Great progress with draining the silo - considering the level of filtration you're applying to the water you bring out I think 15 inches a day is amazing. So fascinating to see how much of the infrastructure they left behind. I guess at the end of the day there probably wasn't much of a market for it on that scale. Thanks for sharing your journey on this project.
I have no idea what the context of this video is, but wow all that rust is both scary and amazing! Im always amazed at how us humans are able to create sich structures. All the effort taken to create it and the. Just throw it away. All of it is amazing
So I heard from one of the other silo owners that the steel I-Beams under the Silo Cap Doors were used for closing them. The hydrolics were removed with the doors open and I-beams were placed across with wooden boards and large amounts of hay bales over them. The Doors were then pushed onto the hay by heavy equipment with the hay then lit on fire. As everything burned, the doors slowly closed into position with only the I-beams remaining under them. The I-beams were possibly bent from the extreme heat. Reply
Oh my. Looks like a lot of work. I've seen other silo projects. For me, I would want to get the water out as soon as practical and start drying things out. The humidity must be awful in there. Not good for what's left of the metal either.
What is the end goal? Giant man cave? Underground survival bunker? Indoor climbing wall? Sandblast and paint everything, then fill it up with water for a really cool scuba diving tank?
Really cool!! There's a lot of stuff left in there by the looks of it. Your camera has a really lazy auto focus, might be worth setting it in manual focus at infinity, which will be fine if you're not zooming in on things :)
Great progress with draining the silo - considering the level of filtration you're applying to the water you bring out I think 15 inches a day is amazing. So fascinating to see how much of the infrastructure they left behind. I guess at the end of the day there probably wasn't much of a market for it on that scale. Thanks for sharing your journey on this project.
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Great video very interesting be great to see lower levels thanks for your time 👍🏻
I have no idea what the context of this video is, but wow all that rust is both scary and amazing! Im always amazed at how us humans are able to create sich structures. All the effort taken to create it and the. Just throw it away. All of it is amazing
So I heard from one of the other silo owners that the steel I-Beams under the Silo Cap Doors were used for closing them. The hydrolics were removed with the doors open and I-beams were placed across with wooden boards and large amounts of hay bales over them. The Doors were then pushed onto the hay by heavy equipment with the hay then lit on fire. As everything burned, the doors slowly closed into position with only the I-beams remaining under them. The I-beams were possibly bent from the extreme heat.
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Wow. Relatively intact. I wonder if yours was the last Silo they stripped, and just gave up before they finished the job :-)
Awesome. So cool. Alot of work but wow
Oh my. Looks like a lot of work. I've seen other silo projects. For me, I would want to get the water out as soon as practical and start drying things out. The humidity must be awful in there. Not good for what's left of the metal either.
What is the end goal? Giant man cave? Underground survival bunker? Indoor climbing wall? Sandblast and paint everything, then fill it up with water for a really cool scuba diving tank?
It looks like we have much to learn about building things to last, like the Egyptians and Romans did.
Really cool!! There's a lot of stuff left in there by the looks of it. Your camera has a really lazy auto focus, might be worth setting it in manual focus at infinity, which will be fine if you're not zooming in on things :)
I will try that, the lights I strung up mess things up and the videos are just as is with no planning
Do you know if the escape tunnel/shaft still has the 3 tons of sand? Would be good to know if you ever decide to open it!
Sand is long gone, shaft is empty
Is there a way to stop by and see you? I am in that area regularly.
Yes, contact me at noddysyacht@gmail.com
Why was a shaft drilled into the tunnel?
7 monitoring/test wells were drilled years ago for water testing after the site was shutdown. I have found 6 of them and gave up on the 7th
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