Playing pinball, on a Windows XP touchscreen, in an abandoned power plant. Just watching it was surreal 🤣

@radwolf76

4 ай бұрын

Protip for future reference: if you ever have a keyboardless touchscreen like that, you can probably find the on-screen keyboard app in windows' accessibility features. Not very helpful when running Pinball in fullscreen mode, but it looks like it was running fine in windowed mode.

@GhostGuyExplorations412

4 ай бұрын

I definitely played around with it when I explored this same place.

@jhondoe9038

4 ай бұрын

O9999p99oo9pppllll​@@GhostGuyExplorations412

@jlucasound

4 ай бұрын

I was just about to comment the same, almost word for word! This is an exceptionally beautiful plant and control room, etc.

@jwfusco1958

4 ай бұрын

We played it on a desktop PC on a desk with a monitor right behind the touch screen We also had a direct tv satellite dish on the roof that is still there lol

Since the kids were smashing things, you should have gotten on the intercom and said something along the lines of "please leave the premises immediately" or "Authorities have been called"... Maybe they'd have taken off and not come back.

@TheBigdog868

4 ай бұрын

That's what I would have done! Scare em a little

@daniellclary

4 ай бұрын

I was having the same thoughts.

@jonathanstuart7354

4 ай бұрын

I did something like that at a abandoned hospital

@Chris-sv8ty

4 ай бұрын

"Hey stop fucking around little shits"

@lifequest7453

4 ай бұрын

Good Idea, then you find out they are Gang Bangers and come looking for you.

My father worked here for 30 years! Thank you for this video he’s going to love it!!

@benjaminrich

4 ай бұрын

He’s currently watching it and LOVING it. He said the Cadaver room is an acronym but he cannot remember what it is

@michaelfusco66

4 ай бұрын

awesome to read this comment because im currently on the phone with my dad as we watch this who also worked here for over 30 years!

@TheEmeraldMenOfficial

4 ай бұрын

@@benjaminrichLet us know if he remembers!

@rainscratch

2 ай бұрын

What would be amazing would be to get your dad in contact with Proper People and have him narrate his memories of the plant and how things worked!! Another edition with commentary from an actual worker.@@michaelfusco66

@benjaminrich

2 ай бұрын

@@TheEmeraldMenOfficial he remembered every inch of it. He had a few buddies over last week and he showed them and they laughed and told old stories!

Bailey is the OG of boiler controls. The “intercom” is a Gaitronix, they are noise canceling microphone and speaker. That handset allows operators to communicate with each other while the turbines are in operation. All those panels were probably union made definitely American made. I’ve spent YEARS of my life behind those boards troubleshooting and repairing instrumentation. That is an oil filled circuit breaker, you are correct. Those stand alone motors are phase corrector’s (inductive loads) that help balance the phase to phase load. Down here in Texas most Asbestos containing insulation is marked with red bands and stenciled “asbestos”. I worked at Union Carbide Texas City, built in the 40s lots of very similar equipment. I spotted a Cleaver Brooks panel!!i think it’s neat that all that equipment is inside a building, most of the stuff down here on the Gulf Coast is basically outside and exposed. But that’s in the design spec for environmental reasons, Ashtabula Ohio requires more environmental insulation than S.E. Texas. I would love to have seen that place in all its glory! I would gladly help a cleanup somewhere!

@hksp

4 ай бұрын

will the panel go kaboom if u ignore the synchroscope & connect both systems?

@bitteroldskunk

4 ай бұрын

@@hksp Lots of bad things can happen, it could cause damage to the grid and to the generator itself. Or it will just trip a breaker isolating that generator. Some wont connect themselves to the grid unless its matched to the grid.

@garymckee8857

4 ай бұрын

Outstanding, when I first started working in the telephone switches 85 percent of equipment and materials were American manufactured but now maybe 10 percent is made in the United States. Sad

@drshelkie4153

4 ай бұрын

THANK YOU for the great information! I REEEEEEEEEEELY appreciate info from someone that knows what they're talking about. This really adds to the info from the guys. Thanks again.

@akidafloof

4 ай бұрын

@@garymckee8857 And this is why old classic cars can last over a century past their date manufactured, and the new Chinesium sh*t can't last a month over two or three years depending on the warranty.

i love that electrical hum. the current is saying "i am here. i am dangerous."

@Munakas-wq3gp

4 ай бұрын

20kV can jump a long way to get you. This plant could have more. The switching tools for 20kV actuators are insulated and over 3 feet long to keep you away from the live surfaces...

@asn413

4 ай бұрын

@@Munakas-wq3gp oh yeah. when tf boxes say "keep away" they mean it! free cremation included.

@bjoern_eberhardt

4 ай бұрын

Why, when all the turbines are switched off, can we still hear this loud 60Hz hum everywhere? Isn't it the sound of a lot of electrical energy converted to heat? Where? Why didn't they fully disconnect the plant?

@asn413

4 ай бұрын

@@bjoern_eberhardt my best guess is support power, to keep switching gear alive.

@-Ncrypt

4 ай бұрын

@@asn413 What's "switching" gear? I know nothing about any of this.

Wonderful work! I've been a fan for probably 7 or 8 years now and a patron for almost 3 years! You never disappoint me! This is literally my comfort channel!

@jessicas2379

4 ай бұрын

same bro so comforting

@Noodleude

4 ай бұрын

Nah fr

@matthewcurran82

4 ай бұрын

I could do without the commercials though...what am I paying 750 pesos a month for premium youtube?

@jessicas2379

4 ай бұрын

@@matthewcurran82 I’d never pay to use KZread I pay enough streaming services.

@mlgjmt

4 ай бұрын

@@matthewcurran82 their sponsored segments are easily skippable tbf, and it's worth it for the higher quality/quantity of videos. I'm sure it accounts for a significant amount of their income

It's such a shame that they don't preserve power plants like this as a museum and restore it so people can visit them. I think some of them should be saved and restored. This was pretty cool. I hate when teens just go in and smash shit up because they're bored and that's what they can do.

@Quellems

4 ай бұрын

And then the museum makes you pay 200 dollars to see one room :/

@creeguyvernon

4 ай бұрын

Our old power plant is now a museum and can take guided tours of the boiler house , control room and the turbine hall, they used Parsons high/low pressure turbine units 😎

@lifequest7453

4 ай бұрын

VERY EXPENSIVE to restore an old power plant to a museum status, and even if you can, this is not enough alone to being in money so it can be sustained. The cleanup alone, and I am speaking of oil in the ground as well as chemicals, is extremely expensive then you still have to preserve the station and the equipment. Fisk Station in Chicago originally had old GE verticle generators/turbines, and their answer was for GE to take back one of those vertical units and put it in THEIR OWN museum of sorts so it is preserved. The station is still in place but retired but the switch houses are alive. This includes the switch houses INSIDE the station. So if any of you happen to get inside this station, I strongly suggest you NOT operate any switches or open any doors. and if on the old side, that area IS asbestous contaminated.

@Boomer112

4 ай бұрын

There's actually a power plant here in Sweden that is both still in use *and* a museum, it's called ''Finnfors kraftverk'' and was built all the way back in 1908 and last expansion phase or whatever was in 1935.

@lifequest7453

4 ай бұрын

@@Boomer112 The station near me was built in 1912 and it just retired last year. it is sitting there now just about abandoned but still has guards walking around. I can only assume it is because much of it is still energized. Back then, the bus work was inside the station as well as outside so it will take some work to get it all out and cut off the inside equipment. I believe the asbestous problem was taken care of when the old stokers were taken out for scrap. The station as a whole is pretty much whole and it has that intricate brick work that they did back then. But I hold no hopes of them making it a museum.

You can tell how much pride was put in the construction of this building, and not that it was just thrown together. How the times have changed, so sad

@Montgomerygolfgator

2 ай бұрын

There's a good reason we don't, it's called combustible dust. Architectural details may look nice, but they leave surfaces where dusts can accumulate and spread a fire across a facility much faster than if they weren't there. There's a lot more thought put into these kinds of things these days.

@bsadewitz

2 ай бұрын

​@@MontgomerygolfgatorI never would have thought of that, but that's a good point. The building I live in was built in the 20s, and the remaining surfaces like that are virtually impossible to keep free of dust.

I bet the turbine hall would've been magnificent at night in its heyday. Those street lights glowing on the wet brick,lighting up all that art deco detail...wow. Thanks so much for sharing!

@bluebird8004

4 ай бұрын

Street lights? Wet brick? What ya mean bud?

@schism6976

4 ай бұрын

​@@bluebird8004in it's heydey he said. Gotta use your imagination

@magmajctaz1405

4 ай бұрын

@@bluebird8004 The "street lights" look like a later addition. (Based on the conduit used.) Depending on when they were installed they may have been incandescent or mercury vapor. Metal halide would be the best though.

@vapormissile

4 ай бұрын

​@@bluebird8004He's a time traveler, reminiscing about the future good old days.

@lifequest7453

4 ай бұрын

The old stations, like this one, most likely had incandesent lights hanging from the walls. They may have had some on the ceiling where they changed the bulbs riding on the crane. The incandesent lights when compared to todays standards, were not great. but back then, incandesent lighting was kind of new and was the best they had. This is the only place I've seen street lights set up in the Turbine room so they had to be a later addition.

I enjoy your work in the Generating Stations, worked for over 50 years in coal fired plants as well as an operator in a Nuke Plant. I was blessed to finish my career stepping down from management and operating an old Municipal Diesel and Combined Cycle Plant in Florida during its last years of operation. It is demolished now, never again to be explored so thanks for your work! There can't be many operators left like me. I actually operated these plants and closed the Gen Breakers when the Sync scope and Voltage was in line. Thanks for the memories!

@ytc3182

3 ай бұрын

Hey Darrel, do you know why's there's so much power connected to it still?

@Mike-01234

3 ай бұрын

I'm surprised the plant property is not secured I work for a large utility all of our properties are secured with motion sensors, and cameras. We had a few people try to get inside our mothballed plants they were all charged with trespassing.

@Montgomerygolfgator

2 ай бұрын

@@Mike-01234 There's a lot of coverage of this plant all at once, there may have been some back-channel communication we're not privy to. I did see something about a remediation company demolishing the site, so maybe they're intentionally turning a blind eye before knocking it down.

@user-ph3ws7qj5t

2 ай бұрын

5 before 12 i would close and hold the breaker control switch, once on, a click, i would slightly raise load and voltage , hold a bit , let firemen add more fire, catch up some then walk load up with steam pressure at some point put boiler /generator on auto, chemistry good then pass unit on over to convex for loading !! i wish i could find power plant set up so i could do this at home, like some video game for fun.

I love the lacing in of the old infomercials with present day exploration. You guys are top shelf!

@Lilmissdangerous

4 ай бұрын

It does give it that much more interesting 😀

@Antney946

4 ай бұрын

Infomercials? What products were they trying to sell?

@fredsons2241

4 ай бұрын

I was referencing the old footage/documentary clips that seem to have been made by the utility back in the day as was common for PR in that era.

@bonemar66

4 ай бұрын

All those newsreel clips sound the same whether they were talking about Marilyn Monroe or Ohio's latest power plants.

@Pistolpete147

4 ай бұрын

Those were not infomercials they were old 35mm educational films that would have been showed in high school and junior college

So many coal plants being shut down. I worked in one for 33 years. Retired 10 years ago. These videos bring back memories

@cardinaloflannagancr8929

4 ай бұрын

There is one in my town they actually re-used the main building. I wish I had realized but did not. They were actually doing full tours after it was decommissioned yet before anything was removed or actually torn down.

@MrPNutt

4 ай бұрын

I worked in one for several years too, and in a strange way kinda miss the old dirty place. Very eerie seeing them idle like this.

@3UZFE

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for playing your part in providing affordable & reliable electricity!

@kellyl7688

4 ай бұрын

The coal plant in my county is still operating. They’ve been operating in the same building since 1888!

@spaceflight1019

4 ай бұрын

I worked as an E&I tech at Elrama (2008-2013) and Cheswick (2013-2021). The demolition videos for both stations are on here. The photos are on Google Maps.

It just boggles my mind thinking about the men who designed these plant operations and those who constructed them. They must've been geniuses!! Thank you for sharing this spectacular place. Love you guys!!

@lifequest7453

4 ай бұрын

The plant I worked in was built around 1912. I joined the crew around 1970. The old guys used to talk about when they hired in. in the beginning, to work there, you had to be an engineer. Papers and all. They worked in Suit and Tie. Even on the Turbine floor. you were expected to know your job and as long as you did your job well, there were no problems. Back then, it was not unusual for a boiler or turbine operator to be assigned to the maintenance department for a shift, and maintenance would send you out sweeping the floor. Imagine being an Engineer, working as a boiler or turbine operator, sweeping floors. Today they would complain to the union. As different companies came and went, the suit and tie requirement was relaxed, they started hiring people with high school diplomas, relaxing the engineer requirement and keeping a small staff of real engineers for important work. The process of creating his psi steam, sending it through the turbine to spin the generator to make electricity, then condensing the steam back to water, sending it through heaters to heat the water before it runs through the boiler again to become steam, and the cycle repeats, is a really interesting thing. It gets a bit more complicated when you have high and low pressure turbines because after going through the high pressure turbine, the steam goes to the boiler to go through the Reheater section to heat it up and increase psi and sent down to the low pressure turbine, then to the condensor. Most people have no idea of the processes used to make electricity.

I always find it so ironic when an old power plant is wasting electricity with lights and transformers humming. It used to make power and now it's consuming it for no reason. Thank you for recording this piece of history for all of us. It's amazing that you guys were able to get access so easily and yet it wasn't trashed, considering how many times you went there, there couldn't have been much security. Another fantastic job!

@HR-wd6cw

4 ай бұрын

I did some digging around. At the time when the power was on, it was in "backup"/standby mode as they were switching to the main power grid for the city and wanted to keep this one running (or at least, in a state where it could be powered on again quickly) should something go wrong. It has now since had its power turned off I believe since the switchover was over a year ago I believe (so this video was taken a while ago).

@aaronvienot

4 ай бұрын

It's surprisingly common with old plants, sometimes because the adjacent high-voltage switchyard is still part of the power infrastructure and the controls are in the building. I was part of a team that designed and supervised a controls conversion at an old coal plant around eight years ago. Two of the plant's four main walls were completely removed for asbestos mitigation, yet the central control room still had partial power for controls. We completed the project with a new control enclosure next to the old switchyard and moved the control circuits over in stages, and the plant was fully demolished in the following year.

@DMahalko

3 ай бұрын

Also, the power is on so that maintenance and security people .... who are SUPPOSED TO BE THERE ... can come in and keep it from falling into further disrepair. If a crew comes in to work on whatever, they need power for their tools, etc.

I've been working in power plants for over 23 years. I wish i could've walked through this one with you guys. Alot of these old plants were designed with alot of character. The first plant i worked in was from the 1940's and IMO was just as nice as this one. Very cool to see. There's something about power plants that i find so interesting. Just the nostalgia is incredible. It's very sad to see these old and unique places demolished. And i do have to say how nice it is of how respectful you guys are. Much appreciated. Be careful around those electrical panels too.

@getjacked1

3 ай бұрын

I feel the same way about these plants. There’s something about them. The sheer size of everything from the stacks to the boilers, is amazing. The engineering that goes into building these plants. I like them all but the old ones with all that character, something you won’t see anymore. Just had one decommissioned near me and the stacks blown down last week. The plant would have been running its 100th year this year. I would have loved to see inside the plant before it’s gone. They had a clubhouse/bowling alley for the employees on sight, along with a boat dock. Just a cool plant. In a few months it’ll be all gone, sad really.

So much craftsmanship!!! People who died decades ago but their work is still right there being magnificent!

This is a truly awesome place. I was there in 2021. When I went there was 5 other groups of explorers that surprised the crap out of me. The workers that were there just told us to leave when they left in the evening.

Great video! It's really baffling to know it's getting demolished. In Europe there's quite a large movement into preserving and reusing a lot of our industrial heritage similar to this. I've always wondered into why this trend hadn't arrived in the states yet. Would be great to preserve these incredible industrial heritage from going extinct.

@andriaduncan5032

4 ай бұрын

I suspect that it's because Europeans have a much greater understanding of "historical heritage." In the US, we tend to just demolish the old and build new -- nowhere more prevalent than here in Atlanta -- "well it burned down, guess we'll build new!" 🤣

@breannathompson9094

4 ай бұрын

Honestly a lot of the government defends it as "job security" the builders have a job, but we lose our literal history for it.

@burningchrome70

4 ай бұрын

It's sad though. I hope we can at least start getting really good 3d scans of things before they are destroyed by "progress" and "improvement".

@Mike-zl4zs

4 ай бұрын

Sadly the fancy brickwork and preserving heritage does nothing to increase the bonuses of the ultra-wealthy, so it all gets ignored in order to keep shareholders getting fatter

@mixitupmarketing

4 ай бұрын

The United States would rather have a bunch of high density apartments. It’s incredibly sad.

Shout out to the "little PC that could" still running XP

@Chris-sv8ty

4 ай бұрын

If it was a windows 10 it wouldn't have survived

@lifequest7453

4 ай бұрын

@@Chris-sv8ty yes if it was windows 10 it would have crashed

@TUBESPECIFIC1

4 ай бұрын

@@lifequest7453 Why would it have crashed because of Windows 10? I have a 3 year old solid state Windows 10 game laptop upgraded to Windows 11. It's doing beautifully and probably would last until too much dust and gunk builds up in the cooling fans. Yea, I know it needs to be done for it's running hotter.

@lifequest7453

4 ай бұрын

@@TUBESPECIFIC1 Windows XP is the strongest most stable operating system there is. Windows 10 has strangely a lot of systems found in Windows 8. Besides that, the new windows systems have holes in the programming. It is common for the op sys to freeze or go dark. Too many videos out there that verify this to worry about your "not mine" attitude.

@TUBESPECIFIC1

4 ай бұрын

@@lifequest7453 I find windows 11 most stable of them all. Funny thing I didn't like the update at first for it seemed so different. I didn't ever use Windows 8 as I went from 7 to 10 to 11. I hope it's not going to be common for ops sys to freeze or go dark. Older computers, I think Windows 2000 had that problem often 15 to 20 years ago. A lot less application hang today than some years back in my experience.

When things were functional and cool… This place should be preserved.

26:00 Those are old oil filled switches/circuit breakers. They were state of the art in their time, but are extremely dangerous. The slightest contamination in the oil would make them short out or explode. The ones marked "Stay" are probably still energized. 27:55 Those are old motor-generators. One side is the motor, probably 440v 3phase, and the other is a DC generator, commonly 120v DC for use with the control panels and instruments upstairs.

@brnmcc01

4 ай бұрын

Would be 480v 3 phase, not 440. Nobody ever used 440volts. Europe is 415v/230 line to ground. But those are more likely phase to phase load balancers, not DC power supply. The generators had exciters on the shaft end opposite of the turbines, which was fed thru voltage regulators to control the output voltage and therefore the KVar output of the gensets.

@mxslick50

4 ай бұрын

@@brnmcc01 Today, yes. When the plant was built 440v was common, especially for motor voltage ratings. I used to service a very old movie theatre with similar MG sets, and the motors on those (as well as the ancient Westinghouse 5hp exhaust motor that I had to replace) were all rated at 440v.

@JouleThief29

4 ай бұрын

Europe uses 400 V line to line, not 415 V. Also, rated for 440 V does not mean the input has to be 440 V. For example, plugs used with 230 V are rated for 250 V. I also would assume that the motor-generators were used to power the exciter coils of the generator.

@michaelimbesi2314

4 ай бұрын

@@brnmcc01I think you’re right about that. A bit later in the video, one of them states that the MG’s motor case says “balancer” on it.

It is great to see men like you taking a risk, at times, to film places like this since so many are torn down at some point sooner or later. Glad to see you following the "take only pictures (and video), leave only foot prints" motto. Keep up the good work....and enjoy the music you play at times.

@baseddoggie

4 ай бұрын

>is literally getting torn down >don't take anything! Just leave footprints! urbex people...

Another Plant?! Awesome! Also love when you're able to find some old videos of these locations!

I worked in the other plant just down the road before it was demolished. The amount of detail and care they took of those plants were amazing. They took immaculate care of the building. It is a shame you couldn't see the east plant before it was partially demolished.

This video had everything! Guest explorers, Art Deco, security geese, retro documentary footage, random banana instalment, Cadaver Lab (hints of Frankenstein), Solitaire and No Good Punk Kids!

@magscorch7706

4 ай бұрын

Dont forget the chair just chilling

This is the best preserved old power plant and turbine hall you guys have ever explored! Amazing!

You're in my neck of the woods! I've lived in Northeast Ohio all my life, so these last two explores have been particularly sick! Great job as always! 👏🏻

@chrishepp4429

4 ай бұрын

yeah mee too use too live right down the street from cei eastlake plant went Fishing there right next to the warm water discarge numtill hurricane sandy destroyed the pier completely crazy

@StrangeRealityVlog

4 ай бұрын

Awesome where at ? I'm in Willoughby

@StrangeRealityVlog

4 ай бұрын

Awesome ​@@chrishepp4429 much love from Willoughby

@StrangeRealityVlog

4 ай бұрын

Just subscribed!! To ya both

@chrishepp4429

4 ай бұрын

lives in euclid on lakeshore blv right before Loyd road i use too take my daughters too cei and fish in the summer before that hurrican sandy destroyed the pier next to the cei plant i love Willoughby grew up with some friends that still live on wright street in willoughby @@StrangeRealityVlog

The way my jaw dropped when you said Ashtabula, I didn’t know anyone knew we existed out here! I’ve actually been inside this building!! 😱

@radwolf76

4 ай бұрын

So it was YOU yelling into the intercom!

@yellowXbrickXroad

4 ай бұрын

@@radwolf76 lol no I was in this building before they closed it down 😂

I absolutely love you guys, I’ve been following you for years right from the beginning. I’ve just joined your patreon channel and wish id done it sooner to support you guys and your amazing hard work! I look forward to seeing your new uploads so much as they usually drop on Sunday, perfect end to a hard week watching another exploration! Thank you so much, much love from the UK ❤❤

This was truly a gem and I could have watched you guys walk through this all day. I could not believe how clean the boiler rooms were. It's truly saddening to see such amazing art deco get destroyed. Even the rivets in the metal work were all synced. Would have really liked to see some more of the cool photographs you guys took. Thanks for the great explore.

I used to think this place looked so cool as we drove by on our way to the beach as a kid. I have fond memories of running along the jetty that ran from the beach parking lot all the way twards that place. Thanks so much for sharing your adventure through it.

@laynestaley009

3 ай бұрын

Same. I always looked forward to driving past it on our way to Lake shore park. I even thought they were cloud makers 😅 Good times.

This is an excellent video. You guys are recording history that will no longer be available. Thank you so much. I have to admit I got teared up at the ending. So sad. What a fabulous building.

So excited for a new video, I've watched every other KZread video from you guys, I tried checking out other urbex exploration videos, no one else makes these videos like you guys, it's a level of maturity, information, video quality, and an eye for architecture that's unmatched by anyone else, thank you for your videos, they never disappoint

Yaaaaay another video . I watched just about all your videos while recovering from heart surgery over the summer. I got spoiled because I had close to 200 to watch. Now I’m having to wait on new releases. At least it gives me something to look forward to watch.

I live on the lake between the Eastlake and Ashtabula plants, cool to see the interior! Love the videos and it's super cool to see you guys explore abandoned places all over northeast Ohio over the last few months!

@StrangeRealityVlog

4 ай бұрын

Awesome ❤ much love from Willoughby Ohio

Been a fan of the channel for several years now and this is the closest you've ever gotten to me. Ashtabula is 45 minutes from my house and my dad drives past the town on I-90 for work every day. Wild to see you guys explore on the other side of the world and end up close enough to consider it local.

This was definitely one of those top notch power plants. Plus the old footage to go with it is always awesome. Back in a time when they didn't need a computer to show how things worked, you actually had to be more creative for the same type of effects.

Wow that was probably one of the more epic of power plants. The piping and the massive scale of everything is incredible. It's too bad there's rarely effort to preserve any of these places.

Admiring the video and brings back great memories. That Windows XP Touchscreen was originally programmed with Wonderware InTouch Software, graphic screens and data aquistion networking capabilities as part of our Plant Information System if I remember correctly. Amazed to see it still working. Puts a smile on the face of an old I&C Tech. who loved taking care of those control systems many years ago. It was a sad day when that beloved plant was shut down.

I’m a boiler welder and have spent years in maintaining and repairing power plants all over this tickles me in all the right places and love your respect for it. You guys always kill it

Loving the recent inclusion of the old video/media content, really adds a nice polish to these works of art!

Once again you have explored my favorite place a abandoned power plant thank you Michael and Brian for posting this classic generation plant video

The fact you guys are there and APPRECIATING everything you see…. architecture, intricate details, size and even shape of control panels, the ornate features…. You’re going through there with respect for what you’re seeing and showing us. That’s the way to do this and I’m sure that’s why this channel does as well as it does. Class moves guys… integrity is as rare as these places!!

I’ve been going through your old videos this evening and admiring a lot of your work. You never disappoint guys. Well done on another awesome video

All the old architecture looks so beautiful better than what you see nowadays

@AverageDiscordMod

4 ай бұрын

architecturers nowadays be smoking some bad shit

@world_still_spins

3 ай бұрын

​@@AverageDiscordMod or they're not smoking enough anymore.

You know what's really sad I'm glad that you guys really get a chance to show us what some of these beautiful places that have been left in time and is really sad that a lot of them are not used as museums as a lot of people have said, it is sad to see that these places get demolished thank you for taking the time proper people for showing us these beautiful places

There is something magical about these old metal machines. Absolutely beautiful. I is amazing on the tile detail on the walls. The craftsmen took such pride in the work they did. Great video guys....

this is genuinely a beautiful video the nostalgia feeling is just weird like its sad that i didn’t get to experience the past but at the same time its such a blessing to be able to go there a look back

I’m really glad we have the technology of today and the ability to watch your content but man I always get so sad I’ll never live in that time period where everything had detail and made meticulously rather than modern deco

In the first two seconds of this video I recognized where you were! I've been watching you guys for years and I was giddy like a little school girl to see you in my hometown. I've had multiple family members that worked in this plant over the years. I've been in that control room as a boy scout in the 80's when it was still operational. I grew up just a few minutes from this electric plant and let me say, THANK YOU for pronouncing Ashtabula correctly!!!

my grandma and some of her family grew up in that area. While I've never been in the area of the plant, its amazing to see such an amazing piece of history.

Incredible Episode once again!! Your style of documenting these places is by far the best here on KZread and I love how respectful you are! Big thanks for your work =)

This is now my new favorite episode! The kenopsia is strong with this facility. I hate that these Goliath’s are being erased. Hopefully some of these incredible facilities can be saved for future people to enjoy. Thank you guys!

I pass this place every day on my way to work, neat to see inside.

@tragical_24

4 ай бұрын

They said over the past year there’s been interior demolition. Have you seen any signs of this?

Fantastic... Sad to see such engineering go away...Thank you for the amazing tour!

This has to be one of THE BEST abandoned structure tours I have watched here on YouTUBE!! Outstanding job, guys!! Thanks so much!!

Happy day when Proper People come my way!

That was a nice long video and very enjoyable. The fact parts of that power plant were still powered, the controls had lights, the server room had things going was pretty cool to see

Amazing, too bad it's gone..... Love the detail in these early buildings. It's something we will never see today.

It really is tragic places like these are being removed from history. Grateful you guys are able to capture elements of their existence before their final days.

Stunning, stepping right back in time there and what a gem of an old era it was. Thanks guys for the excellent vid like always. Almost purple wow! Time just flys. 🎉

the fact the place is still humming is just amazing

What you guys do is an important documentation of the way things used to be -- your work is important and greatly appreciated. That you care about these places and show them respect magnifies the value of your work.

Amazing exploration keep up the amazing work :) ❤

10/10 for the security geese.

@uploadJ

4 ай бұрын

Love those security geese!

Would you guys ever consider getting a 360 degree camera for VR? It would be awesome to get a scale of these places and experience them in VR

@XxTWMLxX

4 ай бұрын

I soooo would watch this if filmed with like a insta 360 on my vive vr headset.

Thank you for sharing. I'm a life-long Ohio resident. My brother-in-law was an engineer at the Ripley Ohio power plant. He gave us a tour when it was still operating. I just wish I had been more attentive to the details, but I was overwhelmed. Cheers!

As usual guys you did such an amazing job ! Bringing this old power plant back to life was an amazing way to enlighten the past of this old building before it’s disappearance 😢

Some of my first memories are from the back seat of my parents car driving by the Avon plant. I always wanted to see inside. I remember playing at the park just west of Avon Power. I now live in Phoenix, Az and did not know they were shut down and going to be leveled. I really can't thank you two enough for shining a light into my past memories. I kinda got that nostalgic guilt or regret that we can't go back to the heyday or save them. It's a a bummer that a plant or at least a turbine hall like Avon and Ashtabula can't be preserved. I've been watching you two since the beginning and appreciate all your content but this really hit close to me. P.s Cleveland really has / had a thing with industrial areas being for a purpose but keeping things extremely clean and organized along with the architectural design I hope you notice some of it. I remember it being a matter of pride for my dad and his coworkers to be a blue collar but to be tidy professional and organized (dad was Tool and die maker) -- Thank you Bryan and Michael for making a video /photographic record of this and other industrial sites.

@g_men2121

4 ай бұрын

Yea, the plant here in AL closed around 2016 or so

@BARfastauto

4 ай бұрын

Bummer went from being a kid then growing up and hanging out at the Tropicana across Lake Ave. Thank you and take care @@g_men2121

Thank you for exploring north eastern Ohio! There's so much history here to explore and learn! Maybe do some of the old buildings downtown Cleveland.

Thank you for all that you both do when exploring these places… I enjoy seeing these old buildings and places you all visit… its sad that the majority of them end up demolished without a trace 😢

It's still amazing to see the art and deign of these old places and is truly sad that they are being demoed. Great stuff as always!

you guys are the reason I explore 🙏🙏 always love the content

@brandon-dgoober

4 ай бұрын

Where are your videos?

I work EMS in ashtabula Ohio and I have never seen that before

@StrangeRealityVlog

4 ай бұрын

Awesome ❤ much love from Willoughby Ohio

Beautiful works of art, efficient and got the job done. Also bless you and your friends for cleaning up the mess in the control room!

The way you guys capture these incredible places…you’re absolute artists.

Nice to hear you again. Hope both of you are doing well .😊 oh yeah, the wavy vertical rails represent the unseen electrical waves flowing through the building. 🤷‍♂️whoooo 🧚‍♂️👻⚡️

Really nice! Tried to get in there a few years ago, but it was locked up really tight. Thanks for fulfilling my curiosity.

@EphemeralProductions

4 ай бұрын

They probably got wind of these guys comin in. lol

Amazing! Thanks for the tour. Sad to see a once powerful complex rotting. I appreciate your stealthy progress through the facility.

One of the most intriguing plants to look at, the lighting was incredible also

I live the power hum. I didn't realize the size of the panels in the turbine hall till you walked up to touch it. Pretty awesome place

This should never be destroyed. The exterior the smokestack the turbine hall and coal preparation area should remain. They could encapsulate the turbines and have a museum and residences inside. So many possibilities. Never destroy this work of art.

@Dfk429S9fo3

4 ай бұрын

Sure, I'm sure people would line up to live in a place that's probably full of lead paint and asbestos, among other things.

Absolutely stunning, from every angle and in every shot. I can't believe you were lucky enough to find not only such a beautifully designed and built plant, but one in such incredible shape, almost untouched. This is one of your finest videos, thank you for sharing it with us!

27:47 these are converters. A motor on the one side and a generator on the other. Used for e.g converting AC to DC.

@DisinterestedObserver

4 ай бұрын

Yes, all of the big breakers would have been DC powered. Mostly likely, the voltage was 125 v dc.

My extended family is from Youngstown. I'm sure there's a lot of abandon manufacturing plants to visit there!

@StrangeRealityVlog

4 ай бұрын

Awesome ❤ much love from Willoughby Ohio #Cleveland

Gorgeous plant! Thanks for making such awesome videos!

That was great. Grew up in Ashtabula, even toured the plant from elementary school back in the day. Eventually worked for CEI for a spell at Perry. Was a great trip down memory lane. Thank you for your efforts.

Would have been interesting to be there during the 2003 rolling black out.

An empty Administrator Password on a Windows XP machine feels right for some reason.

You guys are the best. Skilled camera work, classy narrative, creative editing and intelligent attitudes all equal excellent videos. Thank you! 😍

The lighting was for sure great and made this place look all the more beautiful than it would have been on a bleak overcast day - friendly light like that makes me feel all warm and fuzzy while marveling at an old industrial titan from days long gone by 😊

I hear the hum but I’m trying to figure out where it’s coming from. The place is decommissioned so none of the generators must be working. So where is the hum generated?

The old days of companies caring for their employees that they had a full cafeteria to feed their employees nutritious meals. I bet they ran 3 shifts to feed everyone

Absolutely fascinating tour. Thank you so very much!

The hum of the energy!!! Love it to this day. ❤

These companies should be inviting you and a select few others urban explorers inside these masterpieces of our history to document instead of often posting guards to assure they decay into oblivion in secrecy. Its so sad to see the drab monistic building they are replaced with.

10:30 Umm... Bananas for scale, obvs.

@dertythegrower

4 ай бұрын

confusing... looks like a sticker, with a semireflective gloss on the photo

@marcberm

4 ай бұрын

@@dertythegrower Definitely a real bunch of bananas. It's hanging over a wire inside the empty compartment where some gauge/instrument used to be.

I always look forward to your videos. Its given me the drive to explore more.

Wow, what an absolute gem. Thanks for bringing us along on the journey.

Sad ending for such grand buildings. Those apartments... 😣Yuck