Florida Roadside Attractions & Abandoned Places - Forgotten & Dangerous Abandoned Factory Explored
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- Опубліковано 27 тра 2023
- On this episode of Florida Roadside Attractions and Abandoned Places we explore an abandoned phosphate factory in Nichols, Florida. A complete tour of this haunting facility that has been abandoned for 23 years. I was shocked and amazed of all that was left behind and it’s just sitting there! There is much ahead.
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I live off U.S. 27 and just about every town off of or near the Highway has a small train based museum. What we saw here shows how much things have changed in 1/12 centuries of Florida's History!
Great video! Whenever my buddies and I would go urban exploring or into the woods we'd strap a camera pointed behind one of us to try and catch if anything (whether it was a person, animal, or paranormal) was following us or just in the background unnoticed. You should try it! You might capture something you never realized was out there with ya!! 😬📹
OMG, you are brave, I would be shaking in my boots. I have a fear of heights. They are the Evils not Elvis I believe.
Definitely says Evils
I had a similar problem my car had "16v" on the engine and I thought it was a V16 for many years.
The "Evils" are a local Hispanic wannabe gang in the old phosphate towns. Nichols, Brewster, Mulberry, Turkey Creek and others. Someday they'll all be developed into sub-divisions and chase the Hispanics out.
Thanks for clicking on the video! If you’re interested in checking out more of my abandoned content there is a playlist on the main page of this (my) channel! Also, let’s stay connected. Here’s one of my socials… instagram.com/TampaJay also, on Facebook & Twitter! Thanks for watching! Much ahead and stay safe!
Do you have a PO Box Jay?
it is always good to know your surroundings while your out and about, very good find. that place looked very sound and intact for something going back to probably 1983.
I know right where you’re at! I used to live in Plant City for 15 years. I’ve been by that old plant going into Mulberry many times. That was well over 20 years ago!
Captivating footage!
I’m glad you told several people where you were! Maybe get one of those smart watches that can detect if you need assistance. You’re extremely awesome at what you do , and we care about you and just want you to be safe.
That being said , it’s fascinating to see these locations and what you find there. The locomotive was cool. 🚂Nice job and looking forward to your next adventure 👍
Wow, man, amazing videos from my home State , places that I had never seen before, keep doing videos like those. Thanks for those amazing videos that make me travel with you.
(#1) Tampa Jay, you're amazing doing this again!!! 😊❤
Thanks for coming along !
Awesome vlog Jay! I do enjoy these roadside attraction vlogs.
Very cool Jay! Glad to see a successful infiltration; my experience there was short lived...
Thanks for sharing; gotta love that decaying industrial! 👍😁
Hey Jay!Another outstanding video!!! Hope everything's fine!!!
Mornin Jay!! Love these videos!!
When you go into old abandon industrial building you should wear some kind of safety shoes you could step on anything that could come the bottom of you shoe and might cause issues like infections, etc.just a thought.
Holly molly!That was SOOOO COOL!!!
Great video. Loved it!
brings back memories seeing that place, i have not been there in ages!
That's a scary looking place to go inside alone! Its Interesting seeing an abandoned industrial that size and with that strange-looking pipe coming out the top.
Love this 💩. And I love when you guys just video, and leave it like you found it. Being FL, I'm surprised it isn't more overgrown. Imagine at one time someone, or a dozen people knew how to use all of that.
Cool stuff! These abandoned places have great stories great job!
What about Rattlesnake, FL?
Awesome video!! Love this stuff!
Thanks Angel
It reminds me of those shows like MacGyver where the bad guys were always hiding out in an abandoned factory and MacGyver would have to go through all the bad guys to save someone lol. Cool stuff!
👋👋Heck yeah, Jay! Venturing into the “abandoned” content. Great video, but be careful!! 😬
Such a cool place to explore. Enjoyed it TJ
Thank you my friend
Thank you for sharing this video Tampa Jay i loved it. I lived in Mulberry Fl back in 1978 and Willow Oaks in 1981 till 84 Thxs again TY.. ☮️
Thank you
Been by this many times super cool. There’s a rang by this place
I watched it through twice…didn’t focus the first time cleaning my closet so rewatched it ❤
Thanks so much for always watching especially watching twice that means so much to me! Hope you have a great Memorial Day my friend
Been there 5 years ago...was very interesting back then & remember a lot of those areas. ✌🏻
Adventurous video! Like the music in the background too!
Thank you Sarah!
Very cool Jay. Kinda scary, gotta admit. I’m sure Cris was beyond worried about you! Lol
I have done work at that facility years ago it was a nightmare to keep running i have worked at every phosphate plant in Florida (retired electrician)
Awesome and creepy! 👻 Watch out for snakes 🐍
Thank you for sharing, my friend!
Hugs and God bless 🤗🙌
Thank you Kimberly
Thanks awesome place I enjoyed watching
Thank you
both you and Adam the Woo have such dulcet voices, making everything more interesting
Awesome video as always Jay. Love the Snake Plisken/escape from NY shirt
Thanks Ross
@@TampaJay Sure thing Jay. As a fan I appreciate you take the time to reply to posts. Your dedication is awesome and I am sure many would agree
I worked for an environmental analytical laboratory and we collected water samples I can't remember the name of the company but that trip brought back my working days wow what an adventure please be careful and thank you for sharing so so cool ❤😎 Orlando Florida here🏝
Man this is sick! Only 40 minutes from me. Will have to visit for a eerie photo shoot
Those two long tubes are kilns to dry wet phosphate
Love the show
Very cool! We have a Nichols Ny a small town
Hey Tampa Jay, just FYI. That graffiti said EVILS not Elvis. Easy mistake to make though.😉Love these videos.
Sure proof of my dyslexia lol
I liked the Elvis better 😂😂😂
I actually thought it was Elvis at first, too. It's very easy to see it that way for some reason. Plus it would make more sense. 😄
At 23:00 to answer your question, that shed you were at that was filled with water - you're correct that would go down about 30 or so feet and is where they'd unload phosphate rock railcars that would come from mine sites. the conveyor that leads up to the plant would then grind the phosphate (fancy dirt) and mix it with sulfuric acid, creating phosacid which would be supplied to a granular plant (where you noted turbines earlier, those were granulators/dryers) creating what we see as little pebble fertilizer that you'd commonly see in stores. the product produced at these plants would be sold to distributors where they'd dilute it with all other types of nutrients for what we know as fertilizer. Also, as i'm still watching to answer your next question to the cows 'what are you doing out here'. Mosaic still owns several thousand acres in this area, most commonly around the New Wales area. The 'unused' land that has been reclaimed in the past and environmentally restored, is now leased to anything from TECO for solar farms, beekeepers, and cattle farmers.
Just wanna give you a heads-up, the name in blue wasn't Elvis. It said Evils. Don't know if anyone else had told you that and I'm too lazy to school through the comments LOL But either way, as always your videos are awesome and this one is included in that awesomeness!! 😁
Long time Adam fan and I've enjoyed you on his channel. This was the first video of yours I have watched. Great video and content, I need to check out the rest of your videos. Those long tubes aren't turbines, they are tumble driers.
Thanks my friend
That factory was a little freaky to be walking around in there! Glad to see you took Snake Pliskin along with you for protection! You two make a real dynamic duo!
You are TampaJay, you are A number 1 !!!!!
Thanks my friend
I would love to explore a place like this
Very creepy and spooky!😮
Thanks!
Welcome
Cool video ❤
Sorry I'm posting a lot😂... But you're going to where I grew up I grew up on a farm right outside of Nichols down the road from that plant you're talking. That plant actually got shut down for different reasons that the government's trying to hide but when my family and I live there there was radiation that seeped into the the natural spring. Unfortunately while we had the farm we had like 100 acres of land and a farmhouse I'm hoping maybe you can see where I can show you or tell you how to get there and you can see it but as you notice the house is down the bottom of the like a little valley like a valley. I lost both my parents two sisters because of that plant leaking radiation into the water supply into the air. So for twenty years my family drink water polluted from the radiation from the uranium that they found that the government wanted back in the 50s. I have an article from The Wall Street journal that goes into more detail about what happened but basically everything we drank everything we ate when we went swimming anything we did caused that radiation. By doing so I've lost majority of my family I have breast cancer a my oldest brother he has cancer. Mine is in remission he's still getting radiation treatments. Anyway long boring story but just to give you a little background information on that plant and I also wanted to tell you how much I really enjoy you and Chris doing these videos. You guys truly are awesome and I'm so glad you found each other ❤️
Okay so my speech-to-text messed up that last posting really bad😂 I hope you can understand what I'm talkin about and I'm sorry I promise this is the last time I'm posting😂
Quite the exploration. Not sure what phosphate is used for but certainly heard of it. Glad you were cautious.
Fertilizer end product is monoamoniaum phosphate that feeds the world
Most is used for the production of fertilizer.
Tampa Jay I surely do enjoy your roadside attractions and abandoned places series. I haven't watched your Jurassic Park tribute video yet. Reason is, my daughter and I will be at Universal the last week of June and I want to see it fresh before I watch your video. LOL. I'll watch it when I get back. Hopefully you and Cris can plan to come to Universal/Islands during that last week and hopefully we will see yall and say hello. I'll be videoing for my channel while there.
Have fun seeing the store it’s awesome
@@TampaJay Update: The tribute store was awesome. Even though I have never seen the Jurassic Park movies, the store was still cool. Especially the kitchen scene. My daughter bought the 30th anniversary black and red water bottle. I bought myself a cool Disney water bottle at World Of Disney. I also rode Velocicoaster for the first time and as much as I hate to say it, it was way too intense for me. I was so overwhelmed by it that when I met up with my daughter ( she didn't ride it), I got emotionally upset and started crying in that Discovery store. I love coasters and even at 64 years old I can still ride them. But that one really was too much for me. However let me say this: I had my sunglasses on and I don't have a strap on them. At some point I had to actually hold my glasses on my head and hold on with one hand. Had I been able to hold on with both hands it probably wouldn't have upset me so much because of the extreme intensity of the ride. But honestly I have to say that I am most assuredly not going to ride it again. I thought Lightning Rod at Dollywood was intense when I rode it. But it is quite mild compared to Velocicoaster. So I may ride Lightning Rod again. LOL! HA HA!
Be carful Tampa Jay
I sure miss old Florida
I live in Hudson just north of Tampa, need to get out and explore some of these old abandoned places and bring my metal detector along!
You didn't mention anything about the two jeep looking cars at the end of those long tunnels. They frightened me!
This reminds me of the beginning of the Woo back in the day! If those buildings were in Southern California they would be fenced off with No Trespassing signs, cause if not it would be filled with homeless & meth labs. It's Sunday & the Dodgers are at the Ray's Tropicana today hope you are able to enjoy some baseball while bringing us all along. Don't drink the water Jay 😂 water fountain looks a little iffy. Amazing that they buried that, makes you wonder why??? As always thx 4 taking us all along on your adventures
I’ve explored there in the past . You captured some interesting footage! I believe I can show you a few locations, going alone is always a bit more risky. Did you ever hit up the Jackson House in downtown Tampa? I have been there.
Name another
I’ve posted videos of many locations on my channel. Please feel free to comment on a location there.
OMG! What a weird noise in 6:10 is that 👻? Be careful always idol jay..🤙
That was weird
If u go to these places, especially s Lakeland/mulberry area, bring a radiation detector. Radon is a serious issue around here in old phosphate mines. Gun shots were from JTAC Ranch. Was a members only shooting range/training area. Going to be missed, was closed down for a future neighborhood being built in adjacent property (might be the one you’re on). It’s just a little further down on the right, closed to public and members after 1/1/2024 though😢
Should of had a Geiger counter with you. The byproduct gypsum stacks from phosphate mining is radioactive ☢️ There used to be another abandoned phosphate plant right on the north side of sr60 right before you get to Barstow.
my grandpa used to work at that plant in nichols.
Would love the controll panels out of that factory ❤
Not much out there now. That was my post office back in the 80s and 90s. Most mines were torn down too bad Conserve wasn't still there for you to explore.
First ( spooky ), 2nd there no snake boots, just sneakers crazy man. You get bit you'll never make it to help.
I am a retired truck driver... been to Nichols many times to pickup loads ( calcium oxide) at a terminal just past the abandoned plant
Great place to shoot the next Mad Max movie! 😎
Used to ride the school bus through there in the early 70s.
When you do these videos, I remind myself you edited it so you must have made it home safe!
Kool trip. But you made me nervous, no buddy on that trip and no snake gun ?
Hey Tampa Jay have you and Chris the girl ever visit our Bartow Courthouse? It's supposed to be haunted. Would love to see you guys visit and see..lol
I learned something new.
I always thought a turbine was a jet engine, similar to the one(s) I worked on aboard the cutter I was stationed on in the USCG, or the ones on the underside of the planes that I worked along side of when I worked at JFK.
Turns out it's nothing more than a pipe.
I don’t think he knows what a turbine looks like
yeah pretty sure those are called ball mills they pulverize rock
Do you know any in west palm beach or palm beach county ?
i need to fly my drone there love old bandos
Schweet,You might should have taken a geiger counter with you,phosphate mining has residual land contamination and the waste usually has uranium,thorium,and radium,so I hope you washed down after your exploration?
All our small towns I live in Jersey look like that all the major manufacturing has moved away to greed
You were by a gun range lol and also there's a old abandoned cemetery with 1800s headstones off of hill grade like half mile from there
Did you see Freddy Kruger in that plant Tampa Jay??? Lol
The boiler was warm
Not far from there as the crow flies there is a private gun range that is quite sizable, JTAC Ranch.
What does phosphate do to your health.? Breathing it,etc
Or swimming in old phosphate pits?
I've been to the old plant there
Have you been to the Shell Factory in Punta Gorda ? Did you know Punta Gorda was created from a pineapple farmer ? It was a huge pineapple farm in the early 1900s? It's been steadily built up. I hope it hasn't lost all of its charm. I haven't been back in over 15 yrs. But it was really nice and super rural and remote and quiet. We lived 8 miles (of swamp) from a prison- on 22 acres. It was a road of mailboxes. You couldn't see a single house. I have heard it's ridiculous and unrecognizable now. But we loved it's story, of how it came to be a city. There is nothing like a small Florida town. Floral city is still small. The people in charge aim to keep it that way. I love places that are against growth. "Growth" pushes out all the wildlife, which should be criminal ! But the animals have no rights.
That’s the thing about abandoned places you really are going at your own risk. Something that you’ve probably learned from your buddy Adam the Woo
Looking to photograph abandoned stuff near Tampa, what are your recommendations?
Also what were your worries visiting this location? Is there specific threats one should know of?
the reason they stand without anything missing, Everything is Radioactive so not a good idea spending time there.....or taking anything.
What does phosphate do to your health.? Breathing it,etc
Was this the Loncala mine?
my dad work there for 7 years then the R.R movie to tampa on the water
Did Sheriff Grady Judd find a way to get in your video? He loves video cameras.
I’m thinking the nerves from being in such an enormous structure with massive yet decrepit and completely silent machinery made your brain read that graffiti as Elvis! Realizing it actually read “EVIL” while in a place that makes the Chainsaw Massacre film seem completely plausible would be too much for ANYONE’S mind to process!!!😂😂
Great job on the video! I would love to explore this place as well!
I’d say you nailed it, Aime! Thanks for watching.
Think i seen Leather Face in one of those buildings. LOL Be careful out there buddy.
12:37 looks more like EVILS than “Elvis”. Could be an urban artist who passed away or something.
Creepy scream at 6:12 !👻😱
31:44.. PRESS THE BUTTONS JAY!!!!!
I haven't been in a year is there still no tresspassing signs? I've been wanting to do a shoot there but was worried about getting arrested
I appreciate it, did you have any trouble or anyone prowling? I've been through the guard shack and old post office but there was a construction building to the side and several cars but this was a year ago
Any security measures to look out for?
Go the railroad tracks be careful
Would have been interesting to have a gieger counter. Mines are notorious for radiation and radon gas, but what about the plant?
Someone just left a comment with the same suggestion, funny. I need to get a Geiger, I just have an EMF right now. Thank you for watching!
I'm almost expecting a Deathclaw to appear for a fraction of a second and then Cris The Girl cutting in to share with us the tragic news.
OK that’s disturbing lol
@@TampaJay lol Have you ever played the Fallout games, Jay?
OMG! Giant turbine batman!