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Muse
12-04-2009, 12:57 AM
Lincoln Castings, previously known as George Fischer Ltd. manufactured tools and equipment for the automotive, engineering and defence industries. It had a production capacity of 80,000 tonnes per year but went into administration in September '06. Most of the staff were made redundant just before Christmas (isn't it always the way, poor sods) and the foundry closed it's doors for the last time in February '07.

It took MagooČ, Scary Mary and me a couple of attempts to get in this place but we made it in the end and it was well worth it. I've never seen such a big industrial plant before and couldn't get over the sheer scale of it all, sadly that doesn't come across so well in the photos. For once I seemed to forget my camera and just wandered around exploring :lol:

The small frontage onto the road belies the massive area that this site once covered. The old pits they dug 'stuff' from (don't ask me what, I haven't a clue. Sand?) are now fishing lakes and a nature reserve (with far too many nosey dog walkers for my liking!) Any way this is what it looks like once inside the main compound.

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The inside was vast and whenever you thought you were at the end there was more

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This was about the size of my house!

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