Centrale Cockerill Kontrollraum HFB, Power Plant HFB
Belgium
Reports
7
First report
March 14 2021 by daf_abandoned
Latest report
July 25 2022 by jorbx
Accidental walk-in by suburbX on April 11 2021 17:55 hr CE(S)TShortlink to this report: [ https://urbx.be/prdk ]
Finding out the location
very easy
Access
very easy
Safety
safe
Risk of being seen
low
General condition of the place
good
Traces of vandalism
few
Good place for taking pictures?
good
Did you see other people?
none or very few
Visit date January 31 2021 at 16 hr Visit duration 1 hour
This one we entered more or less by accident. The city where this is located is stuffed with old abandoned industry, so it is very easy to get "lost". Heading for another location; trying to find an entrance, we crawled under the wrong fence and then just decided to sneak a peak. Well worth it, I must admit. The large hall is impressive, and although there is not so much machinery, the place has a spooky cold war atmosphere to it, in this lovely 70s steel blue meets brutalism type of way. We are so happy that we also managed to find the control room, as we didn't know what we were looking for.
On the first floor we crawled through a hole in the wall, under some god-knows-what metal constructions.
And there it was, literally looking like the operator just finished his shift and hung his helmet for the last time.
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Power Plant C by jorbx on July 25 2022 17:30 hr CE(S)TShortlink to this report: [ https://urbx.be/rgep ]
Finding out the location
easy
Access
very easy
Safety
very safe
Risk of being seen
low
General condition of the place
bad
Traces of vandalism
very many
Good place for taking pictures?
good
Did you see other people?
none or very few
Visit date July 3 2022 at 16 hr Visit duration 1 hour
This power plant used to power HFB and the coke plant nearby. There are many traces of vandalism but it's still a nice location, especially the control room.
Short Evening Exploration by maximusgod on November 2 2021 12:00 hr CE(S)TShortlink to this report: [ https://urbx.be/kvhy ]
Finding out the location
very easy
Access
very easy
Safety
safe
Risk of being seen
low
General condition of the place
bad
Traces of vandalism
very many
Good place for taking pictures?
good
Did you see other people?
none or very few
Visit date November 10 2021 at 19 hr Visit duration 3 hours
It's a nice place for a short exploration (if you're into that). Unfortunately, the entire ground floor has been torched to hell and the control room (highlight of this trip) is badly vandalised..
Text and photos are by maximusgod. Click here to see maximusgod's profile and other reports.
Centrale Cockerill by Yannickreynders on May 18 2021 20:39 hr CE(S)TShortlink to this report: [ https://urbx.be/srgk ]
Finding out the location
very easy
Access
easy
Safety
unsafe
Risk of being seen
low
General condition of the place
good
Traces of vandalism
very many
Good place for taking pictures?
very good
Did you see other people?
none or very few
Visit date May 13 2021 at 12 hr Visit duration 3 hours
Deze bij toeval gevonden, eerst eens een beetje gaan rondkijken en een paar dagen later terug gegaan voor te exploren, gezien bij het binnengaan en buitengaan geen problemen gehad...,is een zeer mooie locatie alleen jammer van het vandalisme..., hebben er een goeie 3 uur rondgelopen, ook de controlekamer is mooi, zeker een aanrader!
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Centrale Cockerill by LarsDeBosschere on April 4 2021 15:16 hr CE(S)TShortlink to this report: [ https://urbx.be/fzyn ]
Finding out the location
very easy
Access
easy
Safety
unsafe
Risk of being seen
low
General condition of the place
bad
Traces of vandalism
very many
Good place for taking pictures?
very good
Did you see other people?
none or very few
Visit date February 27 2021 at 14 hr Visit duration 2 hours
This is a location is not that difficult to find. Yet I knew nothing about this place until we got here. My brother stone showed me this place and also gave me a tour. It was not his first visit at this mighty spot.
This was once a power plant for the metal industry. There is still a lot of beauty to discover here. like the control room for example. The roof is also easily accessible.
Here we certainly had a good time. After the exploration we had a picnic on the roof and chilled for a while. Up here you also get a great view of the abandoned metal industries.
Text and photos are by LarsDeBosschere. Click here to see LarsDeBosschere's profile and other reports.
Power Plant HFB by Tubbieontheroad on March 16 2021 23:40 hr CE(S)TShortlink to this report: [ https://urbx.be/aupu ]
Finding out the location
very easy
Access
easy
Safety
unsafe
Risk of being seen
low
General condition of the place
bad
Traces of vandalism
very many
Good place for taking pictures?
good
Did you see other people?
none or very few
Visit date February 24 2021 at 12 hr Visit duration 2 hours
This is a power plant that powered some aspects of the ironworks, HFB, Cokerie...
Access is easy to find for someone who thinks logically. Probably there is some security level or days that the coppers do a raid, but I went two times already and did not have one problem.
Once you entered the place you will see some electrical generators and all that's needed to generate, convert and distribute across the city. It's completely trashed like every factory there sadly...
You can find a control room here that looks fairly nice different from the rest of the building.
The roof is easy accessable and a very good spot to chill and take a break. Very nice view up there.
This is something I recommend to the right people.
I love this city
Text and photos are by Tubbieontheroad. Click here to see Tubbieontheroad's profile and other reports.
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