VX Madness

[nfpgasmask]

Thank's Beej, means a lot, coming from another fellow web guru! I can't imagine your subject matter is as entertaining as mine though

Bart

Indeed. Nice work, Bart!

-biju.

[JHarris1385]

Man I really like the Operation P website.

[nfpgasmask]

Thanks man. You know, you are in really good territory for exploring places like this. I heard of a few abandoned military spots in southern Indiana that would be cool to check out.

Bart

Man I really like the Operation P website.

[JHarris1385]

Yeah the Army Ammunition Plant, Tunnel Mill its endless. But yeah you would really like the Ammo Plant VERY odd stuff goes on there. Its rougly a mile from my house max. Still to this day even though it supposevly closed after WWII, you will see blacked out expeditions rolling around, men in white hazard suits coming out of buildings. LARGE FIRES. A guy I know went deep in there by truck and was escorted back by 5 SUV's and could not even drive his own car back. The Charlestown state park runs right beside it so if you stray off trail you get to see alot. Plus when I worked for the city we got a gate pass and being seniors in high school we abused the pass and drove city trucks all over the place back there. Like to the generals mansions. Google Earth Charlestown Indiana look on the right side of HWY 62 and zoom in. There is ALOT. I see the plant everyday I trek to work using hwy 62 everyday and the plant is no more than 200 yards off the HWY at times.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana...munition_Plant

Almost forgot to mention ROSE ISLAND Amusement Park
http://www.roseislandvideo.com/
http://www.spookyblue.com/gallery/rose_island/

Marble Hill - Old nuclear power plant
http://www.nukeworker.com/pictures/thumbnails-435.html

[nfpgasmask]

Yeah, I have done many a tour at the old JAAP in Joliet, IL. Its soooo cool to see all this old stuff. I have loads of photos from there that I have yet to upload to my OP site. All the old concrete ammo storage bunkers, and all the old TNT factories. All of it is abandoned and wide open. It took us several years of "penetrating" deeper and deeper until we felt "safe" going in. And after a little research we found out that the whole area is going through a big environmental clean up, which is good. But hopefully they will keep some of the old historical structures. The area is basically open now, and you can walk around freely and check out all the structures. Its really quite interesting.

If you ever get up that way, its worth checking out. JAAP

Bart

Yeah the Army Ammunition Plant, Tunnel Mill its endless. But yeah you would really like the Ammo Plant VERY odd stuff goes on there. Its rougly a mile from my house max. Still to this day even though it supposevly closed after WWII, you will see blacked out expeditions rolling around, men in white hazard suits coming out of buildings. LARGE FIRES. A guy I know went deep in there by truck and was escorted back by 5 SUV's and could not even drive his own car back. The Charlestown state park runs right beside it so if you stray off trail you get to see alot. Plus when I worked for the city we got a gate pass and being seniors in high school we abused the pass and drove city trucks all over the place back there. Like to the generals mansions. Google Earth Charlestown Indiana look on the right side of HWY 62 and zoom in. There is ALOT. I see the plant everyday I trek to work using hwy 62 everyday and the plant is no more than 200 yards off the HWY at times.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana...munition_Plant

Almost forgot to mention ROSE ISLAND Amusement Park
http://www.roseislandvideo.com/
http://www.spookyblue.com/gallery/rose_island/

Marble Hill - Old nuclear power plant
http://www.nukeworker.com/pictures/thumbnails-435.html

[JHarris1385]

The Ammo Plant is VERY restrictive still. Just this weekend I was hiking at the state park and saw the trucks and white suits in the distance working around a large newer building. At night you can see the lights to this building light up. The new stuff is built behind the large 50yr + tree line. I can see the lights only becuase I live on a hill nearby one of the few. They act like its open to anyone but as soon as you step on the grass your surrounded. As for straying off the trails at the park. You never see a truck on the road but once you hike a mile or more you see a new world of overly protected areas. Research the Rosswell to Charlestown Ammo Plant connections. Very intresting if you find the articles. They floated around town about 10 yrs ago hinting that all rosewell activities were transferred here.

[nfpgasmask]

Yeah, most of the JAAP site is now pretty wide open. The facilities there are sooo old that I don't think they could be used for modern munitions manufacturing. There is still a large part of the JAAP that is still used by active Army though. You see camo Hummers and such going in and out all the time.

The spot by you is probably still going strong, with the war in Iraq still raging on. Much of the JAAP is not reclaimed as farmland also. Its an open range and their are loads of cows out there now.

Bart

The Ammo Plant is VERY restrictive still. Just this weekend I was hiking at the state park and saw the trucks and white suits in the distance working around a large newer building. At night you can see the lights to this building light up. The new stuff is built behind the large 50yr + tree line. I can see the lights only becuase I live on a hill nearby one of the few. They act like its open to anyone but as soon as you step on the grass your surrounded. As for straying off the trails at the park. You never see a truck on the road but once you hike a mile or more you see a new world of overly protected areas. Research the Rosswell to Charlestown Ammo Plant connections. Very intresting if you find the articles. They floated around town about 10 yrs ago hinting that all rosewell activities were transferred here.