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La Grande Hermine: The Rusting Shipwreck of Jordan Harbour, Ontario
(Image: Brian Krouskie – AngelaBrianPhotography; La Grande Hermine shipwreck) For those who regularly travel Canada‘s Queen Elizabeth Way, past Jordan Harbour, the site of bare masts rising from the...
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U-118: The Wrecked German U-boat that Washed up on Hastings Beach
(Image: Navy Photos; wrecked German U-boat U-118 on Hastings beach) The Battle of Hastings (1066), in which the Norman duke William the Conqueror defeated Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson, was a...
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Boston: Tremont Street Subway’s Abandoned Southern Branch
(Image: BTC; southern branch (since abandoned) of the Tremont Street Subway) Boston MBTA’s Tremont Street Subway opened on September 1, 1897, which makes it the third oldest subway tunnel in the world...
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USS Sachem: Thomas Edison’s Historic Ghost Ship
(Image: Pat Bowen) There are certain places where you might expect to find the abandoned remains of a 114-year-old yacht. After all, stories of ghost ships (some fantasy, others true) haunting the...
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Eastbound Ghost Platform of South Kensington Tube Station
(Image: Urban Ghosts; abandoned eastbound platform at South Kensington tube station) Nowadays, South Kensington tube station on the London Underground is served by the sub-surface District and Circle...
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PAMELA: Scrapping the Giant Airbus A380 Static Test Article
(Image: Eurospot; “PAMELA” A380 MSN 5000 awaits scrapping) If you thought lengthy acronyms were the sole domain of the US military, think again. Europe likes them too, as demonstrated by a project...
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A Symmetrical Cemetery of Abandoned Tramcars
(Image: Michael Roell; abandoned tramcars awaiting scrapping) We’ve featured a number of abandoned trams and trolley graveyards at Urban Ghosts to date, not to mention these disused streetcar stations...
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Abandoned Cargo Ship Kathryn Spirit Poised for Scrapping
(Image: Keven Lavoie; abandoned cargo ship Kathryn Spirit) From her launch in May 1967 to the day she was withdrawn from service in 2011, the 12,300 deadweight ton cargo ship Kathryn Spirit enjoyed a...
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Crashed Police Car in Cleveland, Ohio
(Image: everpav0) Choosing a career in the police force comes with its fair share of risks, and this crashed police car in Cleveland, Ohio reflects the dangers of high speed pursuits. Hopefully the...
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10 Sunken Supertankers & Shipwrecked Bulk Carriers
They’re the monsters of the sea, vessels so large that even the biblical Leviathan would cower before them. Bulk carriers today make up over 15 per cent of all merchant fleets, hauling invaluable...
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A Wrecked Car Riddled With Bullet Holes
(Image: Todd Kopriva) In our feature titled Abandoned Nevada: 10 Ghost Towns, Brothels & Derelict Places of the Silver State, we came across this long-abandoned car wreck, riddled with bullet...
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Enjoy the Comforts of Bobby’s Bus Shelter (Shetland)
(Image: Brian Gillman; Bobby’s Bus Shelter on Unst) When councils decide that it’s time to remove useful amenities, letters of protest from local residents often have little impact. One refreshing...
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Mallows Bay: The “Ghost Fleet” of the Chesapeake
(Image: Maryland Department of Natural Resources via Flickr; Mallows Bay shipwrecks) Mallows Bay lies close to the Chesapeake, situated on the Maryland side of the Potomac River. It’s a beautiful and...
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Disused Folkestone Harbour Railway Station
(Image: Toby Charlton-Taylor; the disused Folkestone Harbour railway station) Folkestone today is in the midst of an ambitious and somewhat controversial transformation into a well-heeled, upmarket...
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Defunct Machines: 12 Forgotten Vehicles Around the World
As a kid, there’s something almost hypnotic about powerful vehicles. The likes of fire engines, jet planes, ships and railway locomotives can be awe-inspiring the behold. Looking at, say, a giant...
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Retro Transportation: The Forgotten Sheffield Minitram Concept
(Image: via Social Sheffield; abandoned Sheffield Minitram concept of the 1970s) Guideway transit is a familiar form of transportation worldwide, including monorail systems that serve airports,...
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Abandoned Pegwell Bay Hoverport: A Forgotten Wasteland
(Image: Alex-397; the abandoned Pegwell Bay hoverport in Kent) Back in the 1970s, Pegwell Bay hoverport was a hive of activity. Situated just outside Ramsgate, Kent, it was from here that shipping...
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Hidden History: Edinburgh’s Lost Tram Pulley Room Beneath Haymarket
(Image: Allan McIntyre via STV; lost tram pulley room beneath Haymarket) The controversial Edinburgh Trams may not have won the city council many friends, but the seemingly-endless roadworks and...
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Explore an Abandoned Subway Station in Philadelphia
(Image: tommybaboon/Instagram; Abandoned subway station in Philadelphia) An urban explorer in the United States, using the screen name TommyBaboon (see Instagram), captured these eerie photographs of...
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Abandoned Zagato Zele (Electric Microcar)
(Image: Dan Raven – website; an abandoned Zagato Zele microcar) Urban Ghosts has featured a large number of forgotten vehicles around the world, from allegedly abandoned supercars to a wealth of...
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