Steetley Magnesite, Hartlepool

Demolished Magnesium refractory plant on the coast of Hartlepool.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Hartlepool
• Cemetery
• Atmospheric
• Coast
• North
• Sea
• Beach
• Deserted
• Ruins
• Demolition
• Decay
• Industry
• Chimney

[101jumpit]

A great piece of video editing,the background music just adds to the sombre mood.Its been a photographic magnet for thousands and i for one will miss it when its gone altogether.Could you let us know what the music is that accopanies the video.

Superb.Regards to mercury vapour too.....

[rasputinsdayoff]

Thank you for your comments. I composed the music using garageband. Takes a hell of a lot longer than video editing but you get close enough to the soundtrack that fits (after several hours on the keyboard).

[vulpecula999]

I was unfortunate enough to have to work there as a contractor - it was a death trap and wanted pulling down - good riddance

[Vetis213]

Wow bit of nostalgia. I remember it looking as it did in the still pics about 15 years ago or so. Live in west view, heard about the people getting scrap too. Also some rooms underground?

[101jumpit]

Thanks for that,i think its bloody fantastic.

[1Tankgirl1]

They should just hurry up and get rid of the lot and in the meantime fence it of cos its really unsafe any1 can just walk in there now, atm its just a big play ground for teenagers to drink and smack heads to get high and some1 is going to get hurt in there someday and the council or some1 will have a big law suit on there hands so just get rid of it already.

[vreetech]

This place is about 5 mins walk from my house (in Hartlepool, north east) and it gets worse every day. There is always some people there picking the bones for scrap. I walked over there a week ago and i sware they had a digger taking the pipes out of the ground on the beach leading out to sea.

On a side note that pier is quite stable and theres alot of people fishing on it every day, although the pump house at the end is getting taken appart for the scrap.

[joesafc]

It would be good if they made a new pier

[hpoolgooner]

it wasnt demolished, everyone just turned a blind eye to all the gypsies who ripped it apart and cashed in.

[Polarit]

Yeah I was there back in Dec '08 .... the video sums the atmosphere up very well. Its a weird, desolate, windswept corner of the north-east coast.

I really wanted to walk along that pier to the end but the further out to sea it went, the more rotten the timber floor was ... I chickened out half way.