Massive Abandoned Factory - With Some Unexpected Visitors Lurking

This huge North Carolina textile factory was built in 1946 and at one time had 1,000 employees. The business was closed in 1984 but luckily for us they left some very cool equipment and machines left behind.
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[@MobileInstinct]

Hey go over and check out Kitchytravels channel. She explores some really cool places. kzbin.info/door/pW280ofx1oOcHzo3wlnlGg

[@SherrySherry]

Kitschy is awesome, so glad you two were able to explore together!! And I'm trying not to be envious 👍😁👍

[@jimsoutdooradventures2748]

Funny story, I was exploring an abandoned textile factory and I kept hearing a man and woman talking about Mc Flurries. Very odd. Kidding,lol. Thanks for the adventure!!!

[@MobileInstinct]

Haha! 😂

[@brianbonnell4849]

I worked at a factory while it was winding down it’s operations. It is so sad and creepy, I saw it go from a booming facility with lots of machinery down to nothing with a few people walking around sweeping things up. It had been open since the 1960s, some people had been there since the early 70s. I’d work nights and I can remember times when they’d send the crews home due to not having work. It’d just be myself and a few other people, most of the lights would be off. It was so sad watching it happen.

[@KitschyTravels]

Good times!!! I had a great time exploring this place with you. McFlurries 4 eva

[@GeminiWoods]

Cool finding your channel! Subbed!

[@SherrySherry]

Kitschy!! 🤗❤️‼️

[@oatlord]

Are you the "not alone" or should I continue looking for kids or animals?

[@heathdetweilerRealtor]

Where at in Nc is this? I’m in Fayettenam.

[@rayclark9643]

My father lost his job when textile moved out of the country. I briefly worked in a textile factory when I was a kid...not a place you'd want to spend a lifetime at for sure. Thanks for the tour Chris:)

[@rubyd3745]

Oh, but I miss those days when we could get a job at the shirt factory. Or infant and children clothes. Jeans, underwear. I moved to North Carolina to work at Cannon Mills, weaving. Those buildings are gone, torn down. Sheets and towels. All made in America. A lifetime at those jobs was more than a paycheck, it was self-esteem. And people lived good too. New cars and nice homes. Do industrial sewing machines even exist in America, I think they are rare. Fruit of the loom in Greenville Ky was the last I heard of those types of jobs and they were closing due to the China Flu. I wish clothes , sheets and towels were manufactured in America to the extent that they used to be.

[@ls6-ss413]

I do a lot of work for a dude who owns several textile companies. Mostly upholstery fabric and such (I restore antiques). He has more money than almost any customer I've worked for. His summer home is insane. But I've heard very bad things about his factories. They are all over, Mexico, Taiwan, etc. Very hazardous conditions, poor pay, child labor. Goes on and on. His last house he built he tore down three waterfront homes and built one on the three plots. Six car garage. Probably 15,000 square feet. I don't think he spends three weeks a year there.

[@rubyd3745]

@@ls6-ss413 I've heard for years that China and other countries use child labour and slave labor. Which makes me think why are American stores allowed to sell their stuff? Rhetorical...

[@ls6-ss413]

@@rubyd3745 all about the money

[@rubyd3745]

@@ls6-ss413 I have gotten so serious about not buying" made in China " plus another label that I , at this moment, don't recall the letters, but it's also a China label. Anyway, I look at labels. Recently I wanted a new spatula. Walmart had 4 or 5 brands. Each different quality and different brands, different prices all labeled " made in China" or the letters that also represents China. So... I went to Kroger. Kroger had two brands each different quality and price. Both made in China. I went online looking for kitchen ware. And I found about 8 brands made in America.

[@mentalhell6669]

Watching videos of folks such as yourself exploring these old factories has always been fascinating. It reminds me of my place of work. The steel plant I work at was built in the mid 1800's and then added onto during the 40's for the war effort. And most of the machinery we still use is from that area. The older part of the plant is closed off and falling apart but can still be accessed from inside the plant. Are motor rooms are still slate board and open contact and mostly all dc energy. I can honestly say it's fun going threw the older parts of the plant

[@admcnich]

Love watching your videos, I always say to myself “no way I would go into some of the places you go unarmed”. This video showed why. Keep them coming.

[@MarksKicksOnRoute66]

I'm running out of great things to say Chris! Your a natural at this such a unique perspective with your documentaries.

[@webvideofan]

I watch a lot of other’s urbex videos and just found yours. I appreciate your calm, mature style. It’s a refreshing take on the genre. Keep up the great work!

[@Maniac_in_Black]

Agreed! And the fact that you RARELY use music. Gives the viewer a chance to actually enjoy the video :)

[@rodneydaub3812]

People that make huge amounts of noise in an abandoned location, are most likely not people you would want to meet.

[@vlauxa]

It's hard not to

[@fitztastico]

6:26 The moss growing in sections there is so cool. I'm guessing the lines of bare concrete are where water drips to the floor from the support beams for the roof and the moss grows in the splash zone

[@davedennis6042]

It would be funny and a little cool if the "lurkers" were actually Micheal and Bryan from The Proper People and they were avoiding YOU because they didn't know what You were doing. LOL

[@Quacks0]

10:11 You are absolutely right that it's wise not to interact with anyone else whom you observe in a not-officially-on-public-display place like this; unlike you, those other people might not just be innocent explorers taking a look around; they might be using drugs, hiding weapons, stashing contraband, or committing other crimes that they wouldn't want anyone else to know about. Paranoid criminals like that will sometimes kill anyone whom they meet if they are afraid that those other people might report them or otherwise interfere with their evil/illegal activities.

[@silencenhikes6692]

Could be just other explorers in these boring times. Thanks for bringing us there. 🙏

[@clownshoesracing5334]

i love old boiller room im a boiller operator and history is a passion 4 me

[@melodyclark4347]

Just imagine this place in its heyday. We need to learn skills like this for the future. It would be great to talk to people who worked there. Thanks for another amazing video.

[@gregggoss2210]

Another great video man. Your guest was kinda cute too. Thank you for posting sir. Always glad to see your content.

[@rumrunner1756]

I saved the best for last when checking my KZbin notifications. I always know that it will be interesting following Chris into wherever he is headed. I can’t wait for the next adventure Chris. Keep up the good work. 👊☮️

[@shawneeb3771]

Interesting video. I can't believe how big that place was and how many people would have been inside there at one time. It still remains sad to know all the people who lost their jobs when everything went overseas. Stay Safe out there.

[@SueGirling68]

Thanks Chris, so many abandoned factories everywhere nowadays, you would think that the government would find a way to re-purpose them somehow. Thank you for sharing. x

[@VagabondofRandom]

I know right! So much room for activities!

[@pookysdad4884]

Impractical and expensive. Many of these places are full of toxics like asbestos, lead, mercury, arsenic, cadmium, and much more. That would have to be mitigated. The buildings wouldn't be up to current health, safety, or building codes. They can't even be demolished for recycling many times, due to asbestos. Just not cost feasible to repurpose, retrofit, or even tear them down.

[@paulcarpenter2800]

Great work guys. Thanks for sharing. Best wishes Paul in Lower Boddington UK

[@jdexploresfan3628]

This is an interesting explore always awesome to see what’s left in the old factory 🏭. Thanks for the upload 👍😃

[@JR-nj8le]

I hope you do have an "Asbestos Awareness Training" because I could see corrugated roof sheets 1:26 which are full of asbestos and they release fibres when broken - some of them I saw broken which means you will be walking over asbestos - then you will take asbestos fibres into your car then into your house on your shoes. Be careful and do complete that online training just so you are aware for the future.

[@ccov89]

Simply walking passed some asbestos will do nothing. Some people are terrified of it haha do you forget that 30 years ago it was everywhere? In every building and every school. Long term exposure exposure is the problem with asbestos, not simply walking passed it in an old building.

[@JR-nj8le]

@@ccov89 It's all about disturbing it and kicking up the dust - looking at the condition of the warehouse there will be lose fibres of blue or white asbestos all over that floor - easily attachable to footwear fabric if disturbed - this is a serious issue and people are not aware how serious this problem is with old buildings

[@tomcatt998]

@@ccov89 as a kid I scraped and repainted my parent's house house many times,, it had asbestos siding,, I'm 64 now and still no adverse effects,, I'm probably one of the lucky ones,, and I didn't have any protective equipment (masks)

[@MrsinTN]

J R plus mold

[@cassie6583]

@@MrsinTN I will say a Hail Mary for ya Sir. Vaya con Dios...!!!!!!

[@Dex99SS]

Pretty sure I actually heard your heart rate when you first encountered the "others", while near the stolen and dumped food truck turned meth lab.

[@usernotfound904]

As teenagers my friends and I would explore an abandoned Racetracks grand stand - Roosevelt Raceway - that used to be here on Long Island NY. Was always unexpected homeless lurking. Good times!

[@williamroden8495]

Sad to see buildings like this and to realize that there are so many of them all over this country. Good to see you Chris, hope you had a McFlurry big enough to cool you down again! Stay cool out there.

[@jimmyduncan7650]

The fire appeared to be in a small electrical switchgear room so most likely copper bandits burning insulation from wiring. It would be very interesting to do before/ after images and interviews with prior plant workers that'd be approx 70 now. I know that's a huge undertaking and no criticism of your very enjoyable work. Sometimes it seems like an eye blink and the people and places......? This factory is beating the odds so far.

[@Quacks0]

14:52 That extinguisher must have been used, too, since the pin is pulled

[@diehardsabre]

Yet another awesome video!!! I live in N.C. and there is a bunch of cool abandoned stuff here.

[@richdiscoveries]

Another awesome location, thank you for taking us along

[@vsanchez7158]

I’m glad when you have company. I know some people like it, but it’s not good to be alone all the time. ☺️

[@joshowenby6408]

That calendar might have been from when a company called Excel Finishing used part of it back in the '90's.

[@hysterymysteryreadit1268]

Very cool place! Thanks big C!

[@JMVideos7676]

That grey metal desk brought back memories of the one I had when I was a civilian worker for the Navy.

[@sharonfleming5974]

I found your channel while watching lamont at large 😊 I love it it's brilliant keep up the good work and may you keep getting stronger with views 😊😊😊

[@Wipsplash]

Great video. It always amazes me how so much money is spent building establishments like this only to be completely abandoned.

[@Chief205]

I’m always amazed by it also. A company puts in millions of dollars into a company, is making a profit and in turn they are contributing to the community and then turn around and abandon the whole place with all that expensive equipment. Go figure, crazy. Look up NAFTA Deal. GWBush began, Clinton’s signed off on. 😏

[@mattgraf676]

The stairs that were going to the top of the boiler would have been a work deck when working on the steam drum. The ones were you tryed to move handle was a steam turbine to run what looked like a blower or another generator

[@bfloy1837]

Don't ya want to know what all those machines did? So curious, love old building's, always telling stories! Thanks for sharing! Stay safe!

[@987plo]

I love your videos, great channel thanks for all you do.

[@Epicmango7]

I love all these old buildings that you find

[@christophers2959]

Amazing work Chris

[@teeco0004]

The van was actually in good shape. Can’t believe the windows were not broken.

[@markdegraff1950]

Keep up the great work!👍🏽

[@mikefitchNYC1971]

Awesome exploration!

[@lillypad9960]

Super explore. Thanks

[@deadcorpert619]

There’s an abandoned westinghouse factory in Cleveland. Very cool stuff!

[@CaptainAmerica-nl4tq]

Love the exploring ! Though in today's world it can offer unwanted situations . Be safe 👍

[@jayh9529]

Great video dude

[@Cristini8]

This is awesome!!!!!! I loved this!!

[@journeywithjay]

Nice video bud!!! I saw her video a couple days ago and was waiting for yours to be released. I love when there's paperwork left. I'm kinda in the mood for mcflurry now lol.

[@MobileInstinct]

Haha every explore should end that way

[@KitschyTravels]

Oh yeah!

[@DanKirchner5150]

generally speaking ,no matter what things you've "created" in your life -all will turn to dust

[@anthonyferguson3655]

my favorite part about your videos.(and i love these videos).. is anytime you find a lever or a gear thats stuck in place, you mention how it's stuck and then demonstrate it being stuck by barely touching it,,,, but yet you make the power lifter breathing noise as if you just tried really hard to move it... I die laughing everytime

[@angellahoulbjerg4307]

great video!

[@HAMRADIOJOE4178]

COOL STUFF

[@djicepole]

3:47 Take all of them home, spread them and frame them individually and put them on ebay. This looks saleable to me. I love the typeset!

[@eastsideofthetracks8311]

I love explorer places like this but mainly I go to do some big elaborate graffiti. I feel in places like this I can really take my time and do something nice and it also gives these dark Erie places a pop of color !

[@davidurban6813]

Loved the tour of the factory. Are there any reports of hauntings or ghosts in the place? Just asking. Stay healthy everyone. We will get through this together.

[@terencehayes4181]

Great video

[@paulosborne6517]

Cat and Mouse with other explorers... know that game! Probably just curious and documenting decay, but the 'hobby' does have its fair share of undesirables and unpredictables. I hope you enjoyed your McFlurries - the feast of true explorers! I remember visiting an old power station in the height of summer and getting scorched... I was so hot that I ended up asking for a 'Flint McMurry' instead of a Mint McFlurry and it kind of stuck as a joke, like the name of a 1960's secret agent..

[@dirtyunderwear1078]

These buildings be great for a movie site or KZbin series I love to have my own series 20 minute at a time different characters from KZbin would be a great building another great video young man killed the good work

[@nelsona779]

@7:21! That's a cool step van😎

[@ExploringWithBonnie13]

I love watching your videos.

[@MobileInstinct]

Thanks Bonnie

[@ExploringWithBonnie13]

My sister and I started KZbin channels. If you are ever in Ohio we would love to explore with you.

[@Erica85255]

Another great find! You’re a handsome fella too! 😉

[@shawnkenny_main]

Chances of the truck being hot...50 50 could have been setting there long enough to be cold now.

[@davidperry5333]

Very intresting 👍

[@kelamram]

I imagine fall out gets their graphics from buildings Iike this one. Happy to find this channel. And that no ghouls are jumping out

[@ls6-ss413]

It would be awesome to retro fit that tach in to a diesel rat rod🤙🏼

[@leeroyholloway4277]

Imagine my surprise... the 50 year old textile mill had a contaminated well.

[@nicmaz37]

@15:30 you can probably enter this area up the stairs @11:34. When explored Purple Hotel, they didn't destroy the job applications, they in file cabinets, with all the necessary information to steal people's identity. Companies should be 100% responsible for destroying job applications before they shutdown!!

[@scoutsdad5831]

I was wondering if you ever got caught in your exploring. Do you get permission? How do people react when they find you?

[@BlenderRookie]

I'm with her, I'm scared of heights.

[@mrnipple1776]

If u are a turrist and go to other countries, u can come to Croatia too! Here in town Knin we have one GIANT factory! There are no so many stuff but its still funny to explore cuz its massive. I hope that there are no strangers there (cuz when my friend was a kid and he explored that factory with his friends they saw drugs) Also great video! And keep up going

[@ingenfestbrems]

First from Norway 🇳🇴

[@sharon94503]

That party bus tho!

[@GRORGvideot]

That factory reminds me of the scene in Blade Runner 2049

[@johnromansky6834]

I have so many questions..lol

[@thunderbird66613]

That factory would be a great film location for a new Elm Street movie. It's weird how there is still air in the utility trucks 4 tires.

[@gerryb6423]

Hi is that a Black Eye I See Right one I thought it was shadows but its there all the time, Be careful man you never know could be doing what you are doing then again watch your back, Your channel is great I Am Glad found it they are addictive i will just watch one more I said Two & a Half hours ago LOL Take it easy !!

[@matthewmann8951]

This place is dripping with asbestos, dont move anything. Where respirator, when you dont know what the building was used for. But love the suspenceful footage, thanks bro😄

[@fishingwcp]

Awesomeness

[@ExclusiveLM]

The last scene of Terminator 1 and 2 were filmed in this factory. Directer James Cameron secured this location for filming parts of the movies here including the part when Terminator (Arnold Schwarzeneger) dies when he is lowered into a barrel of acid and he puts his thumb up as his head dips below the acid. Also Robo Cop and Alien (the first one) were also filmed there. Iconic place !!

[@KitschyTravels]

Sorry, but this is incorrect. I am from this area and this is not true. I also just looked it up just in case, but nothing references this location as any film location for those movies nor we would know about it in NC as it would be famous locations. The factory was also open and running when the movies came out.

[@ExclusiveLM]

@@KitschyTravels It's true. I was one of the production assistants in the second terminator and I was in that factory when they shot that scene that took for ever to block the scene and to shoot it. I was told by other crew people that that was the same place where the first one was shot in 1984. Why would I randomly leave this comment if it wasn't true. I have pictures from behind the scenes at T2. Any other questions ??

[@KitschyTravels]

ExclusiveLM I am from this area and we would all know if these popular movies were filmed here. I also looked at multiple websites listing the film locations for both movies and it does not list Old Fort NC in the lists at all on multiple sites. Also, the film listings for scenes shot in NC websites do not list these movies here. I have done extensive reaearch on this place and it is not listing any of your claims.

[@ExclusiveLM]

@@KitschyTravels Don't worry. You didn't have to know it happen for it to happen. This isn't major surgery Ktschy. Take an aspirin and lay down. You'll get over it by tomorrow.

[@exploringwithgriz2079]

Bro your videos are dope as shit I enjoy your adventures

[@pookysdad4884]

If I lived anywhere near that place, I'd grab every ounce of copper and brass I could. And any cool "steampunk" type stuff.

[@jshaw4757]

Think all gone already lol...but inside some those huge machines will be a nice chunk off something you need some serious muscle to get em open though

[@CheapAngler]

Weirdest thing about that truck was the tires still had air.

[@pookysdad4884]

"They're closin' down/the textile mills/cross the railroad tracks/Foreman said these jobs/are goin, boys/and they ain't comin' back..." Bruce Springsteen, "My Hometown", 1984

[@mtvjackass74]

Check out the abandoned nuclear power plant in Hartsville, Tn.........under construction at the time and ran out of money, one cooling tower is up while they had footers dug for the second tower. My wife and I checked out, very very eerie and surreal.

[@laurametheny1008]

Glad she's being safe. You need to be careful too guy.😷🙏🤘who knows where that crap is lurking? For sure it is NOT gone.🤔

[@creatureconnor]

I literally just got back from North Carolina! Where is this?

[@jimmyduncan7650]

That's a great last name you have! 👍

[@jimmyduncan7650]

@Train Nerd you too! Apple fritter for me if your going? 😁

[@Benjamoen123XD]

Why is there still a truck in the building? I mean you'd think they still need that.

[@eily_b]

The factory is dilapidated but the paper is still in pristine condition? Strange...

[@PartyUpLive]

Pretty cool. This looks like a level from Resident Evil or Gears of War.

[@jenb7756]

Looks like you have managed to pick up a sunburn in the course of your travels. Ouch.

[@onrr1726]

Most companies like this if it was a finishing plant they buy stuff made in Asia that's already made. From there once it arrives in the U.S. the fabric is dyed, buttons are added and a made in USA tag is put in even though the shirt was completely made in China or Vietnam minus a few details that are applied here in the U.S.

[@Quacks0]

15:46 There was a door in the far corner of the room; you might have been able to go around and come in that way

[@ELl_e..3]

Go to the Catskill game farm!

[@MrStrollerisme]

Frankly I'm shocked that much is still there. Seems someone would have bought just for the scrap metal. Very cool though showing what was and what should still be.

[@pookysdad4884]

I'm a scrapper, and I understand the sentiment, but you don't know the legal and environmental ramifications. If you buy it, you assume all liability for anything that happens there. And you better believe an army of litigious opportunists, insurance scammers, and lawyers would be waiting to strike. You'd also assume ENVIRONMENTAL liability, and might someday, as administrations and laws change, be forced to clean up the site, at YOUR expense. Better to let us scavengers do the dirty work and risk our own health.

[@MikeyLeeWillis]

Someone totally striped out the Copper wire on that big motor at 6:08

[@pookysdad4884]

Wasn't me (I wish it was!), I'm 3000 miles northwest of there!

[@geoffbell166]

Scrap prices are quite high at the moment...

[@pookysdad4884]

@@geoffbell166 Indeed. I'm a scrapper, and I just got 3.24 a lb for #2 copper in Tacoma. Various forms of aluminum (sheet, cast, extruded, etc) are .60 to .73 a lb. Yellow brass is 2.40. Even steel is over $200 a ton. (I've seen $450 a ton for steel in the 2000s, when China was buying most of it.)

[@geoffbell166]

@@pookysdad4884 I presume you talking US $ ? An old mate mine was a scrap dealer,was a hard case bugger,they called him Tank,he could sniff out non ferrous metal like a blood hound,he loved America,the old cars,watched Westerns and the old movies only!,We are downunder,and have some crazy OSHA ,called Worksafe here rules,this old factory would be fenced off,and not a snowballs chance in Hell would you be able to walk around it,if you did and were injured or killed the owners would get a massive fine,even if they broke in!You have got a lot of freedom in the US look after it,because freedom aint free,people died for it....This young fella seems like a good bloke,got a wise head on him,i like what he does,its good to watch his trips around the place,takes your mind off the worries of the World,good luck cobber.

[@wendyjohnson8639]

The other group of people looked like ghost hunter looking for something paranormal.

[@staleillusion2798]

There’s a lot of steel they could scrap in there.

[@jessebronson6976]

they shot parts of the movie Cyborg with Jean Claude Van dam and part of The Road

[@arkangelnorthman]

Arion bronson!! Are you in the movie industry or a fan?