URBEX | The downfall of a giant blast furnace HFB (2008-2020)

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In this episode we visit a favorite local place where we have been exploring in the past decade and saw the falldown of this giant blast furnace through the years. From a (semi-)active place to a no man's land and copper thief heaven.
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@ExploringtheUnbeatenPath 4 года назад

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@johannesbrouwer8447 4 года назад

Shait promotions

@matthijsdejonge3206 4 года назад

Te gekke video's maar jammer dat er van die onzin reclames in moeten!

@ExploringtheUnbeatenPath 4 года назад

@@matthijsdejonge3206 Zonder reclames geen video's :(

@wigglewiggle3789 4 года назад

The cops are coming but we have beer. Legends. One should have supplies when exploring. Take care guys.

@ExploringtheUnbeatenPath 4 года назад

Haha thanks ! Luckily we had those with us... makes the waiting comfortable :D

@carlmorgan8452 6 месяцев назад

Trespassing is a crime

@ForgottenBuildings 4 года назад

Classic location. Such a shame that it has been trashed though in recent years :/ Great video btw!

@ExploringtheUnbeatenPath 4 года назад

Thanks mate! It's unbelievable yes.

@MrPatriickzz 4 года назад

It's still an unbelievable spot for any urbexer to go to. It's just so huge.

@ExploringtheUnbeatenPath 4 года назад

@@MrPatriickzz Never gets boring :)

@ForgottenBuildings 4 года назад

MrPatriickzz the scale is just mind boggling, over one week I will have my fifth visit 😁

@MrPatriickzz 4 года назад

@@ForgottenBuildings sick I think I'll be going to soon. Before it gets demolished. One time we went it was all rain and the other time there was no sun hahaha. Still need a sunny hot visit.

@paulhealey8933 4 года назад

I remember watching the live stream by accident. Can’t believe it’s two years ago. Always interesting to see how places change over time. Great vid, more longer length ones please! 👍

@ExploringtheUnbeatenPath 4 года назад

Coming up ! We have a new standard to record everything with a gopro for longer episodes :)

@paulhealey8933 4 года назад

@@ExploringtheUnbeatenPath Excellent, looking forward to it!

@mrfrenzy. 4 года назад

In Ostrava there is a blast furnace that has been preserved and restored and is open to the public. It is quite similar to this one and well worth a visit.

@maxxlindley9425 4 года назад

what a difference a couple of years make...i remember when you had your 100,000 subscribers party there. I usually que up and watch all your videos when i want to entertain myself for a couple of hours.

@rodrigo4379 4 года назад

Loved this video! The before and after pictures are crazy!!!! Well done :D

@9ninetysix6 2 года назад

Beautiful and sad to see this place and his changeing over the years.

@urbexplorationz3143 4 года назад

Great explore guys! I would love to explore this massive Steelworks by myself, big industrial sites are like a playground for Urban Explorers. Good to see that they didn't caught you! Stay safe while exploring Greetings from Luxembourg:)

@ExploringtheUnbeatenPath 4 года назад

Go quick ! It will be demolished soon. I'll upload some other great big industrial sites soon :) Thanks for watching !

@MrPatriickzz 4 года назад

@@ExploringtheUnbeatenPath For real? I've been there 2 times already but really want to go once again.

@MikeyVerhulst 4 года назад

Damn man! One of the better episodes I've seen so far! Nice to see the old and new pictures to see what has changed over the years. Also saw my mate Paul on 05:16. Keep it up Bob!

@ExploringtheUnbeatenPath 4 года назад

Yup, we still need to go one day :) !

@MikeyVerhulst 4 года назад

@@ExploringtheUnbeatenPath hell yea!!

@Lletan 4 года назад

Wow, amazing place! Just imagine all the planning and work it took to build this site.. Loving the beers, we can see you're having fun :) Also, love the GoPro and drone shots, but the flashbacks make this one amazing!

@ExploringtheUnbeatenPath 4 года назад

Thanks lletan ! A lot more episodes like this are coming up :)

@DimJongUn 4 года назад

Seriously my favorite channel on RU-vid. Keep up the good work!

@Metalstacker 4 года назад

"The cops are looking for us, but we got ... beer, cheers!" That was epic :)

@BilisNegra 4 года назад

So, this is post-lockdown material already, for what I understand? Cool to see you outside in action again! Keep up the awesome work!

@najarip 4 года назад

Weer een super aflevering. Spanning, mooie beelden, vergelijk oud en nieuw en lekker lang. Ga zo door!

@ormonddearn745 3 года назад

Love what you guys do , watching your videos are great! Would love to come explore with you guys 👌🏼👌🏼😎

@1996BRECHT 4 года назад

Thank god you guys documented a lot of the site! Sad but also interesting to see the pictures through the years... Keep up the great work! I hope to visit it one day, but I suppose I'll need to be rather fast...

@German_MDS 4 года назад

Imagine that beast at full steam! Great video guys.

@ExploringtheUnbeatenPath 4 года назад

Thanks for watching ! A complete different world yes ! would like to visit a live one too in the future

@SwiffMeister 4 года назад

I was part of some big maintanance jobs in different live parts of the Tata steel factories in ijmuiden including the furnaces over there and the "continu giet machine". It is just a world on its own and every time I get there it is special.

@davidspez7267 4 года назад

Awesome video and effort, thank you 👍

@KyleOfTheNorth 4 года назад

Love your videos, I hope you never stop filming and uploading!

@ReginaldVandeVelde 4 года назад

Great video showing the evolution and timeline of this place, nice one Bob! I was very shocked to see the roof completely gone from that hall, wtf. If that was a proper theft, that's next level, damn.

@onlyrgu 4 года назад

I live in Maastricht ( you can almost see it from the top). And I was like I could bike there in an hour. Then I heard the siren, didn't knew Liège politie had 15 cars!!! Thanks for the video

@stiggear4828 4 года назад

I love the longer videos. I'll be exploring next week too, maybe we will go and see this one then aswell :)

@bender7565 4 года назад

Only some police dogs could have added to that adventure. Every bit was outstanding, thanks.

@IrlBandit 4 года назад

As long as you have beer, all is good - i see it was Juplier - as the saying goes "Mannen weten waarom"! (Men know why!) As for Liege, i grew up in Brussels for 25 years - from 1979 onwards - but am Irish; Liege was always a shite place, full of slag mountains, dirty, shite bars and the only good thing was the karting nearby!!! Drive in and out and leave it behind - smelly place. On the other hand, as kids in Kortenberg (Brabant) we used to explore an old post war explosive factory; great fun, man traps all over and chased by the varkens all the time!! Great vid lads

@felixthecleaner8843 Год назад

like cathedrals of the Industrial Might and Power of the nation.... such a shame to see them trashed and neglected.....I recall driving past these areas in the late 1970's when the sky was lit-up by the flames of the furnaces - it was awesome to see!

@bartkuipers 3 года назад

een echt geweldig mooie plek zonde als dit afgebroken wordt . dit is al een sook plek maak je brand ook nog mee super sterk van jullie respect

@Electronzap 4 года назад

Very cool place! :) Weird how it goes from unused but protected to completely abandoned over time. You'd think someone would just scrap out buildings right away or give tours instead of dumping money into them to try to preserve them for nothing.

@jasperooms9210 3 года назад

oh believe me, it is still protected to some degree. cops and security still patrol from time to time. A couple of guys I know almost got caught last weekend.

@giorgiomaggiolini 4 года назад

Wow I just discover your channel!! It is awesome!!😍 subscribed!

@Valentino202020 4 года назад

Bedankt voor de uitstekende video en de fantastische locatie. =)

@dannoyingdevil 4 года назад

Another amazing video!

@CanaleImprobabile 4 года назад

Amazing amazing video. Wonderful to see the evolution of the place, lucky you living around there! I was planning to go this summer, do you know when it will be demolished?

@ganggang3042 4 года назад

Zeer vette locatie !! De boel is wel flink kort aan het gaan.. net een speeltuin voor volwassenen :p

@justinvasko3577 4 года назад

Had them just like that here in the U.S. also. When those facilities shut down, the entire region goes with it. Was this one of the last coal operated facilities in the country? I've never seen rail cars with full loads of coal just sit around like that.

@kamandalu 4 года назад

fijne vid zoals altijd,welke straf staat er op als ze jullie zouden pakken?uiteindelijk zijn jullie geen dieven,ze zien toch dat julllie alleen exploren!

@ExploringtheUnbeatenPath 4 года назад

Het ligt eraan wie je tegenkomt!🤔

@FearOrFreedom 2 года назад

Did you ever find out what this 'raid' was about? Maybe someone started a fire on site? It's hard to believe they would send multiple fire trucks and police cars on the site just to catch people trespassing right? They usually don't really seem to care and are well aware of the hundreds of people visiting the site every month. I went there Thursday, and did not see any security, only some workers. Also they don't seem to care about the holes in the fences, since the same hole has been open now for almost a year.

@j.playstation9163 4 года назад

Weer een geweldige aflevering!

@mereth13 4 года назад

How was the roof stolen? Was it removed legitimately by the company or city, and then stolen after disassembly? It seems like that much mass should be very difficult to remove and steal except through some sort of corruption.

@ComradeMario 4 года назад

maybe the intense heat from the fire destroyed it

@tztokjad95 4 года назад

No the fire was in another building a few hundred meters from the blast furnace

@rkan2 4 года назад

Just cut it up with power tools and take it away...

@Marcelvanhouwelingen 4 года назад

Hi guys. I think the powerplant is actually a turbine hall which provided the BF's with cold blast that would be heated in the stoves to make the hot blast. Why do you think it is a powerstation?

@Bender24k 4 года назад

Impressive explore. Thanks!

@Benjamin-ek4iu 4 года назад

Cool! Thanks for your time!! Awesome footage bro!

@Thirsty_Fox 4 года назад

I kind of feel bad for all the people who have to check on these buildings, especially at night. Imagine being told, "hey we saw some guys around this abandoned super sketchy building... take your flashlight and check it out!"

@MrRoeler 4 года назад

Following the channel some years Now.. Yet antoher "Blasting" video! Amazing! Keep up the good work!

@ExploringtheUnbeatenPath 4 года назад

Thankas a lot mate🤗

@aitakaitov7312 4 года назад

In summer 2018 the roof and much of the piping in the casthouse were still there. Last year we tried but too many people were on the site and we had to run

@emprsnm9903 4 года назад

*"The power station"* I keep expecting *the Dark One* to be hiding there somewhere. (very obscure reference to an '87 movie) Great followup btw.

@markoud2446 4 года назад

Zoveel herkenning. Ik werk zelf bij Tata Steel.

@jix177 4 года назад

Great explore. Well done.

@MsLeguman Год назад

An European classic. Nice place to visit. Easy access from railtracks on the back. Not demolished yet (11/2022) Nearby is also a small street with prostitutes like you don t see anywhere anymore... another relic of that period.

@samuelgilbert9734 4 года назад

Awesome explore! I really like seeing the differences in time.

@ForgottenBuildings 4 года назад

19:56 damn, you’ve even found the hole my friend Nearly died in last year 😂

@ExploringtheUnbeatenPath 4 года назад

oops ! :O

@URBXTV 4 года назад

Hey guys, just to let you know this was a great video. Was thinking what a cool place to visit, then I heard you say it was going to be demolished. Yea, sad to see it go.

@Elaba83 4 года назад

When was this filmed? When did this raid happen? I've heard about raids like early this year, maybe end of last year.

@ExploringtheUnbeatenPath 4 года назад

january 2020

@bimbeano 4 года назад

50 police cars for a bunch of urban explorers .... they’re afraid to go and fight real crime ? Oh wait .... this is Belgium 😂🤣😂🤣

@craigleewhite6317 4 года назад

Men. That's one hell of a place! Good show. Lads. From Craig.

@NeoLoveCookie 4 года назад

Why elevator still working?

@ExploringtheUnbeatenPath 4 года назад

Older footage☺️

@janvandenbos7085 4 года назад

Amazing guys Eploring the Unbeaten Path 👌👍⚠️💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥

@bobthompson4319 2 года назад

crazy how some factorys are so big they need their own power plant to get enough power to run them. you can thank tesla and his ac power and the generators he built. edison wanted to use dc power and have a power plant on every block smh.

@max-daf106 4 года назад

Always good job ...and pleas more

@psy0rz 4 года назад

Could it be they have just a huge firedrill and use this location to practice?

@lupo_aim 3 года назад

Prety sure

@davidflanagan1653 4 года назад

Very Very COOL .

@jasonl7974 3 года назад

Love that Z you’re driving you should do a video on that

@eily_b 4 года назад

15:29 what were these deep basins? Coal storage? And in which video can I see that coastal ghost town at 0:25?

@halfpipefreak 4 года назад

Storage basin for ships to load / unload raw materials for the furnace. Probably cokes and ore. Stuff like that.

@eily_b 4 года назад

@@halfpipefreak Thanks.

@paulkandi 4 года назад

Such a sad beautiful place, should be retained for future generations...

@patrickmackay741 3 года назад

they are copper and metal thieves, they burn cables to recover copper and this for years, there were when I went in early December 2020

@kkooloo5781 4 года назад

Would of been helpful if you said at the becoming where it was and where you traveled from .Noticed Dutch number plates

@ExploringtheUnbeatenPath 4 года назад

Located in the “ South of Liege”. I say in the beginning😊

@nzoomed 3 года назад

wow, the elevator was still left running?

@mendescelulares2479 4 года назад

Great video desde brasil

@-vascheddu-165 4 года назад

Always wanted to visit this place but seeing the trasformation make me sad

@URBREXZ 4 года назад

Incredible to see this place but it changed a lot

@ylwen1525 3 года назад

How are the statusnow of blast furnace b? Is it demolished ?

@ExploringtheUnbeatenPath 3 года назад

I was there yesterday.. demolition works started. They are now emptying buildings

@ylwen1525 3 года назад

@@ExploringtheUnbeatenPath Too bad, such a amazing industrial place. It would have been a great museum instead.

@geoffreydemaesschalck6065 4 года назад

Absoluut schitterend ! Jammer dat er zoveel wordt gestolen en vernield.........

@Retropangolin 4 года назад

Beer always helps !!!!!

@rohitbijlwan 4 года назад

1st in my lifetime wow

@ExploringtheUnbeatenPath 4 года назад

Nice !

@rohitbijlwan 4 года назад

@@ExploringtheUnbeatenPath wow thankyou for like and to show us crazy places ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

@jparsz6645 4 года назад

Damn raids shadow legends got him too

@TheMNrailfan227 3 года назад

I hate people that think stealing and or destroying things is cool

@nathanh.5373 4 года назад

Too bad to see how destroyed it beacame...

@pigdogurbex 2 года назад

Is it still there?

@pippastone6018 3 года назад

AWESOME 😎 GUYS AWESOME 😎

@ilsopravvissuto6860 4 года назад

Oh wow

@djakkdjakkd 4 года назад

Where's the article that its going to be demolished?

@ANELISBF2 3 года назад

Adrenalín 👍

@Andrew-sn8ny 3 года назад

In Ukraine, if a plant stops, then the seekers of non-ferrous and ferrous metal begin to slowly cut it. And this plant is still standing. Living standards in Belgium are high enough

@ridhobaihaqi144 4 года назад

I wonder there is alarm from motion sensor...

@rkan2 4 года назад

They wouldn't summon 15 cars for such

@capturebyniels 4 года назад

Vette video alweer Bob!

@itzimpreza6908 4 года назад

Nice 350z guys

@MrPatriickzz 4 года назад

Wij dachten eerst dat die bus beveiliging was hahahahhaha. Maar achteraf zagen we dat hij gewoon een lekke band had. En nu zit ie zelfs vol met grafitti.

@benshke 3 года назад

in 6min it's not a power station, it's the turbine room that delivered the hi pressure air for the hole company, get the facts right when you do these things. 21min the plates are not stolen, our devision went there to take them out so they could be recycled or reused in other sites. And it would not hurt if you consider that when the factory closed, that more then 50 people committed suïcide when they lost there job. A few of them even went to the factory to end there lives there. You might next time thank about that and pay your respects to that. Don't get me wrong, i like the urban explorer stuff and really enjoy the pictures you take. Just do some extra research before you make statements or talk tech without knowing what you say. Greetz Bensh

@ExploringtheUnbeatenPath 3 года назад

Sorry to hear that! Well on the internet there’s not much to find beside some newsarticles

@benshke 3 года назад

@@ExploringtheUnbeatenPath if any questions always here as a source, i work in a other site of te dame company

@ExploringtheUnbeatenPath 3 года назад

Thanks a million! Appreciated.. might have some questions soon :)

@benshke 3 года назад

@@ExploringtheUnbeatenPath that’s what research is all about, find good and reliable sources, like that you get the correct info 2 your followers. I’m a industry guy so any factory research needed just give us a call and I’ll be glad too help

@ExploringtheUnbeatenPath 3 года назад

@@benshke Thanks a million, I'm editing an episode about this building: goldophoto.wordpress.com/2011/08/31/les-ateliers-centraux-ougree/ Do you know something about it?

@StormBreaker_Chasing 4 года назад

Is this Blast Furnace B? The Proper People did a video there a few years ago, and this looks like the same furnace, but in a lot worse shape.

@ExploringtheUnbeatenPath 4 года назад

I’ve been coming here since 2008! Check the before and after pictures. Never made a video here because it’s a mainstream urbex location. But with travel restrictions I thought it would be nice to show you how it looked vs how it looks now :)

@BadMoodMax 4 года назад

How does setting things on fire benefit the thieves?

@ExploringtheUnbeatenPath 4 года назад

Easy way to get the copper out of the cables and other stuff😄

@v1ncent111 4 года назад

I think I passed this factory when I was going to chateau de noisy

@MrPatriickzz 4 года назад

It's so huge u would know.

@sccarguy8242 4 года назад

Do you ever run into homeless people living in these places ??

@MrPatriickzz 4 года назад

Man die draaitrap zat half los joh. Zag je dat niet? Er missen soms bouten. Of gewoon schijt gehad en doorgelopen hahaha. Je hebt wel geluk man dat je in Limburg woont. Echt jammer dat er in NL zo weinig is. Woon zelf in Gelderland dus voor mij is Duitsland of België minimaal 2 uur rijden.

@jeffreydubbis2965 4 года назад

Ik ben de laatste keer dat ik daar was achterna gezeten door een politiehelikopter op de hoog oven haha

@kevxsi16v 2 года назад

I don’t understand why these companies or the owners don’t just keep a couple guys employed to patrol the areas and buildings.

@wouterberk6651 4 года назад

NEEEEE. Helaas ben jij ook al geïnfecteerd met reclames in de videos (ik snap het wel). Wel mooie en goede video zoals altijd!

@ExploringtheUnbeatenPath 4 года назад

Dit is de eerste.. dankzij deze reclames kunnen jullie gratis videos kijken😉 Zonder reclames kan ik geen afleveringen meer maken

@wouterberk6651 4 года назад

@@ExploringtheUnbeatenPath Ja ik snap het zeker. Vind het alleen jammer van me RU-vid Premium. Maar heb het liever dan helemaal geen nieuwe video's van je :)

@docbrown6550 4 года назад

Have You Went to any Abandoned Paper Mills, and Paper Machines?

@evenmayhembare1 3 года назад

that is the name of this city :)

@tanks608 4 года назад

How does raid sponsor EVERYTHING i seem to watch?

@MultipleObjectSelector 4 года назад

There's a video about this, wish I could remember it. Probably going to cancel my patreon membership because of this.

@ExploringwithRachel 4 года назад

Please call let’s explore the world

@ToyotatechDK 4 года назад

Looks like the Chernobylite game

@jackcro8825 4 года назад

Why we have to watch these advertisements,get on with the subject. I visited this factory 40 years ago when it was running as part of my work, it’s very sad to see the plant like it is today.They don’t make blast furnaces anymore they have been replaced by more modern technology Electric Ark Furnaces, blast furnaces are too expensive to operate.