Flashback Friday - Exploring the Nanticoke Coal Generating Station It’s not often that the opportunity comes up to explore a recently closed power plant, it’s even less likely that many will get to explore a power plant that still has power, such as the Nanticoke Coal Power Plant In 2015, I had the idea to scout this location and see if it was at all possible, I spent a few hours one day scouting, watching, observing and I came to the conclusion that yes…some day I should attempt this. What I did not know was that at the very same time that I was considering this, two of my exploring friends had already been and were in the process of multiple trips to explore every inch of this vacant coal power plant. This was top 5 of my best explores ever and there will be very little I do for however long I decide to keep doing this that will ever top the experience of exploring this huge vacant and empty coal power plant, all alone. In this video we head back to Nanticoke and relive this amazing experience from December 2015 You can see the whole photo gallery and read the complete experience on my website freaktography.com/exploring-the-nanticoke-coal-power-plant/ Demolition footage c/o OPG and delsan-aim.com/
I worked at this plant from 1975 to 1980 when it was under construction. The Stacker Reclaimer in the coal yard was made by Babcock Moxey and coal was stacked from ships and reclamined into the plant on the B line conveyor. Your entry into the plant was through the coal transfer house up the K conveyors to the coal gallery in the plant that was just above the turbine hall. The plant started construction in 1964 and took 16 years to build at a cost of 1 billion 1970 dollars. A team of 2,500 construction workers toiled for most of the 10 years in the peak of it's construction. When employed there I was allowed to take guests on off hours and give personal tours of the plant. Too bad I wasn't with you to give you a more in depth tour, we wouldn't get lost. Sad that it was torn down, it provided 4,000 megawatts of electricity to our grid that will be needed if we ever get to using electric cars. Thanks for the adventure, TonyK.
iT IS AN AMAZING SET OF SHOTS YOU GOT!!!!! I do have to say glad that there were no mirrors to have photographed to have a video break from WHAT'S UP GUYS!!!! LOL!!! Now that I have watched it go take a pic. of a mirror and edit it in at the end. LOL!!!
Nice Photos! Very brave to go alone! And damn that's a long walk, if you were injured that's gonna be a long limp back to safety of your vehicle :o This place looks very similar to the RL Hearn Coal plant in Toronto.
This is OG urban exploring at it's finest. Very nice. Too bad such places are getting harder and harder to find and when they do come up, are almost instantly overpublicized on social media, leading to them being secured heavily and or quickly demolished.
Nice! Went there one night totally spontaneous and it was surreal to see in person. Didn't have anything but my phone on me and regret taking more photos. Hard to find many stories of other people going into the plant, so nice to see this video.
This was really cool... one of the reasons I appreciate all you urban explorers--I get to see things I would never see otherwise. Thanks so much! Some great photo's and the demo was pretty impressive as well!
The pictures are amazing! i'm glad you were able to take those photos before the demolition the sites you picked are amazing you a Pro Freaktography 🙌✨✨
I wonder if the cleaned up the coal stuff before demolishing it, those smoke stacks are probably full of filtration media / scrubbers' that clean the air so it's not polluting, but when they demolished it, i doubt they bothered removing that stuff and cleaning it up, so they probably released a TON of toxic dust into the environment ;'(
This photo set is absolutely epic man. I remember finding out this spot after it was already gone I didn't know anyone had done it. Daves Urbex BALLS.OF STEEL! . Thanks for showing us.
i remember seeing this through someone else's camera lens, but they had a run in with the security and it was scary but i remember that "Satan's Ferris wheel" lol
That was an epic video Dave. I'm from Simcoe, so it really was meaningful seeing something so close to home. You've out done yourself with this one. Thanks for sharing.
Damn that was a lot of work for you to do, just to get to your destination alone! This deserves a lot of Likes and/or Subscriptions and/or Shares. This is the First time I've felt this way about any abandoned place too! Great job and Narration. Thanks.
That's an awesome video! You sure have a way with narrating in a suspenseful way! Glad you didn't get caught! Awesome footage on it being demolished! 👍
This is one amazing opportunity and Im glad you took it. These are the types of explores I would love to do. Im somehow obessed with power plants and industrial places. This must have been exciting and terrifying.
@@Freaktography all turbine and other precious machineries demolished with plant or taken out for reuse somewhere else as a stand by ! Actually I'm working in Coal plant and what you've demolished was costing millions of dollars !
Flashback Friday - Exploring the Nanticoke Coal Generating Station
It’s not often that the opportunity comes up to explore a recently closed power plant, it’s even less likely that many will get to explore a power plant that still has power, such as the Nanticoke Coal Power Plant
In 2015, I had the idea to scout this location and see if it was at all possible, I spent a few hours one day scouting, watching, observing and I came to the conclusion that yes…some day I should attempt this. What I did not know was that at the very same time that I was considering this, two of my exploring friends had already been and were in the process of multiple trips to explore every inch of this vacant coal power plant.
This was top 5 of my best explores ever and there will be very little I do for however long I decide to keep doing this that will ever top the experience of exploring this huge vacant and empty coal power plant, all alone.
In this video we head back to Nanticoke and relive this amazing experience from December 2015
You can see the whole photo gallery and read the complete experience on my website
freaktography.com/exploring-the-nanticoke-coal-power-plant/
Demolition footage c/o OPG and delsan-aim.com/
I worked at this plant from 1975 to 1980 when it was under construction. The Stacker Reclaimer in the coal yard was made by Babcock Moxey and coal was stacked from ships and reclamined into the plant on the B line conveyor. Your entry into the plant was through the coal transfer house up the K conveyors to the coal gallery in the plant that was just above the turbine hall. The plant started construction in 1964 and took 16 years to build at a cost of 1 billion 1970 dollars. A team of 2,500 construction workers toiled for most of the 10 years in the peak of it's construction. When employed there I was allowed to take guests on off hours and give personal tours of the plant. Too bad I wasn't with you to give you a more in depth tour, we wouldn't get lost. Sad that it was torn down, it provided 4,000 megawatts of electricity to our grid that will be needed if we ever get to using electric cars. Thanks for the adventure, TonyK.
That was AWESOME
So cool!
Tx for making the video, i worked there at the time of its closure best job i ever had great people worked there. I was blessed.
That's awesome!
wow i love how you made yourself multiples in the theater, so awesome!!!
Good work
Thank you so much 😀
All your videos are cool but this one of my top. Good job. Keep up the good work. 😀
It's amazing how they bring down buildings now 🤗
iT IS AN AMAZING SET OF SHOTS YOU GOT!!!!! I do have to say glad that there were no mirrors to have photographed to have a video break from WHAT'S UP GUYS!!!! LOL!!! Now that I have watched it go take a pic. of a mirror and edit it in at the end. LOL!!!
More videos like this! Haha this video was interesting and very cool. Very clean shots.
Nice Photos! Very brave to go alone! And damn that's a long walk, if you were injured that's gonna be a long limp back to safety of your vehicle :o
This place looks very similar to the RL Hearn Coal plant in Toronto.
Omg! I can't believe they closed! I used to work at a summer camp near there in the late 90s/early 00s!
I know!!
Freaky. That demo video was cool. Too bad you didn't have more time back then. Glad you didn't get caught. Thanks man. Take care.
Yes It was an awesome experience!!! Thanks Claire
This is OG urban exploring at it's finest. Very nice.
Too bad such places are getting harder and harder to find and when they do come up, are almost instantly overpublicized on social media, leading to them being secured heavily and or quickly demolished.
thanks man
Nice! Went there one night totally spontaneous and it was surreal to see in person. Didn't have anything but my phone on me and regret taking more photos. Hard to find many stories of other people going into the plant, so nice to see this video.
This was really cool... one of the reasons I appreciate all you urban explorers--I get to see things I would never see otherwise. Thanks so much! Some great photo's and the demo was pretty impressive as well!
Thank you Susie
The pictures are amazing! i'm glad you were able to take those photos before the demolition the sites you picked are amazing you a Pro Freaktography 🙌✨✨
I wonder if the cleaned up the coal stuff before demolishing it, those smoke stacks are probably full of filtration media / scrubbers' that clean the air so it's not polluting, but when they demolished it, i doubt they bothered removing that stuff and cleaning it up, so they probably released a TON of toxic dust into the environment ;'(
This photo set is absolutely epic man. I remember finding out this spot after it was already gone I didn't know anyone had done it. Daves Urbex BALLS.OF STEEL! . Thanks for showing us.
i remember seeing this through someone else's camera lens, but they had a run in with the security and it was scary but i remember that "Satan's Ferris wheel" lol
2:13 - I’m here for the Sexy Steel Goodness™.
all wow I cant believe how fast that went down it was going good when you were inside.. Thank you ❤❤❤ stay safe love ya
That was an epic video Dave. I'm from Simcoe, so it really was meaningful seeing something so close to home. You've out done yourself with this one. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Mother of Gordon!!
Damn that was a lot of work for you to do, just to get to your destination alone! This deserves a lot of Likes and/or Subscriptions and/or Shares. This is the First time I've felt this way about any abandoned place too! Great job and Narration. Thanks.
That's an awesome video! You sure have a way with narrating in a suspenseful way! Glad you didn't get caught! Awesome footage on it being demolished! 👍
This is one amazing opportunity and Im glad you took it. These are the types of explores I would love to do. Im somehow obessed with power plants and industrial places. This must have been exciting and terrifying.
Nice video, but when I saw that control room... I couldn't help but think Homer Simpson.
Why it was demolished ?!
The province phased out all coal power
@@Freaktography all turbine and other precious machineries demolished with plant or taken out for reuse somewhere else as a stand by ! Actually I'm working in Coal plant and what you've demolished was costing millions of dollars !