BRITISH EXTRACTING CO. LTD // HULL // APRIL 2018
Explored with @jaws who I explored with in November/December 2017
https://www.28dayslater.co.uk/threa...co-receiving-house-hull-november-2017.110685/
Some stolen history from other posts...
This former British Extracting Company silo was built in 1919 and designed by Gilder & Kitchen of Hull. It was part of the site of an oil extracting mill. The interior is divided by cross walls into storage bins where the grain was stored. The attached receiving house was used for transferring material from road and river into the silo. The former British Extracting Company building, which has been disused since the 1970s, was used to store seeds for use in oils and cattle feed, however now sits on an aggregates processing site, somewhat out of place. It achieved listed status in 1993 so unlike the few other mills in Hull which have been demolished (Spillers and Rank Hovis etc.) this one is likely to stay for now.
The Explore..
This was the coolest explore I've done yet. Once entering the site we discovered that it is partially used. A man appeared every now and again with a torch searching about and lorries would come in every so often to drop off skips and/or rubbish. This meant we had to make a run for it when he wasn't about and no lorries were coming through. The entrance, which I wont give away, was extremely tight to say the least and quite high up. I'm genuinely shocked we weren't caught especially with using our torches and the amount of noise made. Once inside we looked about for stairs or a ladder to gain access to the roof. I was unaware that this building only had one accessible way to the roof and that was ladders from the ground floor to the very top and seen as though I made so much effort getting into the building I had to do it. The climb wasn't so bad in the dark however at the very top of the metal ladders we found a wooden ladder held up by string suspended over a drop which was probably the worst part. The metal ladders themselves are sound but the shitty wooden ones had seen better days. The best part was walking out onto the roof and seeing the entire of Hull lit up. It was well worth the climb, enjoy the pics!
First couple of images are from our first visit in November 2017
These were taken in the receiving house attached to the main building.
I thought these were quite interesting and bulk up the report a little bit.
Hope you enjoyed the report and images!
SB.
Explored with @jaws who I explored with in November/December 2017
https://www.28dayslater.co.uk/threa...co-receiving-house-hull-november-2017.110685/
Some stolen history from other posts...
This former British Extracting Company silo was built in 1919 and designed by Gilder & Kitchen of Hull. It was part of the site of an oil extracting mill. The interior is divided by cross walls into storage bins where the grain was stored. The attached receiving house was used for transferring material from road and river into the silo. The former British Extracting Company building, which has been disused since the 1970s, was used to store seeds for use in oils and cattle feed, however now sits on an aggregates processing site, somewhat out of place. It achieved listed status in 1993 so unlike the few other mills in Hull which have been demolished (Spillers and Rank Hovis etc.) this one is likely to stay for now.
The Explore..
This was the coolest explore I've done yet. Once entering the site we discovered that it is partially used. A man appeared every now and again with a torch searching about and lorries would come in every so often to drop off skips and/or rubbish. This meant we had to make a run for it when he wasn't about and no lorries were coming through. The entrance, which I wont give away, was extremely tight to say the least and quite high up. I'm genuinely shocked we weren't caught especially with using our torches and the amount of noise made. Once inside we looked about for stairs or a ladder to gain access to the roof. I was unaware that this building only had one accessible way to the roof and that was ladders from the ground floor to the very top and seen as though I made so much effort getting into the building I had to do it. The climb wasn't so bad in the dark however at the very top of the metal ladders we found a wooden ladder held up by string suspended over a drop which was probably the worst part. The metal ladders themselves are sound but the shitty wooden ones had seen better days. The best part was walking out onto the roof and seeing the entire of Hull lit up. It was well worth the climb, enjoy the pics!
First couple of images are from our first visit in November 2017
These were taken in the receiving house attached to the main building.
I thought these were quite interesting and bulk up the report a little bit.
Hope you enjoyed the report and images!
SB.
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