Estonia - Rummu Quarry and Abandonned Aircraft

From 1938, the quarry was an open mining system for limestone and Vasalemma marble, a specific kind of limestone resembling marble. 

When the pumps were turned off in the 1990s, the quarry quickly filled with groundwater, forming a lake, immersing some of the utility buildings and machinery. Next to the lake is the Vasalemma spoil tip (slag heap). Over time, the spoil tip assumed a lunar appearance through erosion by water.

Since 2015, Architecture students from Estonian Academy of Arts (EKA) have been discussing ideas and drafting several possible sketches and proposals of what the abandoned area of the quarry could become in the future. As of 2017, the owners of the property are planning a technology park.

 In 1988, this An-12 Soviet transport plane was donated to the Keila Model Flying Club. It performed its last flight from Lvov to Tallinn airport where it was partially disassembled, transfered to Keila by road and reassembled again at the current location.

Tallinn 9. Patarei Prison

The Patarei prison was originally built as a sea fortress in 1820.  Over the years it has had different functions; in 1920, it became a prison. It housed inmates until 2004, and has been left virtually untouched since. It serves as a chilling reminder of the Soviet occupation of Estonia (1944 to 1991), when it was run by the KGB. Unfortunately from October 2016, Patarei fortress prison has been closed and therefore access to Patarei is no longer possible. If they do reopen it, I would like to return but here some infrared images on a grey day of the exterior and neighbouring works!

(I am now back in UK after an 'interesting' day of delays due to UK snow - will continue to post from the trip as and when time!)

Glasson Dock, Lancashire

 On Thursday, we visited Glasson Dock on a beautiful sunny spring morning, a lovely area for a few shots of barges, derelict craft (especially like the washing line and pegs), the working Dock and the small church.

Cold War Site 2

A few more images from our visit to RAF Barnham on Sunday showing a number of the key buildings including the Fissile Core Storage Buildings where the Plutonium 'balls' were held in  cylinders buried in the ground. The drawing is from a website devoted to the site http://rafbarnham-nss.weebly.com/. The middle images are from the Mess area and the lower images are of one of the service buildings and the pulley system used to move the bombs around on large trolleys