This is a post showing the state of an abandoned coke porcessing works near Chesterfield in Derbyshire where I visited originally for lightpainting purposes but ended up looking quite interesting in daylight too. This place is now mostly demolished and the bit that's left is locked up tight. The ground that this site is on is very polluted and several local livestock farms had to close due to carcinogenic substances found the cattle's milk. There's now a clean up operation in progress and it seems that no housing or development is going to be built on the land either, such is the state of the ground around the site!
Inside an abandoned vehicle workshop
I design vehicle workshops for a living and I knew that the service pits in here were best avoided being 5 or 6ft deep and full of foul smelling oil and water. Everywhere was covered in oil residue, dust and trip hazards and the prospect of falling down a deep pit of cold fetid looking water was not very appealing! We didn't stay long in this building before moving in the open air.
Polluted Skies
We mostly shot this place in the dark, well I am a lightpainting photographer... The custom white balance shenanigans amplify the state of the site:
Coloquix graffiti art by day
Coloquix graffiti art by night
Same shot as above more or less but the difference that lighting can make is amazing.
Industrial Strength Coloquix
I placed 
Chemical Nights
The ground is so polluted around this site. There is an acrid, oily and sulphurous smell and the red gel here reminds me of the stench!
Coloquix through the foliage
This place made a great gallery for the local graff artists:
Industrial Coloquix
Coloquix really is prolific here:
Lost in a sea of polythene
The Coalite bags for the coke were littered everywhere...
Coloquix feeds the bird
This was a collaborative piece by Coloquix and I believe it may be "faunagraphic" but I'm not certain....someone is bound to correct me....
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