A dying giant in the middle of the desert | ABANDONED

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  • Опубликовано: 18 май 2024
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    In this episode I travel to Chile with Frank and start my roadtrip through the Atacama desert, which has a rich industrial past.
    Our first location is the Sloman dam, which opened in 1911 and closed in 1965. In 1980 the site was declared as a national historical monument, but despite its status, the site is in a neglected state.
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  • @ExploringtheUnbeatenPath
    @ExploringtheUnbeatenPath  Месяц назад +3

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  • @FixitFrank
    @FixitFrank Месяц назад +68

    I have said it before but I will say it again. Bob you really have top notch videos. Thanks for making the trips, sleeping on the ground and pooping in bushes to bring us these. Best UE content on YT in my humble opinion.

    • @ExploringtheUnbeatenPath
      @ExploringtheUnbeatenPath  Месяц назад +7

      Thanks! Many of these are shot in a hurry, but I do try to make the best out of it😊 🙏

    • @FixitFrank
      @FixitFrank Месяц назад +1

      ​@@ExploringtheUnbeatenPath well whatever you are doing freaking works. I honeslty look forward to Sundays just for your videos. I wish there was somewhere cool near me to suggest to you.

  • @deepsea631
    @deepsea631 Месяц назад +10

    Thanks for pointing out the marble panel fronts. I've been working in industrial controls for over 30 years and I've never seen anything like that... very cool.

  • @tom_123
    @tom_123 Месяц назад +42

    British, German and Swedish machinery, in that far off location. Amazing place.

    • @causewaykayak
      @causewaykayak Месяц назад +6

      Yes, I'm sentimental. I trained in mech. engineering at the BTH (English Electric) works in Rugby England. I bet the patterns for casting those parts are still in the pattern store by the foundry. They never threw anything away in case replacements were ever needed.

    • @ExploringtheUnbeatenPath
      @ExploringtheUnbeatenPath  Месяц назад +5

      English Electric? You have to check this episode:
      ruclips.net/video/K3zOlfQvbTk/видео.html
      Thanks for watching guys!

    • @causewaykayak
      @causewaykayak Месяц назад

      @@ExploringtheUnbeatenPath Watched in fascination. You must have walked for hours around those caverns. Great film.

  • @levigato125
    @levigato125 Месяц назад +17

    I just visited a hydroelectric power plant in my state two weeks ago. It was built in 1910 in the desert also. White River Falls power plant, Oregon.

  • @beachcomberbloke462
    @beachcomberbloke462 Месяц назад +4

    Bob,thanks for taking the risks to open our eyes to this incredible place. I always think there is a romantic melancholy to these abandoned industrial sites.👍

  • @markmcc78
    @markmcc78 Месяц назад +6

    I have to agree with the other posts, you guys are putting out the best urban explorer videos on RUclips! Bravo!! 🙌

    • @mikemotorbike4283
      @mikemotorbike4283 7 дней назад

      Yes, and it's because he takes the effort to research the location and share it with us.

  • @jepolch
    @jepolch Месяц назад +4

    Bob, I really enjoyed this video. Thanks for taking us to a place most people will never see.

  • @john316godlovesyou5
    @john316godlovesyou5 29 дней назад +1

    Thank you Bob for investing so much of your time and resources to making these videos! Your viewers understand that what you do can be dangerous and involves risks! Be safe and God bless you!

  • @PGHdrift
    @PGHdrift Месяц назад +5

    Man this was to short of such an interesting place in the desert which you would not expect. And also would think be more of a town around such a source of water and power without the pollution of the water.

  • @Fran_SG
    @Fran_SG Месяц назад +9

    Sadly, everything is vandalized.
    Very cool!!!

    • @steffenrosmus9177
      @steffenrosmus9177 2 дня назад

      Well,
      what do you think happens, if you show those places on the Internet.😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @alejiba
    @alejiba Месяц назад +3

    Bob, nice to see you in my country, the only bad thing is that here it is extremely difficult to find historical locations without being vandalized, unless you have permanent guards.
    I hope you had a good time here.

    • @ExploringtheUnbeatenPath
      @ExploringtheUnbeatenPath  Месяц назад +2

      I found some cool things! And indeed most of the time they were guarded. Really liked Chile! Thanks for checking.

  • @demolitiondaz22
    @demolitiondaz22 Месяц назад +2

    Simply WOW. Your videos, and locations are just amazing, thank you for sharing your adventures.

  • @manuelolmedo8809
    @manuelolmedo8809 Месяц назад +2

    Gracias Bob por llevar nuestro hermoso Desierto de Atacama, a lugares muy lejanos. Hermoso video, con gusto a poco 😢. Ojalá pudieras hacer videos un poco más extendidos, porque material hay de sobra aquí. Soy de Antofagasta y amo este desierto y todo los vestigios históricos que hay diseminados en este desierto. Ojalá subas videos de las Oficinas Salitreras convertidas en pueblos fantasmas: Humberstone, Pedro de Valdivia, Chacabuco y un sin fin de pueblos... ¡Felicitaciones!

  • @clefmandj
    @clefmandj Месяц назад +4

    I live in santiago de chile and im very happy and surprised to see you guys in my country. i recomend you to visit el cementerio general in santiago full of different kind of architectures. welcome and enjoy. Greetings

    • @ExploringtheUnbeatenPath
      @ExploringtheUnbeatenPath  Месяц назад

      Nice! I ended my trip in Santiago de Chile😄 I explored many places in the Atacama desert.

    • @clefmandj
      @clefmandj Месяц назад

      this one blow my mind. i didn't know about that dam being Chilean. thanks for sharing this documentaries I'll be attempt for those are coming.

  • @kellyslater1612
    @kellyslater1612 Месяц назад +8

    Awesome im from Chile

  • @djsi38t
    @djsi38t Месяц назад

    Nice...What an amazing look at the Atacama desert today.That water is so out of place in such a vast dry and dusty location.What an amazing adventure...You my friend are truly living...100%alive and taking life by the reigns..

  • @KristianK9755
    @KristianK9755 Месяц назад +1

    Hi Bob.
    Extraordinary place,love it!
    Good video,as usual.

  • @STB-1
    @STB-1 Месяц назад

    Another amazing series coming 👍 you never disappoint 🥇 thanks Bob

  • @williamwintemberg
    @williamwintemberg День назад

    These two powerhouses are true relics of when mechanical devices and electrical systems came together in marriage at this scale. Sites as this are rare indeed. As said in the video, the remote area in which these generating stations are located aided greatly to what is left today. If these stations were located in an area that allowed easy access, most if not all equipment would have been scraped. What a treasure!

  • @R118GSiVVC
    @R118GSiVVC Месяц назад

    Good to have you back Bob!

  • @revengefullobster4524
    @revengefullobster4524 Месяц назад +1

    Great to see you back out there! Good stuff sir!

  • @screwthecabal6453
    @screwthecabal6453 Месяц назад

    I really envy you guys. You manage to capture the most awesome shots and find the most awesome places!

  • @squadman3376
    @squadman3376 Месяц назад

    If you are still in Chile, or next time you go, visit Sewell. An abandoned mining town town way up in the Andes Mountains. Amazing place.

  • @donchicone
    @donchicone Месяц назад +2

    You should go to Argentina also, there are some nice abandoned buildings to take a look over there.

    • @ExploringtheUnbeatenPath
      @ExploringtheUnbeatenPath  Месяц назад +2

      It’s on my list to go😁😁😁 Have some abandoned places, but looking for more🙂

  • @behi.ah1991
    @behi.ah1991 Месяц назад

    thank you bro, I will watch it and enjoy your special exploring, thanks 🙏😎👌

  • @spragnionywrazenurbex
    @spragnionywrazenurbex Месяц назад

    Bob, as always great footage! Place have nice vibe - old power plant in postapo climate.

  • @shawncraft2814
    @shawncraft2814 Месяц назад

    Amazing work Bob!!

  • @richarddcvd8868
    @richarddcvd8868 Месяц назад

    Again, thank you for our tour!

  • @LostBuildings
    @LostBuildings Месяц назад

    Amazing episode again Bob!

  • @MatthewMushrush
    @MatthewMushrush Месяц назад +2

    I absolutely love your channel! What an amazing location.

  • @madmanmechanic8847
    @madmanmechanic8847 Месяц назад +1

    Love the camp spot and exploration you guys always kick ass ! Bacon in the morning and its always twice as good when you are camping!

  • @williamlloyd3769
    @williamlloyd3769 12 дней назад +1

    Looks like a future location for a Mad Max movie!

  • @markdyson9190
    @markdyson9190 Месяц назад

    Missed you Bob. Love the videos!

  • @danlowe8684
    @danlowe8684 Месяц назад

    2:10 - It appears a section of the wing wall on the right has slumped down. Only about 5000 acre-feet stored so I doubt it would be devasting if collapse occurred. I wonder if the river was used to deliver some of the materials. The transport and handling of materials was a huge undertaking, let alone the building of the structures in such a remote location. Awesome video!!

  • @maurojuniomanausam
    @maurojuniomanausam Месяц назад +1

    Top dos tops mesmo... Gostei ótimo vídeo 😊

  • @davidlewis967
    @davidlewis967 Месяц назад

    thank you Bob, for another amazing Video

  • @Lagniappe.
    @Lagniappe. Месяц назад +1

    Really cool to see places so far out that time has forgotten.

  • @QualityCraftsmen
    @QualityCraftsmen Месяц назад

    Stunning location! You know how to pick great spots. :)

  • @larrygilbert7273
    @larrygilbert7273 29 дней назад

    17:30 Those cubicles were where the high voltage breakers sat. The were inserted and removed (racked in and out) using a jacking mechanism.

  • @Gumper30
    @Gumper30 Месяц назад +2

    The video is great, as your videos always are! However, I'd recommend that you consider changing the title to read "a dying giant" rather than "a giant dying".
    Right now, the title can be interpreted as you visiting a place where a large amount of literal death has happened (which might turn away some viewers or make them feel misled), rather than conveying that you're visiting a place where large things are deteriorating and metaphorically dying.

  • @chrisfulthorpe7006
    @chrisfulthorpe7006 Месяц назад

    Wow! So cool to see that in a barren landscape! Thx bob :)

  • @user-zn3vx9ig3i
    @user-zn3vx9ig3i Месяц назад

    اشكرك على هذه الفديوهات النادره استمر وسوف نكون من متابعيك ولك التحيه

  • @huongtrinh8609
    @huongtrinh8609 Месяц назад

    I love the work you are doing and sharing your amazing videos on Gan jing world. Welcome to the new world! Thank you!

  • @justacentrist4147
    @justacentrist4147 Месяц назад +2

    Very sad if this was in Europe, canada, or the US it would be beautifully preserved

    • @mstevens113
      @mstevens113 Месяц назад +1

      Or trashed to the point its recognisable...

  • @Oxiid
    @Oxiid Месяц назад +1

    @14:27 it says "Verkstaden Kristinehamn Sweden" which translates to "The workshop Kristinehamn (city)"

  • @TattooedTraveler
    @TattooedTraveler Месяц назад

    Nice bro, place looks wild 🤙

  • @weltvonoben
    @weltvonoben Месяц назад

    Great Find!

  • @hujiproductions8457
    @hujiproductions8457 Месяц назад

    A most excellent video.

  • @kevinmartin5489
    @kevinmartin5489 Месяц назад

    Great work.

  • @user-uc5um3io2j
    @user-uc5um3io2j Месяц назад

    A nice piece of Chile's industrial heritage

  • @josegarciacartes1851
    @josegarciacartes1851 Месяц назад +1

    Saludos mirando este documental estando en atacama

  • @danman9156
    @danman9156 Месяц назад

    WOW! UNBELIEVEBLE!

  • @123boat
    @123boat Месяц назад

    Brilliant video 👏

  • @robertthomas3364
    @robertthomas3364 Месяц назад

    Very cool, guys!

  • @Aspiring-Hobo
    @Aspiring-Hobo 12 дней назад

    0:36 three legged dog

  • @tinytattoomike7943
    @tinytattoomike7943 Месяц назад

    That was so awesome 👏

  • @lucysluckyday
    @lucysluckyday Месяц назад +1

    Was that Iquique city in the beginning segment? Yeah there are some amazing ghost towns up on the plateau areas above that region.

  • @michaelwalter3399
    @michaelwalter3399 29 дней назад

    2:06 :At this point it's only the second driest place on Earth.

  • @Astroponicist
    @Astroponicist 8 часов назад

    I wonder if it could be rebuilt & still be worth the work.

  • @Will3m2
    @Will3m2 Месяц назад +2

    17:00!

  • @PainNoire
    @PainNoire Месяц назад

    Merci.

  • @GreyRockOne
    @GreyRockOne Месяц назад

    Very cool Bob, I'd like it if you spent more time in the belly of the beast(s), Thank you!

  • @l...
    @l... Месяц назад +1

    Thank you for 50FPS

  • @KOLEJ22DrogaPrzygody
    @KOLEJ22DrogaPrzygody Месяц назад

    Good video , super

  • @MrMathijs87
    @MrMathijs87 Месяц назад

    Lekker weer Bob! Was dit tijdens je laatste trip die kant op?

  • @TOM2RN
    @TOM2RN Месяц назад

    Will the last one leaving please turn out the lights. We don’t build things like we used to.

  • @JDR1971
    @JDR1971 19 дней назад

    Nice place for a beer!

  • @kenwittlief255
    @kenwittlief255 Месяц назад +1

    those hydroelectric dams were built when Nikola Tesla was still alive and active in the power industry
    BTW, the copper is missing from the coils of those generators

    • @ExploringtheUnbeatenPath
      @ExploringtheUnbeatenPath  Месяц назад

      Thanks.. yes I know.. unfortunately.. it’s always the first part that goes missing at those generators😣

  • @Rlfa84
    @Rlfa84 Месяц назад

    Du kannst natürlich diese App spielen und täglich an anderen Orten Angeln und es ist ja soo toll. Oder du machst dich auf Schusters Rappen auf und beguckst es Dir in echt. Nicht mit dem Flugzeug und nicht mitm FlixBus ,Verschwendest dein Leben nicht mit imaginärem Angeln sondern machst es im RL und fängst endlich an zu Leben!! Mag eure Videos und den Wink mit der Unterhaltung, die Gebäude aus Barbaria die WIR einst bauten und eure ganze Art :)

  • @Radiokot42
    @Radiokot42 Месяц назад

    Panels made of marble, crazy!

  • @rolfsinkgraven
    @rolfsinkgraven Месяц назад

    Nice explore, not a big place but for that time big enough i guess, with a dam in the area they could have made a nice place too live, strange that they did not do that.

    • @ExploringtheUnbeatenPath
      @ExploringtheUnbeatenPath  Месяц назад

      Really BIG places coming up Rolf ! But for a location where this was located it is big I didn’t make it up myself: “giant in the desert”

  • @apopope72
    @apopope72 Месяц назад

    My country ❤

  • @earlhafer8508
    @earlhafer8508 Месяц назад

    What state or country is this place?

  • @einkasimir3478
    @einkasimir3478 Месяц назад

    5:08 looks like youre waiting for the bus

  • @dodge33445
    @dodge33445 Месяц назад

    What a great view to drink some beers to.

  • @christopherball7937
    @christopherball7937 2 дня назад

    You didn't mention why they closed these power plants

  • @TranscendentalAirwaves
    @TranscendentalAirwaves Месяц назад

    I don't get it, they label it a historic site yet have obviously just let it sit and rot.

  • @curtbilyeu8701
    @curtbilyeu8701 Месяц назад

    the sad part is this equipment was built so well and so heavy duty, if it wasnt destroyed by thievs and vandels it probabley could have benn cleaned up and restarted to this day..

    • @ExploringtheUnbeatenPath
      @ExploringtheUnbeatenPath  Месяц назад +1

      Yup! But it’s outdated and too far away from the civilized world to make it a tourist attraction

  • @user-lo1bk5vy4d
    @user-lo1bk5vy4d Месяц назад

    Alguem poderia me responder porque tem coisas escritas em português no local?

  • @GreenscreenHans
    @GreenscreenHans Месяц назад

    Hi i from Sweden in Jonkoping its a abandet miltary bunker

  • @olegphilonenco6486
    @olegphilonenco6486 Месяц назад

    Привет парни

  • @foodfoodies3764
    @foodfoodies3764 Месяц назад

    Omfoom 😮😮😮

  • @ehsanasefi
    @ehsanasefi Месяц назад

    like done 👍👌❤️🌹

  • @sherrysmithrice1973
    @sherrysmithrice1973 Месяц назад

    What desert.

    • @ExploringtheUnbeatenPath
      @ExploringtheUnbeatenPath  Месяц назад

      The driest desert on the planet😎 You’ll see more of this landscape in the next episodes

  • @patrickbass3542
    @patrickbass3542 Месяц назад

    Looks like a great place to install a hydroelectric system and vacation resort!!!!!

  • @chuck3441
    @chuck3441 Месяц назад

    Why did they shut it off?

  • @InFamousProductions
    @InFamousProductions Месяц назад +2

    I dont' know why it isn't restored and brought back to use. the dam I sin place, so the hardest part is done. at some point, it will be rebuilt. when all the good farmland has houses built on them, to house stupid people.

    • @justacentrist4147
      @justacentrist4147 Месяц назад +3

      It's too far away from anything and produced too little power to be worth running powerlines over such a great distance

    • @InFamousProductions
      @InFamousProductions Месяц назад

      @@justacentrist4147 power would be a reason to create .

    • @justacentrist4147
      @justacentrist4147 Месяц назад +1

      @@InFamousProductions not much reason to create anything in an empty inhospitable. Desert.

    • @InFamousProductions
      @InFamousProductions Месяц назад

      @@justacentrist4147 there is always possibilities. the Sahara was a paradise once. those generators could bring water and create food and life. life is always ready to start. someday, that land will become priceless when the world has destroyed all the good farmland. which is happening very quickly.

    • @justacentrist4147
      @justacentrist4147 Месяц назад

      @@InFamousProductions I think your out to lunch there bud

  • @Electronzap
    @Electronzap Месяц назад +1

    Hi Bob! I don't think I am showing up in the chat.

    • @ExploringtheUnbeatenPath
      @ExploringtheUnbeatenPath  Месяц назад

      You didn’t but thanks for joining the premiere!😎👋

    • @Electronzap
      @Electronzap Месяц назад

      @@ExploringtheUnbeatenPath I didn't realize I got here seconds before it ended. In a couple other premiers nobody responded to me in chat, but did in the reply section. I'll try again next time and see if I show up. Take care buddy! I'll watch the whole video now :)

  • @berteisenbraun7415
    @berteisenbraun7415 Месяц назад

    2 thing's More Star Shots, where was the Real Fishing 🎣 🤔

  • @jonashillestav12
    @jonashillestav12 Месяц назад

    Lite kort video 🇸🇪

  • @Gordonseries385
    @Gordonseries385 Месяц назад

    👍

  • @rmarsh3309
    @rmarsh3309 4 часа назад

    Is that really your voice?

  • @giorgiogiogio6445
    @giorgiogiogio6445 Месяц назад

    Ottimo video a parte la pubblicità....peccato...

  • @masterspin7796
    @masterspin7796 Месяц назад

    They need to remove these dams and restore the river...

    • @PiDsPagePrototypes
      @PiDsPagePrototypes Месяц назад

      No point - the flow in the slipway shows the water going in is matching the water going out, so the river downstream is flowing at it's natural levels.

    • @masterspin7796
      @masterspin7796 Месяц назад

      @@PiDsPagePrototypes The fish can't migrate...

    • @PiDsPagePrototypes
      @PiDsPagePrototypes Месяц назад

      @@masterspin7796 That's what the star-step spillways solve, for those species that do go out to the Ocean - not all species do.

  • @InvisibleCitizen
    @InvisibleCitizen Месяц назад

    Who needed this electrical power generation?

  • @Goethetractor
    @Goethetractor Месяц назад

    🙏🏻👍🏻🇭🇺

  • @grip2617
    @grip2617 2 дня назад

    How boring are those guys. Pathetic. And soooooo funny and coooool....

  • @bobmirror7164
    @bobmirror7164 Месяц назад

    Ah ha ha ha. Dude. It is only two miles of dirt off the main road.

  • @dodge33445
    @dodge33445 Месяц назад +2

    I feel like they should take the DAMS out now..... Let the water free flow the way it DID before they damned it up... You know? Especially when you look at the 2nd dam.... Its almost dried the river up....