A few years ago I tried to explore an old brickworks. It didn’t go very well. I tried to approach it from the back to avoid be seen from a nearby house, destroyed a brand new pair of shoes falling into a ditch and still gained no entry. When I left, I realized that the only house by the road leading to the factory was abandoned. It was all in vain.
This failed exploration cast on me, what I call the curse of brick factories. I’ve tried to explore at least ten of them, all attempts have failed. The previous time I was here, a man and a dog appeared out of nowhere and were heading straight towards the brickworks, which was the only building in that direction.
When planning this year’s trip I noticed something even more disturbing. There was actually a road leading up to the back of the building.
This time I was determined to succeed.
The back of the building with interesting walls, which seem to fold open.
This section of the building was also very lightly built with no proper foundations.
Nothing can stop me now.
Well, I certainly didn’t expect this. One of the most magnificent spaces I’ve ever been to. And it was two or three storeys high.
It seemed neverending.
There were rails running through the area in all the corridors.
A deformed brick. The color of it indicates, that it could possibly be unburnt.
This is just a guess, but if the bricks have been dried in this space, those have been the ventilation. It must have been pretty hot in here.
Similar hatches could be found at the end of every shelf row.
A lot of lumber was stored here.
I think this machine had something to do with loading the bricks to the shelves.
How do you drive this thing?
More old rail equipment.
This section started featuring more robust walls.
But something has been stored here too.
Random scrap, most lately it seems.
The first views outside. As you can see from my previous visit, the yard is absolutely filled with cars and other metal scrap.
Another rail thing.
Some sort of an in between section between the large storage halls and something else.
Actually the long storage wing is a later addition and not built with the original factory built in the 1940’s. I’m now slowly entering the original section.
Which unfortunately isn’t in a very fit state anymore.
A small room with lots of bricks. There’s very little information about the company available, but according to some sources it was still operational in the 1980’s.
To be continued.