Nov 3, 2009
This water treatment facility sits on the property of the current water treatment facility for Shawnee. The property is over 100 years old, and is currently being used as storage. The facility lacked the proper gauges to read important levels of flow, and a new facility was built in 1980 and eventually in 2005 the old facility closed for good. The facility has...
| Location Class: •Industrial |
| City: •Shawnee |
| Photographer: •AbandonedOK Team •FriendlyMic |
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Nov 2, 2009
This building in Shawnee was built in 1951 to serve Sylvania Electric Products, Inc. Once Potawatomie County’s largest single employer, Sylvania closed it’s doors in 1961. 550 people were employed by the company at this Shawnee tube manufacturing plant when it closed. It had an employment peak of 1,002 employees in 1953, with 75% being women. The...
| Location Class: •Industrial |
| City: •Shawnee |
| Photographer: •AbandonedOK Team |
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Oct 1, 2009
Heading down busy Kelly Ave in downtown Edmond, passing an Arby’s and a gas station, you wouldn’t think anything of the obscure dirt road blocked off by a yellow fence.
At first you may just notice a barren field and nothing else, but it doesn’t take long to realize the full history of this strange, abandoned plot. Concrete foundations checker...
| Location Class: •Commercial |
| City: •Edmond |
| Photographer: •AbandonedOK Team |
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Oct 1, 2009
Definitely a creepy place. I couldn’t find any history on the location, but it sits right off I-35 in Guthrie. If you look at pic #66, you will see a vulture or other large bird that had made the top floor his home. The door behind the bird was only accessible through that room, and we couldn’t get past the bird.
| Location Class: •Residential •Farm |
| City: •Guthrie |
| Photographer: •AbandonedOK Team |
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Sep 29, 2009
Located eight miles north of Miami on U.S. Highway 69 in Ottawa County, Picher is Oklahoma’s most northeastern incorporated city. Its city limits adjoin the Kansas state line. In late 1913 the town developed around the lead and zinc ore strike on Harry Crawfish’s allotment. Picher’s name honored O. S. Picher, owner of the Picher Lead Company....
| Location Class: •Ghost Town |
| City: •Picher |
| Photographer: •Billy! •Fiend •Psychosaw13 |
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Sep 28, 2009
The Townley Dairy was one of my first explorations and has proven to be one of my favorites. It has been abandoned since 1998. The cause of the abandonment isn’t as cool as some of the stories I used to hear. Several of them being about deaths associated with the factory. There were two deaths that are supposedly linked to the factory; One being the death...
| Location Class: •Commercial |
| City: •Oklahoma City |
| Photographer: •Billy! |
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Sep 24, 2009
Although Elgin may not qualify as an Oklahoma ghost town it might be just close enough. Elgin sits right on the Oklahoma & Kansas state line. Just a quick jog off of Hwy 99 north & you will find your self in a deserted pocket of a once bustling town.
Elgin is a piece of American history that has slipped away with time. The weathered and broken buildings...
| Location Class: •Ghost Town |
| City: •Elgin, KS |
| Photographer: •Psychosaw13 |
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Sep 23, 2009
To begin the story of Optima Lake, I would like to give a little background.
I saw a story on News 9, which can be read here stating the park would be torn down instead of replacing a $1.5 Million guardrail that protects drivers crossing the dam. So we decided to hit the road, and document the park before it was lost forever.
Optima Lake is located in the...
| Location Class: •Government |
| City: •Hardesty |
| Photographer: •AbandonedOK Team |
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Sep 23, 2009
While visiting Fallis for the second time during our Ghost Town feature, I stumbled upon this home right outside town. The sun was setting, and the only sounds were of a nearby oil wells gears creeking as it pumped. Upon entering the back door, I immediately felt scared and unsafe. I have been into many locations that are rumored to have ghosts or hauntings, but...
| Location Class: •Residential |
| City: •Fallis |
| Photographer: •AbandonedOK Team |
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Sep 22, 2009
One of the major products processed at the Dad-Co mill is pellet feed used by many animals. Pellets are made of a variety of ground grains and often include molasses (a wet sweetener). The ground grains are mixed together, combined with the molasses, and then forced through a machine that creates the pellet shape.
ELEVATORS and CHUTES
A chute is a shaft or tube...
| Location Class: •Commercial •Farm |
| City: •Dewey |
| Photographer: •Psychosaw13 |
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Sep 20, 2009
When Ponca City’s final depot was built in 1911, it was reportedly similar to the brick county seat depots built elsewhere across the system. The depot was extensively remodeled in 1945 with a stucco exterior and various other modifications. The former Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway train station sits beside the mainline running through town, which...
| Location Class: •Railroad |
| City: •Ponca City |
| Photographer: •Fiend •Psychosaw13 |
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Sep 18, 2009
Located along historic Route 66, The Teepee Drive-In was built on the outskirts of Tulsa in 1950 with a capacity of 400 cars. Over its 50 years it has passed through numerous owners. The current owner tried to make a go of it in 1998 and 1999 but didn’t succeed. It did not re-open for the 2000 season. The current owner is looking for a person to take...
| Location Class: •Commercial |
| City: •Sapulpa |
| Photographer: •Fiend |
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Sep 16, 2009
Built in 1910 by brothers Charles and George Duncan, the Duncan Hotel was the site of many social and civic events. It was also the original home of Liberty National Bank and numerous luxury apartments. The building stands on the southeast corner of Main and Osage and was later expanded with a new addition during the oil boom of the mid-20′s. The original...
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| City: •Pawhuska |
| Photographer: •Fiend •Psychosaw13 |
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