KingElvis
19-03-2009, 05:24 PM
Visited this back in Febuary but mislaid the pictures. Squirrel and I have looked at this fantastic building many times but it's always been very well sealed unless you can scale sheer brick walls. The building has a lovely curved effect and as far as I know, trains used to drive straight in here and the goods would then be sent to other parts of the warehouse.
I eventually found a way in back in Febuaury but was gutted to find the stairs had all been removed and I was limited to the ground floor. The unusual arch design was a bit of a suprise though. I didn't have a tripod so these pictures don't really give you the scale of this immense place.
Here is some inofrmation I stole from the Internet if you are interested.
The Park Road, or more correctly Clegg Street, Railway Warehouse at Oldham was built in 1876 and although it often know as the London & North Western Railway warehouse it was actually built by the Oldham, Ashton & Guide Bridge Railway which was jointly owned by the London & North Western and the Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway (later the Great Central Railway). It was last used in the 1960s and since then has stood empty and becoming increasingly derelict. It owes its survival to the fact of beening listed grade 2 on the basis of its unusual curved layout. Over the years there have been many proposals for the re-use of this building but none have succeeded. The building is now owned by the Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council who are prepared to give it to a developer.
The lovely curved exterior
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Mills%20and%20Industrial/Oldham%20Railway%20Warehose/IMG_4082CR2640x480.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Mills%20and%20Industrial/Oldham%20Railway%20Warehose/IMG_4072CR2640x480.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Mills%20and%20Industrial/Oldham%20Railway%20Warehose/IMG_4077CR2640x480.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Mills%20and%20Industrial/Oldham%20Railway%20Warehose/IMG_4023CR2640x480.jpg
Inside the bottom floor, there is no way up from here.
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Mills%20and%20Industrial/Oldham%20Railway%20Warehose/IMG_4066640x480.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Mills%20and%20Industrial/Oldham%20Railway%20Warehose/IMG_4032640x480.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Mills%20and%20Industrial/Oldham%20Railway%20Warehose/IMG_4033CR2640x480.jpg
Some very old signs still survive.
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Mills%20and%20Industrial/Oldham%20Railway%20Warehose/IMG_4042640x480.jpg
Not sure why there are so many arches in this place.
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Mills%20and%20Industrial/Oldham%20Railway%20Warehose/IMG_4049640x480.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Mills%20and%20Industrial/Oldham%20Railway%20Warehose/IMG_4059640x480.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Mills%20and%20Industrial/Oldham%20Railway%20Warehose/IMG_4061CR2640x480.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Mills%20and%20Industrial/Oldham%20Railway%20Warehose/IMG_4062CR2640x480.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Mills%20and%20Industrial/Oldham%20Railway%20Warehose/IMG_4064640x480.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Mills%20and%20Industrial/Oldham%20Railway%20Warehose/IMG_4065640x480.jpg
Looking up through the floors and out the foor LOL
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Mills%20and%20Industrial/Oldham%20Railway%20Warehose/IMG_4069640x480.jpg
Thanks for looking :thumb
I eventually found a way in back in Febuaury but was gutted to find the stairs had all been removed and I was limited to the ground floor. The unusual arch design was a bit of a suprise though. I didn't have a tripod so these pictures don't really give you the scale of this immense place.
Here is some inofrmation I stole from the Internet if you are interested.
The Park Road, or more correctly Clegg Street, Railway Warehouse at Oldham was built in 1876 and although it often know as the London & North Western Railway warehouse it was actually built by the Oldham, Ashton & Guide Bridge Railway which was jointly owned by the London & North Western and the Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway (later the Great Central Railway). It was last used in the 1960s and since then has stood empty and becoming increasingly derelict. It owes its survival to the fact of beening listed grade 2 on the basis of its unusual curved layout. Over the years there have been many proposals for the re-use of this building but none have succeeded. The building is now owned by the Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council who are prepared to give it to a developer.
The lovely curved exterior
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Mills%20and%20Industrial/Oldham%20Railway%20Warehose/IMG_4082CR2640x480.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Mills%20and%20Industrial/Oldham%20Railway%20Warehose/IMG_4072CR2640x480.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Mills%20and%20Industrial/Oldham%20Railway%20Warehose/IMG_4077CR2640x480.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Mills%20and%20Industrial/Oldham%20Railway%20Warehose/IMG_4023CR2640x480.jpg
Inside the bottom floor, there is no way up from here.
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Mills%20and%20Industrial/Oldham%20Railway%20Warehose/IMG_4066640x480.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Mills%20and%20Industrial/Oldham%20Railway%20Warehose/IMG_4032640x480.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Mills%20and%20Industrial/Oldham%20Railway%20Warehose/IMG_4033CR2640x480.jpg
Some very old signs still survive.
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Mills%20and%20Industrial/Oldham%20Railway%20Warehose/IMG_4042640x480.jpg
Not sure why there are so many arches in this place.
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Mills%20and%20Industrial/Oldham%20Railway%20Warehose/IMG_4049640x480.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Mills%20and%20Industrial/Oldham%20Railway%20Warehose/IMG_4059640x480.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Mills%20and%20Industrial/Oldham%20Railway%20Warehose/IMG_4061CR2640x480.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Mills%20and%20Industrial/Oldham%20Railway%20Warehose/IMG_4062CR2640x480.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Mills%20and%20Industrial/Oldham%20Railway%20Warehose/IMG_4064640x480.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Mills%20and%20Industrial/Oldham%20Railway%20Warehose/IMG_4065640x480.jpg
Looking up through the floors and out the foor LOL
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Mills%20and%20Industrial/Oldham%20Railway%20Warehose/IMG_4069640x480.jpg
Thanks for looking :thumb