Abandoned ART DECO Power Plant - Control Room with power STILL ON!

We begin this exploration on a rainy day in an incredible abandoned control room - some say it's the best one in North America. And mysteriously, some panels still have power. We'll work our way down to the turbine hall, also still humming with power as the plant continued decommissioning.
This coal-fired power station opened in the 1930s. Its power generation increased so that by the 1950s its output was 256 megawatts. However, environmental concerns eventually led to the power plant's closure more than five years ago. A brownfield developer acquired the property in 2022 intending to commence environmental remediation efforts.
What's your opinion? Is this the best abandoned control room or one of the best?
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A B O U T
Past the Present Future is a film series by globally recognized photographer Chris Luckhardt. The series views the PAST through a lens in the PRESENT with an eye to FUTURE development.
B I O G R A P H Y
Chris Luckhardt has documented and photographed some of the most iconic and viral images of abandoned places around the world. He was among the first photographers to publish photos in the press from legendary abandoned places like Hashima Island, Nara Dreamland, Michigan Central Station, and Six Flags New Orleans. His body of work has led to interviews and collaborations with The White House, Netflix, Ford, GQ China, ABC News, Good Morning America, Scholastic Canada, Yahoo Japan, and many more. In 2016, the Obama administration invited Chris to photograph a private citizen "haunted" tour of The White House.
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[@chrisluckhardt]

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[@FoxCharlie]

Amazing Work Bro! Takes Courage to go such Places. Greetings from INDIA 🇮🇳

[@chrisluckhardt]

Welcome friend! I noticed a huge increase in views from India recently. 🇮🇳

[@LOBrien_]

Impressively intact for being abandoned over a decade. You can imagine those bulbs are probably on continuously all day everyday. The drafting table with the drawing is a work of art, everything like that now today is done digitally.

[@chrisluckhardt]

I prefer to avoid revealing locations specifics (and will delete any comments that do) but there are obvious clues in the video. It looks this good because a couple of explorer friends were in the control room cleaning it up. My timing for filming and photographing it were purely coincidental but I appreciated their efforts!

[@whateverbikes]

@@chrisluckhardt Cleaning it up? Serious question: isn't altering the situation as you find it frowned upon in the urban world?

[@chrisluckhardt]

@@whateverbikes The person who did the cleaning mostly removed junk and vandalism. He's an abandoned power plant aficionado and wants others to enjoy the control room as much as he does. My personal opinion in that case is it's okay.

[@johnhammond3482]

thanks for a great video i enjoyed watching this

[@chrisluckhardt]

It’s quite an impressive control room, isn’t it?

[@peterclarke3300]

Great video it’s strange to still hear the transformers still humming well that’s what they sounded like 👏👏👍👍🇬🇧

[@chrisluckhardt]

Indeed, the humming made it feel like the power plant was still active!

[@rinourbexnonsol1264]

From Italy 👍

[@chrisluckhardt]

Greetings!

[@guitanamo4975]

1:14 why it is lighting up? it still works?

[@chrisluckhardt]

Power was still on in some parts of the plant. But I'm not exactly certain why those controls were still active.

[@alexejnemov]

How can somthing decay that much in just 5+ years.

[@chrisluckhardt]

Harsh winter climate + open windows + no maintenance

[@user-gs6fq1jq8y]

Who is feeding it coal?? It would have shut down long ago without constant maintenance..

[@chrisluckhardt]

It was in the process of decommissioning when I filmed. The plant stopped producing power in 2015.