Oct. 3rd, 2024

Oct. 3rd, 2024 12:52 pm
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A black-and-white photo of a nuclear power plant's control room.  Dials and meters are all across the walls, and a large control console arcs around the circular space.  A man in a suit sits at the controls.

Photograph of the main control room at Hinkley Point Nuclear Power Station in Somerset, England, 1965. Photo from Getty Images, part of a compilation by Popular Mechanics. Found via The Vault of the Atomic Space Age on Tumblr (or follow [syndicated profile] atomic_space_age_feed).

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A photograph of the now-abandoned Jerma Palace Hotel in Malta.  Concrete stairs ascend an open stairway, their bannisters and safety railings missing.  Graffiti from several different people has been sprayed onto the stripped-bare plaster walls.

Photograph of a stairwell from the abandoned Jerma Palace Hotel in Malta, taken by photographer eassae and used with permission. A full album of photos from this location can be found on his website, as well as other galleries of similar abandoned locales. More information about the hotel site can be found via Archilovers' in-depth overview of the hotel's recent history post-closure.

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