Great video...Glad to visit it again...hard to believe It's now 4 years later...I also came here from the jet boat video....

Smart decision to link this video from the aluminum boat video. These older unrecognized works you did are gems.

@NoNonsenseKnowHow

42 минут бұрын

Appreciate you checking it out!

I remember the big piles of coal over there. Just watching this made my knees weak. I worked in the chemical industry and climbed a few distillation columns in my past. They were operating though....

Spent my summers working there with my father while I was in college, 03-06. Easily one of the best jobs I ever had. I loved every minute working with the men and women in Maintenance, Tech, Ops, Yard, and Storeroom. I still remember every corner of that plant and its grounds.

I just discovered your channel and I have to say, this is a hidden gem on KZread! Im binge watching all your videos and I especially love power plants (and smokestacks obviously). Please never stop exploring and doing what you do. 👍👍👍

NO WAY! NO HOW!!! Could not do that in a million years! Kudos to you Chris!

I spent from June 2007 til October 2009 on the B E T project building baghouses and lime silos. Also spent 10 months in 2004 there for the scr project. I made a ton of money at that place. Such a shame to see it all gone.

@diannelogsdon6107

10 ай бұрын

I remember the jobs you mentioned. I worked there for 37+ years in the coal handling department. Sat up in the unloading tower for 26 of those years. Great job, great company. Sad to see it go away, totally unnecessary. Carl

scary man, you got balls of steel. watching you reach the top of the first tower and recording with the phone out like that made me nervous.

Damm man, I can tell you and Andrew are friends, guts, nerve, risk taking, adventure...Oh yeah, defy the virus lol!

Awesome video Trenton native here! I wish my father was alive to see this one I know he would’ve enjoyed it. We fished this river since I was a little kid all throughout the year. Thanks for bringing good memories back to me.

@NoNonsenseKnowHow

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Daniel and glad to hear it brought back some memories!

Drove past that place many times years ago. Man you are NUTS! I wouldn't climb that! Thanks for being crazy enough to do that for us..

The sea ark video sent me here. Very cool!

@NoNonsenseKnowHow

3 күн бұрын

Awesome! Thanks for checking it out. This was the first of three videos I did before they demolished this place.

@joshrichardson7855

3 күн бұрын

Same here!!

Thumbs up 👍 all the way ✅

You have balls of titanium my friend. Great content, have it be this or watching you start an engine thats been sitting for 30 years. One of the best channels on youtube, very knowledgeable. Iv'e definitely learned some things by watching this channel.

Used to pass this plant every day when i was a kid and was mystified by the stacks. Thanks for doing what I could never do lol.

I enjoyed your video thought you might like to hear from someone who built a stack. Its true I was a welder and myself and one other welder built a 300 foot stack that went into a power plant at Coranak Saskatchewan Canada. It was 28 feet in diameter at the base and 12 feet in diameter at the top. It was made of 1 1/4 ln. plate and had a seam every 10 feet the plate was bevelled to 1/4 in. It was all welded with submerged arc. I don`t remember how many lbs. of electrode it took but we would use 400 lbs. in one shift. I don`t think it is being used anymore but it is still standing. It was built in about 1975 or 76 I`m 74 years old so the memory isn`t what it used to be.

@NoNonsenseKnowHow

4 жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks for sharing! That's really awesome. Sounds like your memory is pretty good since you remember the specifics of the job. Good stuff! What power plant did it go into? Do you know if it was a coal plant?

@garryhardcastle5984

4 жыл бұрын

@@NoNonsenseKnowHow It was in Coranak yes it was coal.

@NoNonsenseKnowHow

4 жыл бұрын

@@garryhardcastle5984 oh okay, I was just looking it up now looks like Poplar River station. Commissioned in 1981. Still operational if that's the one

@garryhardcastle5984

4 жыл бұрын

@@NoNonsenseKnowHow Yes that's it. It stays in my memory because we were pretty proud of what we did. All the welds had to be x-rayed and we only had 4 inches that we had to cut out and reweld. We were making the big bucks lol I think about $12.00 an hour. It was my first job after leaving the Air Force. I left home at 15 and worked on a farm for $3.00 per day long days starting at 5 milking cows then breakfast and into the fields sometimes as late as midnight. Its funny I own a 1/4 section of land and the 2 brothers that rent it are the sons of the farmer I worked for.

@kygambler22

4 жыл бұрын

garry hardcastle amazing story...can you just imagine the youth of today doing this ?? I’m 73, live in Kentucky.

Always nice to see these absolute marvels of engineering.

Probably pulled it down so it couldn't be brought back on line. That was a high tech coal plant.

You, my friend, have balls of steel!

@NoNonsenseKnowHow

4 жыл бұрын

nahh, when you see these other crazy guys walking around on the tops of them or that guy that rode a unicycle around one, those people got some balls! If you haven't seen the unicycle stack, you should look it up. Crazy

Toe curly stuff.well done...!

Off the hook !! Nice video . Climbed a water tower for Housing authority once. It was amazing

@NoNonsenseKnowHow

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks man. And that's cool, climbing stuff is definitely good fun

Came for info on a water pump. Gave up, will likely bring the '70 Goat to the shop (tools & old age). Stayed for one of the best videos I have ever seen on You Tube. Adventure, construction site, old America, photography/ videography all rolled into one. Nice job! Wish you were out west.

@NoNonsenseKnowHow

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Johnny, that really means alot. I wasn't sure how this video would be received and I appreciate the encouraging words.

In Srilanka, we have our compulsory training scheme for engineering undergrads. During the training period we have to do all sorts of tasks done by Welders, technicians and you name them!!! All sorts of technicality works. I had to climb a 7m concrete tank. Half way done I already shiver and tremble. Climbing a stack is a whole new level! Cheers with the beer!

@NoNonsenseKnowHow

3 жыл бұрын

That's awesome that you went through all that training! And yeah the heights get me a little bit too. Jealous of people who aren't affected at all. Definitely messes with my equilibrium a little bit

Mercer gen was the sister station of Bergen gen of Ridgefield Park NJ. Spent 6 months @ Mercer for an outage (major rebuilding of boilers etc) in the early 2000's. Not fun. Glad it's demolished. Thanks for the flashbacks....

Awesome channel. Almost had me shaking when you were at the top of the first tower. lol

@NoNonsenseKnowHow

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Josh. Appreciate you checking the video out. I wish I had my GoPro when I did this one. The footage was definitely subpar. But what an awesome little exploration day that was

EXCELLENT exploration job!

That was really cool, that you looking down the ladder actually made my heart skip a beat for a second😂 I used to explore abandoned buildings as a kid, it's really interesting 👍☮️

This video is so awesome. I can’t believe I somehow missed this in your upload stream. I always think your vids can’t get better, and they always, always surprise me.

@NoNonsenseKnowHow

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man I appreciate you checking it out. And the video quality wasn't very great since most of it was shot with my cell phone. But damn that was a great day! Something I always wanted to climb since a kid

Smoke Stacks. Not towers. Balls of steel climbing that stack.

I seen these once or twice.. There was a plant very similar to this one in Jersey City nj and there were 2 stacks one large one small.. recently both stacks were demolished differently. It’s very sad to see stacks being demolished

@NoNonsenseKnowHow

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah the Jersey City plant was built around the same time I believe. Sad to see indeed, but I guess we live in different times these days where Stacks are becoming a thing of the past

@edieseldad7995

4 жыл бұрын

Imagine the people that used to work in the plants .....

Cool views.

Update Video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/qqBs1byRmNurZqQ.html

It would have been interesting to drop a full unopened can of beer or pop off of something this high. Just to see what would happen.

@NoNonsenseKnowHow

2 ай бұрын

It would explode. And then everybody would trash me in the comments for wasting a beer. 😆

@redneckbryon

2 ай бұрын

@NoNonsenseKnowHow lol You definitely don't want to abuse that alcohol. You should consider doing more exploration videos.

In grade school I climbed everything in sight in the city even the chimney stack of my grade school a hundred feet and in my thirties I worked for a company replacing the insulating concrete supporting those stacks in power plants in Colorado for Rocky Mountain refineries. Inc

My legs were getting tingly and anxiety was setting in watching that first tower climb

@NoNonsenseKnowHow

4 жыл бұрын

Guess the cell phone captured some decent Cinema then. Was wishing I had a drone. Ended up purchasing one shortly after that climb

Very cool

gutsy :-) love it

Cool video!

@NoNonsenseKnowHow

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy!

I work for an electric Utility IT Dept been to the coal plant a few times and you should see what it is like when it's running. Steam pipes everywhere hot dripping stuff. Coal dust everywhere cough if you breath it in I was there in the winter and the fly ash mixes into a gray mud if it gets on your car takes the paint off. Also contains Mercury and other toxic stuff. We had to install some stuff in the smoke stack for EPA monitoring take a 2 man elevator up inside while it's running. Then you get off go into a room where some stairs lead up to the top where the smoke comes out. The smoke stack is big like 700 feet high. When you open the outside door it causes a problem where the room can fill with exhaust not sure why have to wear a CO monitor. They have a train that is remote controlled locomotives. The lake feeds water in really deep inlet water is like rapids have to cross in a gangway. Many people have been killed there over the years been open since 1950s. I hope I never have to go back there never know. When you enter the turbine building generally next to the great big 500kv transformers. You hear those buzzing sounds when you get up close to these things like a few feet away the buzzing is so loud have to wear hearing protection. The wire is low 10-15 feet over your head at one point. We wear hard hats, and fire protective clothing. I'm surprised you made a video which can be used for trespassing violations.

@NoNonsenseKnowHow

3 жыл бұрын

Wow man intense stuff! Thanks for dropping all the details in your comment

@NoNonsenseKnowHow

3 жыл бұрын

I would love to one day get a chance to visit an operational plant.

@ 10:23, interesting smokestack / power station in the distance!

300 ft is a hell of a climb. We've got a few tall ones in PA. One in Homer city, PA is listed as the 3rd tallest & thee tallest in the US at 1217 ft 😮 Now don't go & try climbing that one 😂

@akaWILDBILL82

Жыл бұрын

Sucks they want to shut it down as well 😞

PSEG Mercer Power Plant. Nice!

@clausiusuf

3 жыл бұрын

I e been there for work several times but never from this perspective. I was nervous for you but what a unique perspective.

@NoNonsenseKnowHow

3 жыл бұрын

That's awesome. Wish I had a job that took me places like that. What do you do for work?

@NoNonsenseKnowHow

3 жыл бұрын

Not sure if you saw, but I did another video going in the condensation side of one of the steam turbines

@clausiusuf

3 жыл бұрын

NoNonsenseKnowHow I’ll go look for that. Lol

@NoNonsenseKnowHow

3 жыл бұрын

@@clausiusuf cool. There's a link to it in the description of this vid

Wow! Memories! I used to work summers there when I was in college. My dad worked there for almost 38 years. He was one of the originals at the plant. Great video.

@NoNonsenseKnowHow

4 жыл бұрын

That's awesome man! So jealous that you had an opportunity to work there. I spent probably 8 hours exploring all the mechanicals of the plant.

@stevenorlowski5832

4 жыл бұрын

@@NoNonsenseKnowHow Yup! Dirty job, but great pay. Curious as to why one stack would have a cat walk and the other one wouldn't. I never really gave it a thought when I was there.

@NoNonsenseKnowHow

4 жыл бұрын

When I was up there it looked like there used to be a catwalk but they removed it from the one Tower

@diannelogsdon6107

4 жыл бұрын

Steven Orlowski My wife’s FB page. Steven, I worked with your Dad. I started in the yard in ‘73. Your Dad was one of my favorite guys in the maintenance shop. Good man. Always pleasant to talk to. I always enjoyed doing a crane job with him. Never a mistake on signals, job always went smooth with your Dad on the job. A Gentleman. Carl.

@markb5971

2 жыл бұрын

Your dad and my dad must have worked together. Mine was in Maintenance for almost 41 years and retired in 08.

A-Mazing.

Nice

Do Cromby in Phoenixville PA

The former PSE&G Mercer Generating Station. It was decommissioned the same time as Hudson Generating Station in Jersey City.

@NoNonsenseKnowHow

3 жыл бұрын

Yes correct

That was a good video mate 👍 I got a bit vertical there on the tower with you 🤢

@NoNonsenseKnowHow

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks man. And yeah those exposed ladders without a cage are definitely a little sketchy for anybody that doesn't like heights

@darren_f

4 жыл бұрын

steeplejack fred dibnah across the pond cleaned the old chimney stacks and demolished them

@NoNonsenseKnowHow

4 жыл бұрын

@@darren_f wow thanks, I never heard of him before, was just looking him up, and watched a vid on him. cool!

@darren_f

4 жыл бұрын

@@NoNonsenseKnowHow he likes a pint of beer on the job to lol🤣 keep the videos coming to me good stuff big shout out from Scotland with the haggis 🤣🤣🤣

@NoNonsenseKnowHow

4 жыл бұрын

LOL, yeah I just saw that in his video! Guess me and him think alike!

Wow ok I get the fb post now I was confused. Climbing up is no problem to me but fuck going down is scary as fuck. Great video

You must be mad, I mean OK you've got steel balls, but you must be mad.

LOL, hope the trespassing charge doesn't slow you down.

@NoNonsenseKnowHow

4 жыл бұрын

I would think that since the place is demolished and the towers don't exist anymore that it shouldn't be a big deal. It's a history video. I'm sure someone that has climbed or even built them Towers would love to see this to bring back memories

Damn, I got a little vertigo nervous and almost fell outta my office chair when you got to the top of the first tower. 300+ feet? Did you have gloves? My hand's woulda been sweating too much and then I mighta lost my grip and slipped off, doh! Was that your drone video near the end, going up beside the tower? I just looked it up; "acrophobia" is fear of heights, and arachnophobia is fear of spiders. Not a good combination for me, but they didn't take you down, haha?

@NoNonsenseKnowHow

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah it was a certainly a little dicey on the first Tower. If I had focused Less on filming and actually looked up I probably would have seen it there was no platform on that one lol. And no gloves. Unless it's cold I like to have bare hands on the rungs.

@NoNonsenseKnowHow

4 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah and that is footage I got with my DJI mavic Pro at the end. Flew it over from Pennsylvania

@JohnnyMacalvee-cf7et

4 жыл бұрын

LOL @Terebrate You almost fell outta your office chair, and our man here is climbing stacks - with no gear. Meanwhile, I am in an adjustable bed. Good times!

@terebrate

4 жыл бұрын

@@JohnnyMacalvee-cf7et Yeah, I shouldn't have been watching in full-screen mode. Was right about at 7:23 that I got scared. Gives me "the Willies".

I wonder what they replaced that plant with?

Very Cool Video!! I would have been shaking a lot more than that! Me and heights don't mix well. 😳

@NoNonsenseKnowHow

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks man

@NoNonsenseKnowHow

4 жыл бұрын

It's all about having that safety gear though. Much more comfortable with that. Go climb some Towers! LOL. Good fun and excitement

Dude You are cRAzY LOL👍👍 If you like Climbing they pay $BIG BUCKS$ for Commercial Broadcast Tower climbers to replace burned out lights on their towers. You get to travel ALOT too👍 Great Video I wouldn't have done that for a million dollars🤑

@NoNonsenseKnowHow

4 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't call it that crazy. Those guys that walk around the top of towers or the one guy that rides a unicycle on the top of one are crazy. If you haven't seen the guy riding a unicycle on top of a smokestack you definitely have to check that out. Insane. And I wish I could get a job doing something with Heights like that. Guess I'll should start looking

@miguelsalami

4 жыл бұрын

@@NoNonsenseKnowHow Not many men have the guts to scale a 300+ft coal stack on an old rusty ladder let alone climb a 1000+ ft Sturdy Tower with all the proper safety gear. That's why those jobs pay so much.

@NoNonsenseKnowHow

4 жыл бұрын

Well shoot me a message if you happen to see any job opportunities in that field! LOL. Thanks!

I went on the tallest roller coaster in the world but..... No way in hell I would climb that! LOL.

@NoNonsenseKnowHow

3 жыл бұрын

Could always do it with a harness that way it's safe. Got to give it a try sometime! Smokestacks are my favorite thing. Especially the ladders without the cage like this one was

@NoNonsenseKnowHow

3 жыл бұрын

Of course roller coasters are fun as well

You have zero fear 😨

Timber!!!

Hey man

@NoNonsenseKnowHow

4 жыл бұрын

Whats up Jake

@jakecounts8576

4 жыл бұрын

@@NoNonsenseKnowHow it was nice meeting you.

@NoNonsenseKnowHow

4 жыл бұрын

@@jakecounts8576 good meeting you too Jake.

kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZYZnj7uwdL3Yqso.html Fred climbed chimneys

1001ft

Oh my - you are a dare devil.

Breathe air in.

@NoNonsenseKnowHow

4 жыл бұрын

Do I not?

Nope.