Abandoned And Not Forgotten

Former Elder-Beerman At Woodville Mall, originally uploaded by DunMiff/sys.

The former and now abandoned Elder-Beerman department store at the Woodville Mall in Northwood, Ohio.

There are no words to describe how disturbingly creepy and wrong this mall is. Two anchor stores left, The Andersons and a Sears, and neither have mall entrances anymore (despite that they were both quite busy this particular Friday afternoon). A theater and about a dozen or so stores left inside, and Deb is the only one that is a national chain (there is space for around 100 stores). The third anchor (Elder-Beerman) and its wing are roped off and have been closed so long that they are decaying. Half the lights weren't on, there was no heat (it was quite chilly inside), there were buckets collecting water leaking through the roof, and the whole mall smelled of mold.

Pros: Good Dr. Pepper at the only place left in the food court and the restrooms were quite clean (minus the leaking urinal).

King George IV - Kirkstall, originally uploaded by Southern Driver.

In Kirkstall, near Leeds. The pub closed many years ago, and apparently behind the shutters are stained glass windows.

Skelton Park, originally uploaded by tarboat.

The Skelton Park ironstone mine was sunk by Bell Brothers in 1872 with two shafts of 378 ft (upcast) and 384 ft (downcast), both 14ft in diameter. Bell Brothers were taken over by Dorman Long and Co Ltd in 1923 and that company operated the mine until closure in 1938. It is reckoned that the mine produced in excess of 18.5 million tons of ironstone.

To the left is the top of the upcast shaft and fan house with the roofless main winding engine house centre and power house on the right.