Abandoned Industrial Places - Factories, laboratories, mills and mines that the world left behind

Colour photographs from the atmospheric and surprising abandoned industrial sites of the US, Europe, Japan and other parts of the world. Expert captions give the story behind each eerie location.

About the author

David Ross specializes in maritime and railway history and has written and contributed to numerous books on these subjects. His most recent books are Ships Visual Encyclopedia, The Essential Naval Identification Guide: Submarines 1914–Present, Great Warships, and The World’s Greatest Battleships.

Summary

With 200 outstanding colour photographs and fascinating captions, Abandoned Industrial Places is a brilliant pictorial examination of derelict factories, underground and opencast mines, nuclear power stations and gasworks, atomic test sites, space research centres, Victorian English mill towns, American gold rush settlements and much more.

Product details

• Authors: David Ross
• Publisher: Amber Books Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781782749844
• ISBN: 978-1-78274-984-4
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 390 mm x 238 mm x 27 mm
• Weight: 1388 g
• Illustrations: Halftones, color
• Series: Abandoned...; Abandoned Places
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity