The old and abandoned Blachford plant

From the outside, there is no indication that the plant is abandoned. No window is doomed and there is no "for sale" sign. Even the structure of the building is still in very good condition. I myself had doubts when I heard about it for the first time. The info came from an urbexer who invited me to join him and his friend. Knowing these two photographers by their (very good) reputation, I could not refuse this invitation!

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The abandoned Blue Bonnets Raceway

Blue Bonnets racetrack saga is not about to end anytime soon. One of the main topic of Montreal 2013 election was the huge eco-friendly residential project that politicians wanted to implant on the former racetrack site. Despite the fact that the buildings who will be destroyed are under surveillance 24 hours a day and seven days a week, optimistic observers aren’t expecting to see the first brand new building before 2017. Meanwhile, many promises will probably be forgotten…

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Former Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital

Originally opened on August 17, 1876 for a cost of $146,000, the hospital was known as the New Jersey State Lunatic Asylum at Morristown. The asylum officially received the familiar Greystone Park name in 1924. Initial fees were $3.50 per week for a normal patient. For persons seeking private apartment-style living, the rent could be anywhere from $5.00 to $10.00 per week.

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The old Terken brewery

Destroyed in 2004, the Terken brewery was a huge industrial complex of more than four hectares. Located in the Union area in Roubaix, near Lille, the factory was, at one time, a symbol of "close symbiosis" between the company and its community through football clubs who wore its colors and customers service. With a history of over 80 years, it was at its peak, the largest independent brewery in France.

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Former coastal patrols and submarine hunting

Conceived in the mid-30s, the Catalina is a seaplane and a patrol bomber, created by the U.S. company Consolidated. More than 4,000 copies were built in United States, but also in Canada and in USSR. In Canada, they were built by Canadian Vickers, also known for building the Silo # 3 in Montreal. During the Second World War, it will be armed with bombs, torpedoes or depth charges for anti-submarine warfare. On board, three crew members, one of them acts as a guard in the central portion of the aircraft to visually detect any suspicious movement.

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The former Abbey of Our-Lady-of-Good-Council

Abandoned since 2002, the huge complex that has formed the abbay of Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil in Saint-Romuald is now completely destroyed. Vandalized and burned several times, its owner, the Ultramar refinery, had no choice and have razed the last vestiges of this religious complex following a ultimate arson.

Owner of the site since 2007, Ultramar had a project for the place, a park but it has never been realized. In fact, this territory was, for its owner, a buffer zone between the company activities and the residential area.

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Wyndcliffe, the abandoned mansion

Wyndcliffe is the ruin of a historic mansion near Rhinebeck in Dutchess County, New York. The records at the Library of Congress state that the brick mansion was originally named Rhinecliff and Constructed in 1853 in the Norman style. The design is attributed to local architect George Veitch. The master mason, John Byrd, executed the highly varied ornamental brickwork using only rectangular and few molded bricks. The mansion was used a weekend and summer residence by its first owner, Elizabeth Schermerhorn Jones of New York City.

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The Alstom's abandoned thermal power plant

Sold for $ 1 in 2004 in exchange of the promise to clean up the heavily polluted soil, the land of more than 3.5 million square feet has not found its commercial and residential purpose promised by March Group, the current owner. However, when Alstom has closed this plant in 2003, several projects have been proposed for this impressive site. In 2005, there was a project about a fair center in connection with the relocation of the Montreal Casino to the Peel Basin. However, with the outcry from neighborhood residents, the project has been abandoned.

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The neurons poet's abandoned plant

The plant itself is definitively not as great at we saw in other places. Located in the heart of Pointe-Saint-Charles neighborhood of Montreal, this two storey building has no longer the cachet of its heyday. While neighboring buildings are gradually revamped to accommodate them new condo owners, nothing seems to have changed over here. Nature has reasserted itself in the courtyard with all these trees, aged of dozen years old.

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The Stanley Tools abandoned plant

This is the result of a combination of circumstances which led the Stanley Tools company to settle in the region rather than elsewhere in Canada. In 1858, a man known as Sem Dalpe decided to settle in Roxton Pond because there was a strong Baptist community of which he is a member. He opens a factory specializing in Toolmaking and employs few workers. Others business man followed, and soon the reputation of the quality of its workers came to the ears of the leaders of the Stanley Tools who decided to build a factory in the village.

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