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Ferrum is an old, traditional foundry in Switzerland. As the foundry business got no longer profitable, this part of the production ceased last year. Together with an employee we had the opportunity to visit the location which usually is NOT accessible, as the area is
Big clouds escape the cooling tower of the nuclear power plant in Leibstadt. On a nice day it almost looks as the clouds for the rainy days get produced in facilities like this one.
This is the only remainder in a small room – everything else got stolen. One can only assume that this engine was once driving the ventilation of the main building.
In the boiler room only two of the four boilers are still standing and slowly corroding with time. Many pipes and two boilers must have been stolen and sold for metal long time ago.
When power gets slowly replaced by rust and thieves take what once got driven by the electric motor… a lonely reminder poses in the small ventilation room.
From the day it was mounted, this electricity meter counted day and night. Until the cables got cut and counting stopped forever.
When business was running, each room needed power, every floor was flooded by artificial light during the dark hours of the nights. But that’s long gone. Only a few ripped off ends from wires and some electric appliance remember of the busy times. Thieves stole
Once hanging protected in a room and providing light in the dark, color faded after it went dark and the elements gave it a rusty appearance.