Exploring Abandoned Chemical Laboratory Area (Might Not Actually Be Abandoned )
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- čas přidán 23. 07. 2024
- Join me now as I dive into the depths of a maybe abandoned, maybe not type situation. We've got deer, we've got homeless, we've got trucks, we've got buildings, even a few bricks; what else do you even need.
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Excellent video. Editing is awesome, great humor. The piano overlay made me think of Stobe the Hobo. Hopefully you get more and more views and subscribers.
Thanks, Michael!
Very cool love the tree growing into the fence. I like these videos man good job.
Thanks, stinky pocket!
I enjoyed this very interesting urban exploration. I agree, that area would be a very good stealth campsite.
Maybe! The are is a bit sketch, but I'm not ruling it out
Kevin, that building was one of 4 that housed Bausch and Lomb. At the base of the road behind the building was the B&L glass plant along with natural gas storage tanks for R.G.& E.
Nice there's plans to utilize the land for a park in the future. Amazing that in the midst of the city there's deer thriving.
Great explore 🤙
Yeah I'm really pumped for the new park! And yeah I think I learned it was B&L after I made the vid, glad I didn't walk too far over there, apparently there's some hidden holes. The city actually has a lot of random wildlife. I've been hissed at a few times by opossums in center city.
Great place for a stealth camp, Do it Kevin.
Stealth camping and urbex, awesome channel. Keep’em coming.
Thanks, hobo!
The yellow elevator is a man basket for a crane. It would hook to the ring and pick up probably 2 people. That tree was incredible. Definitely neat seeing under the bridge. Neat looking structure. That deer was camouflage for sure. Great episode lots of stuff to see. Thanks Kevin.
Ohh thats good to know, thanks Paul!
Awesome video Kevin. Lots of interesting history in Rochester!
Top kevinisms .. Someone do be coming back here, and I found someone’s “chill zone “ lol
Looking forward to the next video
Haha well you know, gotta chill in the designated zones
I really hope they follow through with making that area it into a park. It’s such a unique and beautiful space, and it’s honestly a great idea.
As far as I know, it's a go! Then again, parcel 5 was a go, too, so you never know. At least it's state funded.
Hey Kevin, I’ve watched every single one of your videos and you give me inspiration to go explore Rochester and to go camping. Thank you for blessing me with your videos. Keep doing what you’re doing👍
Also, I love space kitty too!!
Thanks, Tyler! It's a great area, for sure. Get on out there, and drink some space kitty!
Another great video dude!
Thanks, blazing!
Another excellent video my friend.
Thanks, greyman!
Wow! I see your subscriptions are rise! I joined around 2 or 3 hundred you definitely conjured some magic because your stuff is totally entertaining. Definitely on your way to CZcams stardom!!! Unfortunately no Space Kittys down here to toast you!
Thanks, John! Yeah, we're slowly getting there, ~7 subs a day haha
The first ruin was, I believe, a cold storage building that burned down sometime in the 1980’s? The large building in the first scene was the original Bausch & Lomb factory. I’ve worked for Hickey Freeman (just north of where you are in the beginning of your video)for the last 40+ years. It will soon be converted to low income apartments. Another piece of Rochester’s history gone forever.
Great video. Cool place to look around. It was neat seeing the deer.
Great video, thanks 👍
So I work @ 691 main. The building in the background. The reataing wall with 3 layers, on the the other side was a B&L building. It was demolished and turned into a covered parking lot. Then B&L ceased operations @ the location. The covered parking lot collapsed and the area was filled in. It's now an uncovered parking lot. I also know for a FACT there are tunnels. B&L used them to move material from building to building. It's funny how such few info is available about that site!
Thats really interesting, thanks RY! Rochester tunnels are something I'm currently working on for a video. Found an awesome urban cave that might connect to some of these tunnels, look for it in a future video!
B&L used to dump their scrap glass into the Genesee gorge. The kids used to call it "Glass Mt".
awesome adventure! hopefully you can stealth camp. How about on the roof?
Cool explore!!!!!
Nice. Cool look at the area.
My favorite videos you do Kevin. Exploration! Always love the music you incorporate into your videos. Makes it seem even more romantic (except for the dead deer) like your dreaming of a beautiful young lady.
Until next week mate.
Thanks JB! Always fun to go out exploring
Cool explore there keV, looks like you found a crack lab🍻🇬🇧all best Will
Beautiful ride as always 💋
Thanks boo
Another great video Kevin. Urban exploration at its best. That little stretch of woods may be a great stealth spot when the foliage returns in the summer but I suspect that you may not be alone there. Maybe if you build the shopping trolley fort for protection 😁
Thanks, Samir! Yeah, I feel more comfortable about the area now that I've been down there, but seeing old homeless camps and all the wood-clearing for the bridge renovation is a little worrisome. Maybe some day! The gorge get's really steep, I slipped twice haha. Maybe I'll go down to the river and camp on a little gravel beach and hope it doesn't rain anywhere 200 miles south (the river flows south to north)
@@smallplots I saw the trousers vs mud incident and I hope it washed out 😂Awesome video nevertheless, and I can’t wait for the next one.
Small Plots all over that place for this summer, maybe? By the looks of it your spring is on it's way . We have roughly 5 ft of snow up here on the North western shores of Lake Superior and more is forecasted so if you would like I can send ya a pile of it . Just let me know but I think you have something rolling in . Sweet episode Buddy and to see all of the yrs if not decades gone bye around there . Cheers be safe and look forward to the next Small Plots.
Haha just a random couple of nicer days, it's back down to the teens now, snow dump on Friday
Cool thanks
Heck yeah it’s Tuesday!
There truly is only ONE Rochester. 🍻
That's right!
YEAH BUDDY!!!!
Yeah mud!
Great video. Dead deer building looked to be a DPW building. Tent poles are the place Hobo Bill was last scene.
Yeah, lots of cones and stuff. I couldn't actually see what the camera took until editing, a dpw building almost certainly what it is.
I have "seen" that area many times. Never UP CLOSE Great video!!
Thanks, Pete! Yeah, me too. I've been wanting to get down there forever. There were no signs telling me to keep out, so that was nice. In a few years, there should be actual amenities down there!
Another great vid Kevin-Jeff in "cuse"
Thanks, Jeff!
Thanks for the tour Kevin. Most authentic! Um... I don't think I'd camp there.... looks a bit methy.... I mean messy.
Yeah, construction will start in the next year or so on turning that whole area into a state park, so hopefully it will stay nice for awhile and not be taken over
Neat excursion 😀
Thanks, smurf!
That truck guy was looking for some alone-time and you thwarted him🤔
I know, I feel bad...
You're my favorite tour guide, Kev ;-{)🖖
Thanks, Bagarius!
@@smallplots The more I think about it the more I think it's better that you stay away from that place - seriously. Something ain't right.
the more that mustache transforms into a beard the less i feel lured
LOL 😆
it's important to not feel lured*
Great vid!! I believe that tree was a Sycamore.
Ah, good call! Still and old (and somewhat rare) tree around here
Dude for real!! That’s exactly what happens lol! It’s really jarring to stumble on a dead deer like that
Yeah, it's this weird primal reaction!
HoooRay!
The solutions company you saw partners with city for clean up and management of sights like where you were.
Oh! That makes a lot of sense. More than a few brownfield properties around
If you ever do a viewer camp, let me know, I live about 40 minutes from you. I live in a canal town near lake Ontario, the Oak Orchard River also runs through my back yard!
what with all the unusual trash, i wonder if perhaps Dive teams pull stuff out of the river from time to time, stuff dumped off the bridge like shopping trollies, bins, bikes, cars, plastic traffic lights, toys, or stuff washes up after storms?? (and then collected subsequently, by those who hung out there)
I think it's just trash that homeless bring. The city barley cleans the streets, I highly doubt they have a diving team that just hauls stuff out of the river to leave on the banks haha
Hi! I won't get into how I know all this, but I can verify that RG&E lab isn't abandoned. It is occupied although not by a ton of people and maybe not everyday. In my 8 years routinely visiting the property I've never seen the gate open like that, so I imagine it was busted at that time. The property you were on with the camp - that is owned by B&L. They used to have facilities there, but demo'd everything a long time ago. That's why you saw old items you would find in a lab. There are areas throughout where the slab foundation left behind has holes so you have to watch your step! :)
Oh cool, thanks for the info!
What type of lab is it?
Why won't you "get into it"?
And I work @ 691 St Paul. I overlook the lab and have been wondering what it is for sum years now...
@@ryryy1980 my dad worked at rge for 50 yrs, including beebee and Russell until their closing. He told me it was used for analysis etc of the various chemicals that were used in the operation of fossil fuel plants, related to emissions etc. Russell closed almost 20 years ago so it lines up with when this place was mostly abandoned
....under the bridge downtown... (red hot chili peppers) 🎶🎵
haha literally!
i was on my bike on a trail next to the river and ahead of me was a table with 2 blokes who suddenly started shouting "achoooo" and coughing loudly...as i approached
i veered off the track and gave them a wide birth....i think they were smoking herbs and didn't want me to pass by too close and smell it 😄
There's a surprising amount of ancient computers still in use due to old test equipment that is either not being manufactured any more or just hasn't changed that much in the past 30 years to warrant getting an updated version.
Old drivers carefully stored and backup:ed on floppy disks just in case something goes wrong. It can be kind of amazing to see, a real blast from the past =D
That makes sense. It definitely could still be in use! I believe the facility used to (or does) test the river water nearby.
Seriously, you’d be amazed at how long you can keep these running, without internet or need to upgrade software they’ll keep on kickin for decades. Many chemistry labs still use instruments that are from the era before they used computers. I used a spectrophotometer in college that was older than me.
Maybe a job site elevator for a high rise?
It's possible! No idea. There's been no new construction to speak of in that area in about a decade, and even that was just renovating the Genesee Brew House from an abandoned warehouse. It shall forever remain a mystery.
That chemical lab is not abandoned, the chemical bottle you saw in the recycling tower was a newer bottle. The building was labeled RGE, I’m guessing it’s a site lab for analysis, but isn’t used every day.
Yeah I guess they go there every few weeks\months. It'll be torn down soon for the new state park, anyway
Great video! I like the background music. Would you be willing to share the title of the song and the artist?
What part in particular?
What do you call a deer with no eyes? No-eye-deer! Lol!
g'oh!
@@smallplots What do call a deer with no eyes or legs? Still-no-eye-deer!
This video had me both perplexed and immersed back into the urban exploration experience that I am too lazy to do myself. Another great one. Keep em comin.
Perplexity
👍🥰
I expected Oscar the grouch to be in the garbage can..
20:12 lmao
That Laboratory looks like someone's evil lair. Lmmfao. Lights ate on, window were ajar. You should make these adventures LIVE in case you're abducted. Lol
9:47 windows are open too 🤷🏻♀️ might be someone’s office? Honestly no broken windows and no needles all over the ground, was shocking to me 😂 my neck of the woods would have at least needles 🙃
Yeah, right? There's actually a pretty well-known homeless "encampment" nearby (Sam Bananas and I check it out in day 2 of our collab this past fall!) so I was surprised, too. I don't think I included in in the video, but those open windows had vent fans in them.
I still wanna know what that lab is used for....
Would have loved it if Sam Banana’s banana was in that empty office 😀
That deer looked like a mountain lion kill you got lucky bub i bet theres one living in one of those abandoned warehouses the space kitty residue might have saved you
Haha that would be something if there was a mountain lion in downtown Rochester! Unfortunately I don't think they live in New York, not even the Adirondacks or Catskills.
humans aren't hunted by anything, we taste like battery acid 🤣
You've discovered a Crime scene area all over there. Frozen in time from the 70s. This place definitely tell a story from the bygone days of the 60s and 70s.
People were killed and murdered there and the story is hidden in the cold case files. Disappearances and missing persons cases happened here
Agree but a current Crime scene area. There's an active "Office"..Locals know and stay away that's why no needles or graffiti ☠️
Yeah, wasn't a Shawcross victim found near this area?
@@smallplots- Police officials said at a news conference that the arrest of the man, Arthur J. Shawcross, 44 years old, had solved a series of slayings that has bedeviled law-enforcement authorities here and throughout Monroe County.
But they stressed that the bodies of 16 women had been found along the Genesee River and elsewhere in the county and that Mr. Shawcross had been accused in only 11 deaths. The police have maintained that there was more than one killer
The deer wasn't wearing safety glasses, obviously that's the cause of it's death.
Haha oh my god! Horrific
Ooh a chemical plant 100 yards from a river how 1994 😒
A chemical laboratory, they're not going to be spewing anything toxic, just studying things.
Always 2nd in the comments 🙄
Crane elevator
Outro female was hawt
His wife.
Hello Kevin. You should consider this #WINaHammockChallenge. Gonna be fun.