circular or semicircular structures that were traditionally located surrounding or adjacent to turntables. The defining feature of the traditional roundhouse was the turntable, which facilitates access when the building is used for repair facilities or for storage of steam locomotives."
Now what's particularly great about this one is that it was part of the earliest railway works in England - it was constructed in 1839
It was in full use up until 1970 and then... well I know it was still open to public viewing for some time after that and that the front of the building was used as a temporary ticket office while the train station which is directly across the way was having a large facelift. Other than that I'm pretty ignorant about what's what, aside from knowing that it's currently being converted into a college building which will preserve all the worthwhile parts of the structure.
The bulk of my pictures were taken in January last year, back when there were still a bunch of pikeys living on the ground outside and just a month or two before the fences went up and the place became maximum security - although I did acquire a few more shots after that time too
Now after the hole in the first floor that I gained access by I wasn't sure how great a state it would be in but it was all in excellent shape aside from that. The roundhouse is connected to a huge building which I had a full run of:
Sadly I never got to explore the neighbouring vacant structure:
So yes, on with the snaps! And please bear with me as this was one of my first outings with the camera and very early in the year so I was only removing my gloves to take each shot. Between my inexperience, the low light and me shivering then they didn't all come out terribly well
Roundhouse interior:
The waiting room?
Total run of the place:
Indoors looking out:
This is the sorta thing makes it all worthwhile
Somebody slap some moisturiser on that wall!
Wonder if they left anything in those fridges?
This is the age of the train:
Inside-out again - love these yard-type areas that are totally hemmed in by the surrounding building:
Everything and the kitchen sink!
Guess they'd rather have people travel by car then?
Going up?
Not a pane remained:
Underground art:
Outdoor electrical box:
Huge workshop:
I'm just really jealous I never got into the clocktower after seeing that some other folks did...
Anyways, you can view the rest of the pics in my ImageShack album (they are all tagged as 'roundhouse')
