Exploring an Abandoned Power Plant - MASSIVE Turbine Hall!
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- Опубліковано 7 лис 2019
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In this episode we're exploring one of the most impressive abandoned power plants in the world- the Port Richmond Generating Station. Being designed in an era when electricity was new and exciting, no expense was spared in creating a structure worthy of this promising technology. Today, the plant has fallen into serious disrepair, but it's still one of the best examples of early 20th century industrial architecture.
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Is it just me, or did you guys step up your game for this one? The music, the narration, epic drone shots, even the overall look was amazing. I'm not saying your previous work was lacking, but this took my breath away.
The roofs of these buildings were never meant to freeze or carry a snow load. The heat from inside melted the snow and kept the in uninsulated roofs clear and mostly dry. once the plant shuts down it's only a matter of time before the roof starts to collapse.
I was an operator at Richmond Station from1977 till the mid 1990’s. The last steam unit (#9) was shut down in 1985. Great video by the way, so sad to see how badly the plant has decayed. Even when I arrived in 1977 three of four the large steam turbines you show were already retired and 2/3’s of the Boiler Plant was shut down. Even back then the plant was starting to show it’s old age. It was very unique how this plant operated. Richmond was one large station but operated as three independent plants. Boiler Plant / Turbine Plant / Electrical Plant. During a normal day it was frowned upon for Boiler personal to wander over to Turbine Hall and vice versa. God forbid you walked over to the Electrical plant, that was a big No-No. Each “side” had it's own personal, work schedules etc etc. Back when I started at Richmond all the plant supervisors were old WWII veterans and they ran the plant like the air craft carrier or battle ship they served on during the war……very strict and regimented. Power plant work, plus working shiftwork was tough duty, but the overtime was unlimited and the group of guys I worked with were great. The shit we did to “torment” each other is unprintable. Almost every nook and cranny of that place has a story to tell. I could write a book! A great place to work.
I spent a good share of the 1980's working in and around these old coal-fired power stations all across the country. While looking through archives of drawings we would find notices and posters inviting the public to tour an operating power plant. Schools and colleges would schedule field trips to the massive generator rooms while in operation, with tours becoming more and more detailed as the students got older. I was able to salvage a 12' section of brass handrail including 4 posts from Fisk Power station in the Chicago suburbs (at the time the oldest operating coal fired station in the country). After restoration and refinishing that section provides a separation between our dining room and the family room. The posts have 1901 cast in the brass base.
My wife and I drive past this building every day and can see it from the back of our house. We have always wondered what it looked like inside and now we know. Thanks guys. The building always reminds me of another generation station in Philly near Penns Landing which may have been designed by the same architect.
I've always loved the quality and effort behind your guy's editing, but this time takes the cake. I haven't even gotten a minute into the video yet but I gotta say that intro was amazing!!🤩
One of the panels in the control room still lit up when I first went there in 2006. There was no graffiti at that time. Place has been used in several movies over the years.
I really enjoyed the narration explaining the history of the place, that's something that 99% of all urbex videos lack.
What a beautiful building. It’s a shame it’s been left to rot.
Places like that really make you want to go back in time to see the glory that they once were.
If you have ever seen a preserved powerplant from this time period, you know they were BEAUTIFUL installations. Electricity was still kinda new, even if electrification started around the turn of the centuries (19->20th) many areas didn't got it until the 30s. So it was amazing technology and it had to look like that.
We need art in common structures today. Everything is so bland nowadays.
That ending message is something that i can never get enough of, and I wish everyone would actually be smart enough to understand it, and care.
I think after five years of you guys making a name for yourselves, should have "Proper People ID cards" and the security guards should just let you guys in. You don't steal, vandalize, or break anything. Just make awesome videos of places that won't be around forever. In my opinion you guys are making some serious history!!! I got hooked on your videos a couple years ago, and I've watched every single one. I even rewatch some of the really good ones. You've come a very long way since your beginning, and you have excellent content!!! Keep it up!!!
Also, you give the building, the men who built and operated it the respect and dignity deserved
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I know it sounds weird but when i look at these amazing machines that were so important and productive in their time i can't help feel that some machines whether planes,ships,cars or machinery all have souls....and like a dog say,one minute the life and soul of the family the next,abandoned outside and they don't know why.
The turbine room could be described as an industrial cathedral, sort of like Grand Central Station in NYC, which has a similar look, though cleaner.
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I worked at the Lovett Generating Station in NY for 7 yrs. It was shut down in 2008 and dismantled within a year. While the architecture wasn't as impressive as this (1948), it still had those massive proportions. We had 3 active boilers that could run coal, gas, or oil......coal was the staple for our two biggest boilers. I loved that job, and truly miss working there.