Sunflower Ammunition Plant
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Sunflower Ammunition Plant
The satellite pictures of the old Sunflower Ammunition Plant have got me drooling. The plant is immediately south of highway 10, between Eudora and Desoto. The site is no longer an active plant, but it is not totally abandoned. Apparently, the feds or a contractor is at the site for an environmental cleanup. It is a huge site; the attached pic is only about 1/4 of the entire plant. According to: http://www.sfaap.net/ "The majority of the industrial infrastructure remains at the site." Yikes!
I have seen the four water towers many times from highway 10 on the way to Lawrence. I always wondered if there was anything else to see, and the answer is a big fat yes!
I have seen the four water towers many times from highway 10 on the way to Lawrence. I always wondered if there was anything else to see, and the answer is a big fat yes!
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RE: Sunflower Ammunition Plant
You would really have to have a set of nuts to go in there. I would be cool but I dont know if its worth the risk.
I went over to the dark side, but just to pick up a few things.
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RE: Sunflower Ammunition Plant
definitely risky and maybe impossible; but after looking at the close-in satellite pics, i noticed two things: there are no cars within the plant, so maybe it is empty at least part of the time; and there are several dirt road entrances far away from the main entrance...
RE: Sunflower Ammunition Plant
That place is massive.
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RE: Sunflower Ammunition Plant
Those places usually are massive. They have testing facilities as well as bunkers. I dunno much about them, or what they have bunkers for (some one's fuckup?), but minus getting hung to dry by authorities, it would be a cool place to visit. There's supposibly an abandoned one in Camden, but I dunno how much of it even remains. I kinda forgot to check it out while I was there (got A.D.D.) but I've been told there still are at least bunkers there.
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RE: Sunflower Ammunition Plant
Looks huge. Not to sound like a broken record, but I'd be a little wary of going there, too. Very cool, though.
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RE: Sunflower Ammunition Plant
a humble retraction: i now see that there are cars in the picture that i posted
RE: Sunflower Ammunition Plant
That attached picture is hardly 1/4th. In fact, you're lucky if that is 1/8th.
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RE: Sunflower Ammunition Plant
the plant is so huge and spread out that i think that it might be possible to see interesting things without running into anybody else;
RE: Sunflower Ammunition Plant
mmhmm
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RE: Sunflower Ammunition Plant
Before anyone even considers going in here they should read this: http://www.sfaap.net/Hazardous%20substa ... vities.pdf
Unless you are a hasmat expert with full gear, stay the hell out of it.
Unless you are a hasmat expert with full gear, stay the hell out of it.
2 + 2 = 5 for extremely large values of 2
RE: Sunflower Ammunition Plant
Yeah, i agree there. That's about the best reason to stay out now.
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RE: Sunflower Ammunition Plant
isn't pentachlorophenal supposed to be good for you?
personally, i have not been concerned about chemicals at any site where i have been; i am not eating or drinking anything there, and if the air smells clean, i'll go ahead; if i had a job at the sunflower plant or if i lived next to it, i would be much more concerned; but i'm only passing through and i'm gone in a minute;
the chemicals at the sunflower plant are in the ground; there has been 20 years of rainfall to wash them away; (then they get into the water, so the neighbors are all drinking them now); exposure would be nonexistent to someone walking through only once;
the sunflower environmental reports were prepared because there have been proposals to build something there (remember "the land of oz"?); construction would stir up the pollution in the ground; but again, that does not pertain to somebody just walking through the site now;
maybe someday i will end up with a cool yellow glow like gothstone's picture
personally, i have not been concerned about chemicals at any site where i have been; i am not eating or drinking anything there, and if the air smells clean, i'll go ahead; if i had a job at the sunflower plant or if i lived next to it, i would be much more concerned; but i'm only passing through and i'm gone in a minute;
the chemicals at the sunflower plant are in the ground; there has been 20 years of rainfall to wash them away; (then they get into the water, so the neighbors are all drinking them now); exposure would be nonexistent to someone walking through only once;
the sunflower environmental reports were prepared because there have been proposals to build something there (remember "the land of oz"?); construction would stir up the pollution in the ground; but again, that does not pertain to somebody just walking through the site now;
maybe someday i will end up with a cool yellow glow like gothstone's picture
RE: Sunflower Ammunition Plant
Very good point peterbillionair. Though the report actually says what buildings are being cleaned. Waste doesn't leave buildings unless it's cleaned. With over 1,000 buildings, it's hard to say what's safe and what's not.
I think the place is still really active though.
I think the place is still really active though.
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RE: Sunflower Ammunition Plant
I don't know much about those chemicals, but why not wear an N95 or HEPA respirator? Those things are pretty good about filtering out particles, and can be carried in a cargo pocket.
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