A peek inside some buildings at the abandoned Charleston Navy Yard - January 2011

Shot with my HTC Evo camera phone. Music by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.

Charleston Navy Yard (later renamed the Charleston Naval Shipyard and finally renamed Naval Base Charleston) was a U.S. Navy ship building and repair facility located along the west bank of the Cooper River, in North Charleston, South Carolina. It began operations in 1909 as a drydock, and continued as a navy facility until 1996 when it was leased to Detyens Shipyards, Inc. during down-sizing.

The yard first produced the destroyer USS Tillman (DD-135), then began to increase production in the 1930s. A total of 21 destroyers were assembled at Charleston Navy Yard.

Today, a 340-acre (1.4 km2) section of the former base is being revitalized as a sustainable, mixed-use urban hub for the city of North Charleston, SC. The new development is called The Navy Yard at Noisette. Ground broke in 2005.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charleston_Navy_Yard

My still photos of this area are here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/slworking/sets/72157623278384942/

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• abandoned
• charleston
• navy
• yard
• naval
• shipyard
• ship
• U.S.
• Navy
• south
• carolina
• military
• decay
• architecture
• urban
• exploration
• urbex
• United States Navy
• Urban Exploration

[chileandpopcorn]

Amazing!

[slworking2]

@chileandpopcorn Thanks.

[206pm]

Any homeless people there?

[slworking2]

@206pm I've never encountered any homeless here - yet.

[paynehenry]

Great vid and GREAT choice of music for soundtrack!! NIN perfect for this. I recognized the hospital here. Have to watch more in detail to see if I recognize anything else. If you go back to base again, try to film Quarters G and A. "A" is the home with the large columns in front and there's a small brick building in front towards the road that I always thought was a mausoleum. Oldest home on the base was F (as I recall). Don't know if you can still find quarters by their letters.

[slworking2]

@paynehenry Thanks. I'll have to check out the other buildings you mentioned next time I visit.

[jcadd7]

Great video! Awesome use of the Social Network soundtrack!!

[ILOVEPUREPOLARIS]

nice video! i like to see vids inside abandoned pieces of history 4:24 no water:( lol :)

[remarkz1]

u should commentate over the vid

[slworking2]

@saintmj57 Cool. These buildings seem to be owned by a developer now.

[saintmj57]

holy shyt ! i been by there to crab.....i used to work in the shipyard nearby, but that place is very off limits....u better be careful u dont go to federal jail being that's a national park now !