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colorskyblue In reply to vertebrae242 [2013-07-06 14:35:25 +0000 UTC]

They from mid 70's the buildings have been abandonned for a while. We found the administration rooms with documents about the shut down of the factory and they were dated 1981.


I assume it has been abandoned for atleast 30ish years now.

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Elleir In reply to vertebrae242 [2012-01-08 05:41:30 +0000 UTC]

it is an urbex scene, what else can it be? haha

it was taken in Valcartier, QC, Canada

And yeah I'd think maybe they're even older than the 80s... The whole administrative building looked 60s-ish

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vertebrae242 In reply to Elleir [2012-01-08 05:47:46 +0000 UTC]

Hmmm.

I went back and looked at the image once again and noticed the disk drive (possible modem?) to the immediate right of the monitor in the bottom image.

*If* it were a disk drive, it almost looks to be either a floppy drive -or- one of the 3 inch small drives that were commonplace around the time that the Apple MacIntosh debuted.

I'm guessing early to mid 1980's, however, if this were a governmental building, who knows? They could very well have had access to cutting edge technology (at least back then) before the rest of the public did.

Thanks for your quick reply.

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Elleir In reply to vertebrae242 [2012-01-08 06:45:26 +0000 UTC]

yeah you seem to know more than me, but it's true a 60s computer like that is a little hard to imagine. although this is a military base, so maybe yeah they had something powerful... however there's almost nothing left there, just a bunch of furniture sometimes and some boxes of ammunition. it's kind of hard to figure out at what time it got closed down, but i'm sure i could find some info on the internet.

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vertebrae242 In reply to Elleir [2012-01-08 07:48:54 +0000 UTC]

Interesting ... I think it may very well be the "Val Rose Plant" up there in Quebec.

Info here (in French) complete with an apparent timeline of the facility: [link]

An extensive photogallery of the facility via Flickr: [link]

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I just found the following photo article on a girl who Urbexed a Soviet missle facility ... some breathtaking images that you might be interested it.

British magazine article here: [link]

Lana Sator's photogallery of the NPO Energomash facility: [link]

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Do enjoy!

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colorskyblue In reply to vertebrae242 [2013-07-06 14:38:03 +0000 UTC]

It is the Val rose Plant. wich later changed its name to SNC Ammunitions in the early 1970, the factory has been closed in 1981 and abandonned a few years later

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vertebrae242 In reply to vertebrae242 [2012-01-08 07:52:08 +0000 UTC]

French to English translation of the timeline from the first link shown above:


1938-1945: Dominion Arsenals Ltd.. (DAQ)

1945-1967: Canadian Arsenals Limited (CAL)

1967-1980: Industries Valcartier Inc.. (IIA)

1980-2007: SNC Defence Products (SNC TEC)

2007 -: General Dynamics (GD-OTS)

History:

In the early years of the war, when the industry in England was under threat of attack by the German Luftwaffe, and the risk of a German invasion of the British Isle were real, canadian government starts to build plants, mainly in the province of Quebec to ensure that the munitions industrial base is available for the fight against Nazi Germany.

In 1938, the government completes the construction of this plant in small arms, called the Rose Valley plant in Valcartier. It has become an extension of the Dominion Arsenal Limited., Canadian government property.

After the war, September 20, 1945, about a dozen such government-owned factories were combined under section 181 of the Canada Business Corporations Act., A crown corporation called Canadian Arsenals Limited and now under the Ministry of Munitions and Aprovisionnement.

In 1965, Canada began a privatized industry are weapons and ammunition.

In 1967, a group of investors saw the commercial potential of this property and made an unsolicited offer to the government to buy the plant in Valcartier Val Rose. The companies Industries Valcartier Inc.. is made to operate the facility. It manufactures arms and ammunition for use millitaire and sports. Canadian Arsenals Limited sells the installation IVI but the land remains the property of the federal government. Until 1980, IVI is the only supplier canadian weapons and ammunition millitaires light for the government and the only Canadian manufacturer of arms and ammunition comercial Canada.

In 1980, SNC Defence Products Limited acquired Industries Valcartier Inc.. and government property and continued the manufacture of weapons, ammunition, primers etc ... and built a testing center and shooting behind the factory.

In 1991 it changed its name to SNC Industrial Technologies (SNC TEC) and transfer the production of Valcartier Le Gardeur and St Augustin. Plants Valcartier remains abandoned since 1991, but the test site and firing of SNC TEC continues to operate.

General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems buys SNC TEC in 2007.

In March 2007, residents of the municipality of Shannon class action lawsuit filed against the Canadian government and SNC Lavalin inc. for contamination of groundwater by harmful products such as (TCE) trichlorethylene spilled into the soil at the base millitaire Valcartier, DRDC research center and factory ammunition.

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