Oblivion - a little power station

[Shannow]

Watching it ATM..."I'll buy that for a dollar"

problem is that when actors start running up stairs and stuff, it's pretty obvious that they are somewhere old, and somewhere coaled.

http://www.michaeljohnmeehan.com/Lightroom_Galleries/Oblivion/Louisiana/Power Plant/index.html

 

[Kira]

Hello, What does, "watching it ATM" mean?

Also, you mentioned actors. Is this going to be a movie set? Kira

 

[Colt45ws]

Watching it At The Moment.



Looks like he recognized a movie set as a dilapidated coal power plant.

 

[andyd]

Heh heh from '75 -86, I worked in a ship yard. Across the river was a coal fired power plant. The 'Yard bought steam from the electric plant. A draw bridge spanned the river and there is a tank farm just up from the 'Yard. Going beside the yard was the railroad spur that moved fat for Proctor and Gamble. The ship yard has been replaced by a car lot. The new bridge is one of those semi permanent jobs. The power plant has been re built and runs on gas I think. I'm giving myself the post industrial wasteland Blues, oh yeah.The iron age of ships ended a 300 yr old industry on the South Shore below Boston. That is without speaking of the Boston 'yards that built clippers with Maine pines. Its progress, its better, sometimes.

 

[Shannow]

Originally Posted By: Colt45ws
Watching it At The Moment.



Looks like he recognized a movie set as a dilapidated coal power plant.


Yep, I got all excited when they showed a view up of the membrane waterwalls and coal combustion burners....

 

[exranger06]

I love seeing pictures of abandoned and decrepit old buildings like this. I don't really know why; they're kind of creepy and spooky, like something you'd see in a horror movie or post-apocalyptic world.

Here are some pictures of English Station, a coal fired power plant my father used to work at years ago. It's been shut down since 1992 and is an environmental nightmare. The building and all the soil around it is contaminated with PCBs, asbestos, and many other horrible carcinogens.
http://www.newenglandruins.com/english-station

 

[Shannow]

When I came to the place I currently work at mid 90s, to get to the operating station was a longish walk through some older machines built in the 50s and 60s, decommissioned, and in various stages of dismantling.

They DO feel "alive" when running,and eery when theyaren't.