After a lovely slide down a steep hill, with a rope that decided to give out just as I reached the bottom, I made my way to the Ford Steam Plant.
Built adjacent to a Ford Assembly Plant, the steam plant powered the massive factory and its demands for energy. When the assembly plant closed in 2008, and following its demolition, the Steam Plant had already been sitting abandoned for many years. Left to the elements, in favor of more efficient methods of energy production.
However, we made our way to the base of the plant, and peered up at the smoke stack looming over us, and made our entrance.
Inside was an assortment of old machinery left behind. We walked through old break rooms and across catwalks above the plant floor. Making our way to the highest floor, we had reached the tunnel that had once connected the Steam and Assembly Plants. Now walled off, this served as a walkway for workers to get from one building to another, as well as getting closer to the massive network of tunnels that lie beneath the assembly plant.
Concluding our trip meant a steep climb back up to street level, triggering a few small rock slides on the way back.