This TOXIC WASTELAND Almost Poisoned an Entire Town
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- Today we visit what's left of a site which used to make industrial chemicals for the agricultural industry. When the site closed, the soil was so contaminated that it has taken years for the clean up crew to make the area safe. Most of the site has now been turned into housing, but some still remains.
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Exploring the dilapidated ruins of civilisation, abandoned untouched millionaire mansions, secret underground bunkers, derelict industrial factories and abandoned theme parks. We're not serious urban explorers, if you can't tell, so don't expect a history documentary packed with valuable information. Instead expect 3 down to earth guys exploring abandoned places. Urban Exploration is not for kiddies. Be safe whilst exploring.
After doing a bit of digging, seeme Bayer just upped and left, leaving a chemical soup of contamination on this and the main site over the road. The NEW owners only cleaned up the other site because they wanted to build houses, which they now have. I love the fact that a multi-billion $ company, BAYER, can just leave a site contaminated like this, the same company that has had the finger pointed at for the decimation of the world's wildlife and in particular bees.
Spent years in industrial process filtration, the “balls” on top of the large tank are shade balls (floats) to slow evaporation or to prevent sunlight causing a reaction in chemical compounds that could be in whatever fluid was in the tanks originally depending on the tanks use
They also act as an anti foaming guard.
Norton is a legend for getting into the explore and tackling everything that gets in his path. hats off to you sir hope you feel better soon. As for the drone footage I think its worth it if done and edited correctly in my opinion. Keep up the good work lads!
what happened to him ?
@@Pure-Luck447 He has Achilles tendinitis a common condition that causes pain along the back of the leg near the heel. He use crutches so he doesn't put pressure on it.
True very inspiring
On crutches and still exploring. Salute 🫡 this man 😄
Hope you're feeling better now Norton!
Also, Al's looking very pretty with the flowers in his hair.
OMG, Norton, what have you done to yourself lad ?!
Al is looking pretty with the flower in his hair.
Lloydie, don’t let Norton out of your site, dangerously climbing high !! Great explore lads, keep it up !! My favorite Urban Explorers !!
10/10 effort there Norton, keeping the vids alive, love it. Hope you feel better.
Drone footage is good when done right, it can offer a better view of a place because sometimes when all you see if ground footage you can't really appreciate the size or scale of a place.
what happened to him
Credit to Norton for his commitment to the channel! Great video, definitely an interesting place this one. I think drone footage is all good when it's done well or just edited into the video in bits as opposed to 10 minutes of flying around. Can't wait for next week.
Looks like a water treatment plant. Companies need to treat any water they use in industry before they pout it down the drains. Mate works at a plating company, and they have a full water treatment plant, their water is cleaner going out than coming in.
Yeah, sewerage works. I live near one.
No no no we made socks there
Norton your a star. I know using crutches is not easy,keep going my man. Speedy recovery. Great video as always lads
Well done Norton for still getting into the explore - crazy for climbing, but good on ya!
Thunder, thunder, thunder Cats UP THE HOE!!
Hi lads are you 3 from Bradford ?
@@dianewinterburn8553 That`s personal...I think
Norton, you are a legend , that ladder climb off the ground was epic. Al looked sweet with those flowers in his hair. I like drone footage but only if it gives you a better perspective on the place, well done guys the banter was so on point.
Living locally to this plant was my first exploration, You guys should have gone when the laboratory building was still standing. Lab uniforms laying allover the place, And their where 2 valves still connected to a tank, Great fun to mess about with seeing this chemical water flowing out at high pressure. Great, explore as always keep up the good work!!
I’ve worked with chemicals for 24years (yawn) the first set of tanks you looked at are water purification tanks. They probably had to remove impurities from town water so they wouldn’t react with chemical production. The stones act as a filter
Aww guys bless you. Having a paraplegic on your team shows us what wonderful humanitarians you are!! Get well soon Johnny! Is your injury because you cut all your hair off and lost all your strength like a modern day Samson? ☺️☺️❤️😛
Lol!😁🤣🤣✌
Found a small bit of history in this place:
As someone said below, it looked like a water treatment plant, so I looked it up and found it!
This waste water treatment plant is all that remains of the former Bayer Agrochemical Facility in Cambridge, the main facility across the road was demolished in 2010, the land was so badly contaminated with chemicals that a massive decontamination operation was undertaken, and it was reported at the time that the fumes from chemicals being released on site were having ill effects on local residents. The site was finally signed off as safe in 2014 and there are currently houses being built on the old main site. Across the road was the waste water treatment plant which remained in operation until 2012 when it closed for good. This side of the site was also home to the plant's playing field and indoor squash court.
That explains the squash court! Thought it was weird
@@upthehoe Yeah, I thought it was odd to have a squash court in that kind of place as well!
I realize I'm being somewhat naīve and indulging in the sort of thinking where you have London full of Beefeaters and guys that wear monocles - but when the lads were going on about "Robocop's Detroit", I was thinking "Too right, mate, 'Industrial Hellscape', or what?!"
Imagine my surprise when it turns out it's Cambridge! "What, like, 'Dreaming Spires' Cambridge, with dudes in gowns, and 'specky' students in duffel coats going about on pushbikes..?"
Only the 'Dreaming Spires' is the 'other one', innit? Oxford! And _they're_ no more about Teddy Bear toting guys wearing boater hats and purple and yellow blazers gliding about in punts, than Cambridge is... More like car plants and recreational rioting in chav~y council estates, lol!
I suppose when you stop and think about it as well, chemical plants aren't necessarily _all,_ like, 'Bhopal' - jobs, it might actually make a ton of sense for them to be in university cities..?
I worked there for 34 years we made socks but only the left ones
Soooo what have you done to yourself master Norton? Hate crutches gives me blisters. Great explore guys made my night, 😘
Drones are an evolution in photography & adds another dimension. It’s always a feature of a video & is here to stay.
One of the best urbex channels around, another great video, keep up the good work lads
*al thows a ball down to lloydy*
lloydy "AHHHHH!"
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I like a little drone flyover. It gives the explore context and helps you make sense of the building. I don't like tons of drone footage, but a short flyover is awesome.
Drone footage is good if you do something imaginitive with it, and to provide a vista of the whole location it's cool to see where you're exploring
balls of steel going up that ladder with a gammy leg 👍
a bit of drone footage might be fun, maybe with a voiceover or something over the top. its nice to get an overview of the place sometimes
like you said drone footage is ideal for these big places to get an idea of how big a place is
Norton is a very brave boy!
Seriously though good on you still going out like that, I for one appreciate your commitment to the channel 👍🏻
Hi HoE!👋🐈 Wow...somebody will be dead asleep on the way home. Congrats to Norton's tenacity. And to Lloyd's editing...there must have been a lot of dead time.
That fence, same idiots that designed and built tRump's border fencing here in the States.
I did miss the jocularity, jocularity, jocularity of the three of you...sigh, the good ole' days. 🤗🤗🤗🐈
Yeah big respect for getting out and helping the cause. Thanks
Awesome job Norton! Well done 👏 😊
Norton! It's like where the Joker falls in. Camera pans to Norton a mile in the distance .... Hilarious to rewatch.
Love drone footage over abandoned houses,etc. Just not 30 min. Of it!
Prayers up from America for your leg 🙏🕊
Good on ya, Norton. Get better soon. Al, drone footage is cool when looking down on something that’s hidden, like storage bins and such, but looking down on normal stuff is boring. Keep up the great content, fellas. Love it.
Ya know...ive powered through almost all of my injuries in my life....my only regrets is not slowing down and going to the dr now....bones that dont heal right hurt ALL THE TIME ! take it easy Norton 💚 y'all take it easy 💚💚💚💚
Brave boy Norton. Hope it gets better soon :)
Good Boy Badge for John! Drone footage is ok depends on the explore if it's a huge interesting place why not?
Great to revisit the old content
Drone footage is good when done properly! Another great video guys…well done Norton, you’re certainly braver then me 😂😂
What have you done to yourself Norton? You're so awesome for still hanging the boys..interesting video💜💜💜
I like the drone footage. It gives your a different perspective looking around.
Great exploring on this site guys, you don't let anything hold you back!
Ooh and Al, drone footage is cool!! Love the flowers 💕💕
You guys should check out FPV Drones. There are a few different types, you have WAY more control and you wear cool looking goggles that relay the video feed from the drone. I mainly fly Tinywhoops they are very small and can get into some tight places!
Drone footage is awesome when it comes to getting us seeing something that is at the same time keeping you guys safe. Been awhile since seen your guy's vids. Norton I hope you have a speedy recovery bud 💯🤜
I'm not getting notifications again and its marked, bell is on..come on UA-cam you're turning into a BoobTube! NORTON!! So good to see you again❣
Definitely continue with the drone footage really shows a scope of the whole place
I feel your pain Norton ! Mine are left & right crutches and the bloody stopper falls off on the bottom 🙈 its a pain in the ass. You've still got on and get on with shit Norton 👏 I'm always doing stuff I shouldn't be 😆 the flowers suit you Al ! I always wondered what those big towers looked like, ours were cooling towers but were knocked down👍 safe journeys always 😎
Kudos for climbimg up that ladder while injured hope you're feeling better Norton.! Great video too 🖤
I’m sorry Norton that you’re ailing. Get better soon. 👍🏻😎
Awesome spot ... really love these industrial derelicts
This place has the best graffiti tags I've seen in a video in a while. Awsome apocalypse movie set!
Omgosh Jon, that's truly dedication to you're craft!!!! Heal quickly, so you can out explore you're mates!!!!!!!!!❤
Good job Norton. And yes keep doing drone footage. It is always cool to see the area from that areal view.
Norton your brave still climbing and doing your thing with bad leg
Al's such a pretty punk rocker with flowers in his hair
Damn hate to see the homie down but hope you get better soon Norton.
Waste water treatment plant to treat the run off from the site and groundwater. 13:24 is a filter bed that would spin round when water is pumped in.The plastic balls shape have a large surface area so more efficient. Other tank 07:25 is a settlement tank.They obviously didn’t want to contaminate anything outside of this place.
get well soon norton love your vids always make me smile ;) norton your the man going up there with your bad leg
Johnny you proved today how “ Awesome you truly are 💪 “ ! The pain u must have been 😩 💩Great video again xxx
' A wasp'... cracked me up...
Take it easy Norton, don't overdo it. Love the videos!
Guys it was a Waste (shit) Treatment Plant. Not a chemical plant. The tanks are a bit of a give away.
I went there about 15yrs ago. And that shed you only see the frame of was still mostly up. But It was in awful shape.
Looks like someone moved the abandoned trucks that were there.
And it looks like the old office transport building isn't there anymore other bit you can see the concrete spot with the electric hook up where it was.
Very.cool videos.guys.
I think with your fun banter and narration you guys make anything great! Drone footage would be nice for the expansive sites to grasp the magnitude. Drone footage or not, I eagerly anticipate your notifications of new videos!
Love these kind of places! Props to Norton for powering though!
As for drone footage. I'd say it's most worthwhile in sites that are too massive to see everything.
Well done Norton you r an inspiration x
That looked so painful!
Norton earned himself a sponge bath!
And the most pointless fence goes to...
Norton , you should probably throw away those rubber end caps after that explore.
i think the balls are called shade balls, they help stop evaporation and keep the liquid cool. They use them in reservoirs in the states and sometimes in peoples pools
It’s a water treatment plant, those “balls” are made to grind up waste, basically shite. 🤣
Good wee vid guys❤❤❤👍
Those stones in the tank should be put on sale in Nortons general store. If it's dangerous and full of chemicals I'm up for buying them.
Starting bid 99p
Drone footage is cool in the intros
This factory used chemical reactions and filtration techniques extracted fluids from dead bramble picker carcasses to create the wine called lambrini...cool place , Norton you must be wearing a cocodamal tampon
An who's little monkey paws are helping you wipe ur hairy chocolate starfish ?
Is it Al or loydy ...bless there brave tormented souls
Awesome video lads! Commitment! Get some electrical tape around that stopper mate. Stop it falling off. Didn't think I'd end this comment talking about Norton's crutch
Waited until I finished work to enjoy this for a change👌👌👌epic as always!!
Brave boy Norton! Also, to answer Al’s question, Drone footage is fine, but it’s more fun watching you guys chat shit and have a laugh. It’s more personal and entertaining, your guys humour is awesome!
Every time the camera shows Als little flower hair pieces I just smile lol
What a brave boy that Norton is 👍
Great video!!! Fair play to Norton and what’s with Al’s flowers 🌸
Oh they look very petty!!!! 🤣😂🤣🤣😂
OMG I live in cambridge and did not know that even exsisted. Hope you get better soon Norton.
I just had a thought and i know where this in now, Great vid.
I love the drone footage myself, it’s a nice birds eye view.
Love you Norton. Keep it real💋💋💋
I applaud your passion for sunset pics 😂 👍
Norton + crutches = Mindful exploring 🤭👏🏻
How high was Norton, and were all you guys sharing his pain meds?
Someone tell Al, it’s against the law to pick bluebells. He’s a criminal 😱
Al has since been arrested and is serving a stretch in the cell with big Barry and a tube of vaseline
I think that only applies to the British variety, most of the ones we see are Spanlsh.
Lock him up. Lock him up
@@armpitfuzz It’s ok to pick them if they’re Welsh though. Fanx For Askin 😂
@@upthehoe Dont lock him up they’ll bum him ! *FREE THE HELL ON EARTH 1*
Big fan of "Hopping Norton".
Should be a new channel of just him climbing more weird/dodgy stuff with that gammy leg of his.
Nice of Norton to disable himself to be just like me! 🤣
Norton? What the Hell on Earth? Can't run from cops now! Hope you heal quickly!
Wrapped up a zoot, cup of Yorkshire Red, looking forward to this one 👍
Brave boy Norton.
Kudos.
Big industrial is back...nice one lads, short drone clips of interesting things is ok but 10 min long epics with uplifting music is a definate MEH!
those black ball things sat on the top of that tank are shade balls! they're designed to stop the water underneath from evaporating
really brave Norton a true legend Al you look so sweet
Hi guys Al i love your flowers Johny he always shows up awsome Lloidy love you guys.
Barnsley metrodome, not been there in yonks
When’s Norton getting off-road crutches?
I've been watching for a while. I like the channel. Nice work lads.
Get well Norton , brave boy award . Cool video as always .
They are shade balls, to keep birds and sunlight off the water