Abandoned Industrial Sites

A series of images depicting empty factories, closed industrial areas, and crumbling structures, highlighting themes of decay, neglect, and remnants of industrial heritage.

Crane, machine and junkyard for moving metal with sustainability, manufacturing or stop pollution. Vehicle, tractor and outdoor in scrapyard, plant or ecology for iron, steel industry and environment

Empty and abandoned premises of the old factory Empty and abandoned premises of the old factory, Industrial space Copyright: xZoonar.com/EkaterinaxIakimenkox 22974799

closed down industrial area in germany closed down industrial area in germany Copyright: xZoonar.com/UlrichxRosenschildx 22062500

Fish hung to dry on fish rack, Uummannaq, Greenland, North America

Detail of a former lifting bridge over the Elbe. Railway bridge was lifted up on shipping. Detail of a former lifting bridge over the Elbe. Railway bridge was lifted up on shipping.

Stuttgart 21 building project, building ground of the demolished north wing of Stuttgart station, Stuttgart, Germany, Europe

Santa Laura Salpeter mine, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Atacama desert, Chile, South America Copyright: MichaelxRunkel 1184-12473

Santa Laura Salpeter mine, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Atacama desert, Chile, South America

Crane, machine and junkyard for moving metal with sustainability, manufacturing or stop pollution. Vehicle, tractor and outdoor in scrapyard, plant or ecology for iron, steel industry and environment

Silo on a construction site

Sugar factory abandoned in Italy

Old coal mine with electricity creation station

Abandoned industrial site, former coal mine, Penarroya Pueblonuevo, Cordoba province, Andalusia, Spain, Europe

Silos

Silos and plant for the production of concrete

Industrial Heritage Route; Chemnitz Industrial Museum in the former foundry hall of the manufacturer Hermann Escher (1907), building and historic steam locomotive outside, Chemnitz, Sahsen, Germany

USA, Louisiana, Atchafalaya Basin, Morganza Spillway Floodway, built and maintained by US Army Corps of Engineers, water control east (upriver) of gates.

Derelict factory, Kidderminster, England.

Broken down helicopter and bulldozer sit atop a derelict building with a stagnant pool below

A ship is loading up with grain to transport to overseas markets on a foggy spring day in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.

View of old factory with large sectional chimney

Industrial old warehouse with single tree

Wire mesh fence to protection from Solar Cells at a field, Renewable Power Generation and Security 112714153

Abandoned Industrial Building with Graffiti

Technik Museum Pütnitz near Ribnitz Damgarten, Baltic Sea coast, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany

Die triste Halde Hympendahl mit dem denkmalgeschuetzten Hochofen Phoenix-West, Deutschland, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Ruhrgebiet, Dortmund dreary Hympendahl stuck pile with the listed Phoenix-West blast furnace, Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Ruhr Area, Dortmund BLWS710604 *** the triste Dump Hympendahl with the denkmalgeschuetzten Blast furnace Phoenix West, Germany, North Rhine Westphalia, Ruhr area, Dortmund dreary Hympendahl Stuck Pile With The Listed Phoenix WEST Blast furnace, Germany, North Rhine Westphalia, Ruhr Area, Dortmund BLWS710604 Copyright: xblickwinkel/S.xZiesex

Canada: Trail, Teck Cominco Smelting Plant, Columbia River Basin (Editorial Usage Only)

Aerial view of industrial buildings interspersed with piles of logs and dirt under a cloudy sky, Sremska Mitrovica, Vojvodina, Serbia.

Steel infrastructure for loadout facilities at a coal mine

the construction of a bridge across the river with the supports, structural elements, cranes

USA, Massachusetts, Cape Ann, Gloucester. Granite quarry, one of the last surviving quarries on Cape Ann

House under construction. Almere. Zelfbouw series - extras, Various, Netherlands. Architect: various, 2015.

Do_halde Hympendahl_04.tif The dreary Halde Hympendahl with the monument-chewed high furnace works Phoenix-West, Hoerde, Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europa

Industrial warehouse interior with collapsed roof and sky full of clou

Cooling tower on brownfield site in Johannisthal, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Scrapyard showing flood water and old car, Worcestershire, England.

Aerial view of industrial buildings and lumber piles under a sky brushed with clouds, revealing the textures of the factory setting, Sremska Mitrovica, Vojvodina, Serbia.

Salvage Engineering Response Team - New Orleans - Boats - 26-HK-349-51. OB 131. Hurricane Katrina

Blast deflector transfer tracks and blast deflectors at the decommissioned Launch Complex 34, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA

Grunge and old broken factory reflection

Old industry construction. Ballast plant. Novosibirsk, Siberia

04.04.2025, Deutschland, NRW, Industriekultur, Ein Schild, das über Videoüberwachung informiert, vor dem alten Hoesch Hüttenwerk auf Phoenix West in Dortmund, rechts fährt ein Radfahrer über das Gelände, Deutschland *** 04 04 2025, Germany, NRW, Industrial heritage, A sign informing about video surveillance in front of the old Hoesch steelworks on Phoenix West in Dortmund, on the right a cyclist rides across the site, Germany Copyright: xD.xKerlekin/SnowfieldxPhotographyx SF040425PhoenixWestD2

Medicine Hat, Alberta - July 11, 2021: The historic Medalta Potteries factory has been refurbished and turned in to a museum & national historic site

Old rusty coal mine wagons at Pyramiden, abandoned Soviet coal mining settlement on Svalbard, Spitsbergen

An abandoned petrol station and bowsers in Newstead, Victoria, Australia, Oceania

Deindustrialisation closed factory heavy industry, Shishmantsi, Plovdiv province, Bulgaria, eastern Europe, Europe

Salvage Engineering Response Team - New Orleans - Early October - 26-HK-350-194. Site 3 looking east. Hurricane Katrina

USA, Massachusetts, Cape Ann, Gloucester. Granite quarry, one of the last surviving quarries on Cape Ann

Suffolk Aviation Heritage Museum, former Cold War military transmission station, Foxhall, near Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK

old hydroelectric power Stitched Panorama Copyright: xZoonar.com/max5128x 7869263

An autumn image of the large Irving Oil Refinery in rural Saint John New Brunswick Canada with the local foliage turning the bright colors of autumn.

Construction work is shown July 11, 2022, in the 1600 block of the cantonment area at Fort McCoy, Wis., on a second new transient training troops barracks project on the post. The $18.8 million project was awarded to L.S. Black Constructors, which is the contractor who built the first barracks building at Fort McCoy, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Resident Office at Fort McCoy. The new contract was awarded Sept. 29, 2020, and the notice to proceed was issued Oct. 28, 2020. The contract duration is scheduled for completion in 780 calendar days. Currently contract completion is scheduled for December 2022. The barracks is different than the traditional barracks located throughout the installation. This new building will be four stories and able to house 400 people in approximately 60,000 square feet. The building is being built with the latest in construction materials and include state-of-the-art physical security and energy-saving measures. The project also is part of th

Construction work is shown July 11, 2022, in the 1600 block of the cantonment area at Fort McCoy, Wis., on a second new transient training troops barracks project on the post. The $18.8 million project was awarded to L.S. Black Constructors, which is the contractor who built the first barracks building at Fort McCoy, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Resident Office at Fort McCoy. The new contract was awarded Sept. 29, 2020, and the notice to proceed was issued Oct. 28, 2020. The contract duration is scheduled for completion in 780 calendar days. Currently contract completion is scheduled for December 2022. The barracks is different than the traditional barracks located throughout the installation. This new building will be four stories and able to house 400 people in approximately 60,000 square feet. The building is being built with the latest in construction materials and include state-of-the-art physical security and energy-saving measures. The project also is part of th

Storage facility cereals and production of biogas; silos and drying towersand irrigator

Aerial view of stacks of logs contrast against the industrial buildings under a sky of billowing clouds, Sremska Mitrovica, Vojvodina, Serbia.

A840949 SAFEGUARD BAKER SITE JAMES WALTHER (Project Engineer) JUL 19 84 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 7/19/1984 AREA 27 SAFEGUARD; BAKER; BAKER SITE; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & FACILITIES; EQUIPMENT & FACILITIES (SNL); EQUIPMENT (SNL); FACILITIES (SNL); FENCES; FENCES, CHAIN LINKED; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; SAFEGUARDS; SANDIA FACILITIES; SECURITY; SECURITY MEASURES; SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS; TEST SITES; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; SAFEGUARD-BAKER SITE historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Pueblo, Colorado, The Evraz Rocky Mountain Steel mill. The large Russian mining and steel company, Evraz PLC, bought the mill in 2007. The companys largest stockholder is Roman Abramovich, who reportedly has close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin

USA, Colorado, Old Mining Town Silver Mine

View of river at doorway of dry dock

Cleaning and processing facility for coffee beans, Jimma, Kaffa Region, Oromiya, Ethiopia, Africa

Twin nuclear reactors at Heysham Nuclear Power Station seen from a harbor with a very large cable drum in the foreground, Heysham, Lancashire, England

Section of a completely destroyed and shattered old, very large satellite dish Section of a completely destroyed and shattered old, very large satellite dish in the middle of a barren sandy landscape in the south of Tenerife. The iron framework is now visible, aluminum and glass are lying around broken, as are old cables. A spooky and futuristic ambience Copyright: xZoonar.com/AkimaxFuturax 20678283

Electrical transmission and communications towers against background of office tower and E B Eddy paper mill, Gatineau, Quebec, closed in 2007.

Large bolts in the ground during construction outside Lakemount Church; Grimsby, Ontario, Canada

Coal processing industry, cairo montenotte, Italy

A plant nursery with polytunnels, buildings with ventilation and doors, and white sheeting covering the frames.

Members of the Michigan Air National Guard's 110th Civil Engineer Squadron, Battle Creek Air National Guard Base, remove concrete broken up by a jack-hammer to make room for a new concrete pad at the Tama Hills Recreational Area, a U.S. Armed Forces recreational area near Yokota Air Base, Japan, June 14, 2022. Members of the 110th CES participated in a Deployment for Training (DFT) exercise in Japan to renovate the Boy Scout camp located at the recreational area.The DFT program provides valuable training opportunities normally not available in home station scenarios, allowing Airmen to train on equipment they will likely operate during a deployment, but might not have access to on their home base.

USA, Colorado, Old Mining Town Silver Mine

An abandoned lock gate in the Soulange canal system.

Abandoned industrial building with graffiti and a crane in the background. Morning on the Geeste in 27576 Bremerhaven, Germany

Mansfelder Land 5716 near Beesenstedt open concrete silo for sour fodder GDR type construction

production of organic food Formatierra, Formentera, Pitiusas Islands, Balearic Community, Spain.

Artillery Works Ouvrage Simserhof on the Maginot Line near Rohrbach-Siersthal, Moselle Department, Grand Est, France

Manilva, Spain - 18 February 2026: View of the quarry's industrial structures, a stark landscape where towering metal silos pierce the sky, framed by the delicate branches of eucalyptus trees.

Medicine Hat, Alberta - July 11, 2021: The historic Medalta Potteries factory has been refurbished and turned in to a museum & national historic site

Bench, in front of Tetraeder, viewing platform on Beckstrasse slagheap, former Prosper Haniel colliery, Batenbrock, Bottrop, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Railway shed with blue roof and sidings.

Salvage Engineering Response Team - Various Operations - 26-HK-360-166. mm 49 to 59 photos. Hurricane Katrina

Lyndonville Air Force Station on East Mountain in East Haven, Vermont. The US Air Force built the North Concord Radar Station on top of East Mountain in 1955. Its name was changed to Lyndonville Air force Station in 1962 and then closed in 1963. In 1961, the station supposedly reported a UFO sighting, just a few hours (+/-) before the reported abduction of Barney and Betty Hill on September 19-20, 1961.

Renewal of the DB Bahn between Unterammergau and Oberammergau, the old and worn tracks of the Ammertalbahn are exchanged and re -laid.

Waialua, Hawaii, Oahu, Old deserted sugar mill with giant gears deserted mill

Currently King County is flaring landfill gas at the King County Solid Waste Division, which encompasses 920 acres near Maple Valley, Washington, United States.

Keansburg Amusement Park. New Jersey Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Fabrik mit Lagerplatz, Betonrohre für Abwasserleitungen, Bad Vigaun, Österreich *** Factory with Storage space, Concrete pipes for Sewage pipes, Bathroom Vigaun, Austria 1020924984

the construction of a bridge across the river with the supports, structural elements, cranes

Growing crops as part of biofuels production in Brazil

Working fishermen work on shore of reservoir, high angle view

Siemensbahn, Wernerwerk, Siemensdamm, Siemensstadt, Berlin, Germany, Europe

A photo capturing a broken road in Italy undergoing repair and maintenance work.

rural transformer station

A former Soviet playground sits quietly abandoned in the contested region of Abkhazia.

Storage water tank concrete cement on hill and meadow background

Medicine Hat, Alberta - July 11, 2021: The historic Medalta Potteries factory has been refurbished and turned in to a museum & national historic site

Lower ironhammer in Exten Userhammer in Exten

Fessenheim FSH nuclear power plant, most recently the oldest and least powerful French nuclear power plant. The two pressurised water reactors were shut down in 2020, Fessenheim, Haut-Rhin, France, Europe

Le Havre, or elsewhere. Series on the city of Le Havre celebrating its 500th anniversary this year. Many festivities are organized even if the context is not very favorable because the port, gradually losing ground compared to its competitors in northern Europe, is likely to be gently stripped of the striped map. Le Havre, ou ailleurs. Série sur la ville du Havre qui fête ses 500 ans cette année. De nombreuses festivités sont organisées même si le contexte y est peu propice car le port, perdant peu à peu du terrain par rapport à ses concurrents du Nord de lEurope, risque dêtre doucement rayé de la rayé de la carte.

marabou birds protect new house under construction

Lobster traps and a ramshackle house in South Thomaston, Maine.

Factory, fishing, Iceland, Hjalteyri, Akureyri

Le Havre, or elsewhere. Series on the city of Le Havre celebrating its 500th anniversary this year. Many festivities are organized even if the context is not very favorable because the port, gradually losing ground compared to its competitors in northern Europe, is likely to be gently stripped of the striped map. Le Havre, ou ailleurs. Série sur la ville du Havre qui fête ses 500 ans cette année. De nombreuses festivités sont organisées même si le contexte y est peu propice car le port, perdant peu à peu du terrain par rapport à ses concurrents du Nord de lEurope, risque dêtre doucement rayé de la rayé de la carte.

Installation of locks on the river to divert water in various irrigation channels for agriculture

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