If you look into prairie history you will learn that most small communities had small brick plants. They would have been quite basic with kilns and a few other buildings. Not many remain but if you know where to look you can usually find foundations. When we went out to see this place we knew …
This mine was opened in 1921 by a company named Soda Lake Chemicals. Other operators included Sodium Corporation Ltd., and Natural Sodium Products Saskatchewan. All these companies acquired leases but did not resume production in 1954 so the site sat vacant. It reopened in 1965 under the name Sodium Sulphate (Saskatchewan) and Fracana Minerals became …
Exploring abandoned sodium sulphate mines is always interesting and very dirty. You will be guaranteed to be covered in white sulphate the moment you walk into the main plant. This plant was a bit different, for one it was much smaller than others we have seen and two, we explored it in the winter. It …
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An abandoned work trail just sitting on the line waiting to be explored. It has since been moved/demolished.
Known as the Coleman Collieries plant, this huge structure can be seen from anywhere in the town and on the highway. It was built in 1971 and Demolished in 2012 this was a coal processing plant in the town of Coleman, Alberta. This facility was pitch black inside and full of coal so our photographs …
Exploring a mothballed mill. Can’t give any more information so enjoy the photos.
We don’t have much information on this location other than its an old power plant that was part of a mining town in Wyoming. It has been shut down for many years and is in a state of decay. There is a substation right beside it that is still used. It’s pretty empty inside, so …
This brick plant was built and running by 1913 and closed in 2004. Once a bustling brick plant it is now reduced to a very small portion of what it was. We were able to photograph what remains which is mostly kilns. The site was demolished in 2017. After standing for over a century, on …
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