This canceled nuclear power station features two partially completed cooling towers, as well as two reactor buildings one of which is outstanding due to its near-complete state.
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The No.3 Blast Furnace at Shougang Iron and Steel, 2011.
A Fascinating In-Depth Look at Shougang Iron and Steel Before the Olympics
A decade before Shougang Iron and Steel hosted Olympic sporting events, it was an immense decaying complex of blast furnaces, coke ovens, pipes and coal conveyors. While the 2008 Olympics brought the end of the manufacturing operations of Shougang Steel, the 2022 Olympics catalyzed its rebirth.
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13 Moody Refinery Pictures That Will Change Your Mind About Petroleum Processing
Local authorities identified this petroleum refinery as a major cause of poor air quality in the region. In its later years it was fined for environmental violations and slated for relocation
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How "Cancel Culture" Ruined this Steel Mill Cafeteria
As major Chinese urban centers develop and environmental protection standards improve, tolerance for polluting industries. After 60 years of operation, this cafeteria was one of the few structures in the sprawling factory compound that had not yet been razed.
Read MoreThe Jungle in Concrete
Canceled before it could reach 50% completion, this nuclear power plant features an unfinished reactor containment vessel. The turbine hall is like a jump puzzle setpiece in a video game with openings in the floor leading to dark flooded cellars of imperceptible depth. With more than 30 years of unconstrained intrusion, nature has completely infiltrated all the structures chambers and alcoves.
Read MoreShougang Steel at Night: 8 Pictures From The Industrial Edge of Beijing.
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The plant reduced production over the next few years until it was finally closed in 2011. These pictures are taken later in 2011, many from the abandoned 碧霞元君庙 temple on an adjacent hill to the west of the Shougang site.
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A modeling shoot during the prime period of one of the largest abandoned steel plants in the world.
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Incidentally, some of the 1992 David Diesing photos at the Library of Congress are nearly the same view as mine. It is interesting to compare what has changed in the nearly two decades of time that has elapsed.
Read MoreThe Extraordinary Relic of Republic Steel
Republic Steel Thomas By-Product Coke Works was built in the 1920's and deactivated in the 1970's. It is perhaps the most well preserved specimen of that era that still remains.
Read MoreTriple Alpha Plant: A Superfund Site
See inside the power plant of this ammunition factory, all that remains after 70 years.
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