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Abandoned Places - Thanks Clarence :)
Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 8:34 am
by Dowster
At our one link per post limit maybe this deserves a separate topic? if not I'll just merge it with the turnpike one later
Anyways, the fact that nothing - no matter how alive and thriving - lasts for ever, is something I have always found both sad and intriguing at the same time. It probably helps that the town I live in dates back over 1300 years, and has an exensive network of 400 year old tunnels running under it that very little is known about.
One of the pubs very close to my mums house (which itself is nearly 500 years old - her house that is) has a well in the middle that intersects the tunnel network - rather reminiscent of the wishing well from goonies 
It's also thought that the houses in her street - which were derelict for a long time before being renovated in the 60's had connections to the tunnels from the cellars, unfortunately the cellars were all filled in and sealed off during the renovation. It was still a very interesting thought to me though during the years I lived there
So the Frome tunnels is where I'll start
http://www.frometunnels.co.uk/index.html
Re: Abandoned Places - Thanks Clarence :)
Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 8:36 am
by Dowster
North Brother Island
Very interesting being such and extensive "town" with so much left behind untouched, and so close to such a highly active and populated area
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... olony.html
Re: Abandoned Places - Thanks Clarence :)
Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 8:44 am
by Dowster
Fukushima Region
Not exactly ancient history due to it being such a recent event/abandonment, but still very interesting to see the pictures of towns that were evacuated in such a hurry. The commercial streets and picture from the school with kids school bags still hanging on their pegs two years on are something quite unusual
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/g ... n-pictures
Re: Abandoned Places - Thanks Clarence :)
Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 8:50 am
by Dowster
Route 66
There's more info on other sites - specific to particualar settlements/towns (Glenrio etc) but a nice collection of pics on this one
http://www.texasescapes.com/Route66/Res ... -Texas.htm
Re: Abandoned Places - Thanks Clarence :)
Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 8:53 am
by Dowster
London Pneumatic Railway - 1
One of many examples of great victorian innovation that didn't quite stick, part 2 did though - next post 
http://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2009/07 ... st-tunnel/
Re: Abandoned Places - Thanks Clarence :)
Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 8:54 am
by Dowster
Re: Abandoned Places - Thanks Clarence :)
Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 8:59 am
by Dowster
London Top 10 (Tunnels)
I find no's 2 and 1 particularly interesting, but then I have a thing for tunnels
http://londonist.com/2011/01/london%E2% ... acombs.php
Re: Abandoned Places - Thanks Clarence :)
Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 9:04 am
by Dowster
Underground Cities - (Kaymakli and Derinkuyu)
Certainly built to last..
http://www.goreme.com/kaymakli-underground-city.php
Re: Abandoned Places - Thanks Clarence :)
Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2013 3:22 pm
by Dowster
Underwater towns and villages - update 19/04
Dunwich (the former capital of "The Kingdom of East Angles" is worth a mention, but not so much a link because there's a lack of decent photographic documentation on the web, and a rather small wiki page, which gives a little attention to the fact that most of it - including remains of many original buildings - is now under the sea
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunwich
Re: Abandoned Places - Thanks Clarence :)
Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2013 3:23 pm
by Dowster
19/04 - Villa Epecuén
Very large formerly submerged town, plenty of pics on this one
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... years.html
Re: Abandoned Places - Thanks Clarence :)
Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2013 3:32 pm
by Dowster
Graun - Italy (if there are any D&D players around, im pretty sure this was the inspiration for "The Bell in the Deep" story from Forgotton Realms
Anyhoo, linky with nice pics http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/fe ... lage/17107
Re: Abandoned Places - Thanks Clarence :)
Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2013 3:48 pm
by Dowster
Drowned Churches
http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/ne ... es?image=5
The one at Potosi has actually been uncovered again due to a long drought - next post
Re: Abandoned Places - Thanks Clarence :)
Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2013 3:49 pm
by Dowster
Re: Abandoned Places - Thanks Clarence :)
Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2013 3:51 pm
by Dowster
I'll devaite a little to finish up, with some hidden away places
http://weburbanist.com/2007/10/15/7-mor ... nd-cities/
The black title text in each section is clickable for more detailed info
(yes I am entertaining myself with this thread )
Re: Abandoned Places - Thanks Clarence :)
Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2013 9:53 pm
by Clarence
Sorry I haven't commented. I have been looking through some of these when I have time and they are VERY interestin! Thanks so much for sharing!
Re: Abandoned Places - Thanks Clarence :)
Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 4:15 pm
by bella
Here are some pics, beautiful and eerie at the same time.
http://myscienceacademy.org/2013/04/14/ ... the-world/
Re: Abandoned Places - Thanks Clarence :)
Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 4:39 pm
by chex
I really liked 17. I giggled at 13.
Re: Abandoned Places - Thanks Clarence :)
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 12:49 pm
by Shay
I would love to visit numbers 8, 13, and 29!
Re: Abandoned Places - Thanks Clarence :)
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 4:33 pm
by chex
I think we need to aim to have a huge NELG meet at Angkor Wat.
Re: Abandoned Places - Thanks Clarence :)
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 4:56 pm
by bella
That would be so awesome!