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skin
20-12-2008, 12:29 AM
Caldwells Paper Mill was built in 1914 in Inverkeithing, - initially it had four machines, but a fifth was added in 1928. From 1928 until 2002, Caldwells Mill was owned by the Inveresk Paper Company whom by the 1990s were struggling. Caldwells was taken over by Swedish company Klippan who had a rescue plan, but a slump in the price of paper put paid to that, and the mill closed in 2003.

I had travelled up to see an old mansion house and after trudging through forest and field, and getting a nasty suprise off of an electric fence I failed to see any warning sign about, mind you it was dark, I decided on nearing the house it was defo a daylight explore and torchlight would just cause too much attention. :( so I trudged back to the car and set off thinking well thats it, then I realised my route would take me past this place. Not knowing the exact location I drove in rather blind, it turned out to be real easy to find.
Access was comical, I walked the perimeter for what seemed like ages and just couldnt see a way in. In fact I was about to give up when I saw it, needless to say I ended up inside a bramble bush - a rather prickly situation.

The site is huge - I made my way to what looked like the main building

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and entering my first door came across a kiddies playground :confused::lol:

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plenty of paperwork lying around

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then I came to a dead end!! this was just a small side office probably to manifest loads coming to and fro by truck, so I headed out and got through another door into the main building where large expanses were everywhere, machinery obviously stripped

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I snooped further and found many little gems

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a xmas tree that quite possibly has seen its last lights
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found a cool stairwell

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and plastic plants encased in glass
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time has stood still for this place
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so it was time to leave the once proud lions guarding the gate to their fate

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all in all I enjoyed this place, was great in the dark by torchlight - probably lots more to see in daylight, but the atmosphere in darkness adds so much to the explore :thumb

Thin Ice
20-12-2008, 12:50 AM
That looks in fantastic condition

escortmad79
20-12-2008, 11:22 PM
That looks cool, security seem to have gone then?

industry
21-12-2008, 01:01 PM
Great explore there Mate - looks like there is loads of interesting paperwork left there!

skin
21-12-2008, 09:28 PM
Yeah, even although the site has been closed for five years and they stripped all the machinery out, its only recently that it has become do-able, I imagine it will probably deterioate now at an alarming rate. I am thinking of going back but am handicapped at this time of year with the early sunset so it means doing it in the dark. There was literally hundreds of folders of paperwork along with boxes and boxes of allsorts of listing paper, stickers, accounts - in fact alsorts. There were old computers lying everywhere with god knows what on their hard drives. Yep tempted to have another look around.

escortmad79
23-12-2008, 05:37 PM
Pics from my visit can be found here: (118 of them!!)

http://derelictionaddiction.fotopic.net/c1628526.html

A selection of my favourites:

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Found this in one of the shower cubicles:
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A selection of the signs from around the site can be found here:
http://derelictionaddiction.fotopic.net/c1626624.html

Enjoy