Millwright ,worked out of the snake pit in the 80's. Hardest job I ever loved. And it took a while to grow on me. Missed it and the character's i worked with when I transferred to j9.
Thank you so much for posting. My dad worked at GLS Zug Island for 32 years, and he passed away there also. Thanks for the memory, very much appreciated.
You're welcome. I drove through there a million times. I remember the concrete flower pots getting placed along West Jefferson for the 1976 Republican convention. Some are still there. The good old days, double shifts, overtime...........it seemed like it would never end. Thanks.
Great videos Tom. Ive always been interested in the industrialization of Zug. There is no up close and personal videos of this place until now. I bet the environmental catastrophe that takes place there keeps them very alert to visitors. Im digging the new boat videos. Gives everything a different perspective. Thanks Tom.
Thanks. I'll do a better job next time. It's hard to see through the viewfinder and steer at the same time. I learned doing it alone doesn't work so well.
I work in the piping trade in drtroit and have worked at both zug and the main plant, its still amazing, the size of everything there. In fact at 7 am tomorrow I will be there!
I worked there for many years - retiring from the mill - my job for the longest time was Vibration Analysis - I am not familiar with the vibration you are referring to - if this was an ongoing vibration.. we would have picked it up - it could be a resonance from many things
Patricia Pesta Could be from a vac truck as they make an unruly amount of low and high frequency noise and theres at least one or two of them running 24/7.
I had an accident ( a near-death experience) with a molten steel tank car. Ruined my "uncles" Mak 5 tractor and they put me in a dodgy International 15 speed. Had nightmares for a while but added it to life experience Hello Bob Coates!.
Looks great ... as to the sound of Zug island the mystery of it is that the sound didn't exist before 2011...the steel making process there has not changed much even when USS took over (2007). It's been basically running for a 100 years and no sound until 2011...so that is the mystery. Why now? Why not then? These are the questions that have no answers. There has been a lot of guessing....and it might not be Zug Island, or it might be a combination of a few other factors that have not yet been looked at. There is basically no real security there anymore. They fired the security company and erased all traces of them ..they may have hired the security associates company...but I think it's possible that homeland security is now doing their security to a greater degree. What I do have to say though is that it is not a normal iron producing facility...They will see you, and you will be recorded.. but they have layed off any aggressive attitude they once had since I started my documentary.
You're correct. I never see security from Zug Island any longer. I may take the boat around here again this upcoming week. If you want any area videotaped or photographed let me know. Thanks. Tom I think the hum is typical from a large steel producing facility that has sound travel without obstruction over water. Lucky (a poor adjective) for Windsor is that the wind doesn't blow directly out of the north all that often.
Adam Makarenko I think it's underground drilling for a sinister plan for everyone I don't want to say what it is but it being herd from a far ( underground drilling for a one world gov don't wanna sound crazy but hunger games might be are future" 😕😕
I wish it was possible that you could do this at night, while the lights are aglow. I know you can't, but it'd just be cool if you could. I'm oddly fascinated by the look of Zug Island at night.
I have a lot of video at night but all are on the north side with the exception of one. I had a boat I bought specifically to video Zug Island and sold it after I took the one trip. If you search Zug Island meets Mother Nature a few years ago you'll find a front page article in the Detroit News where a photographer, journalist and myself took the the one boat trip I referenced.
my brother was killed at zug island in 2008 ...gas explosion ! they did nothing but try to cover up his death ...I hope that place burns to the ground with nothing left of it !
Their is something going on at that island and it's really really freaky I live in Windsor and I hear noises all night long sum nights nothing is happening but most night at 5 am their is a lot of wired noises wtf government 😢😢???
It's low frequency. It's heavy and travels in the ground. When you turn powerful transformers on they vibrate and you feel it. Like going to a loud concert where the bass is turned up.
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I worked at that plant for a short time, straight ahead of you @ 0:33. Had high hopes for that job, it was a good size plant.
I drove a coal truck there in the early 1970s and the coal dust was hellish. Thankfully I don't have "black lung".
I've always been fascinated with old factories and industrial landscapes.
Bulging Battery Me too.
Worked there in the 70's Blast furnace floor, no easy jobs, breathing graphite everyday, thank you lord, life after the mill
Interesting. The company has a rich history.
Millwright ,worked out of the snake pit in the 80's. Hardest job I ever loved. And it took a while to grow on me. Missed it and the character's i worked with when I transferred to j9.
Thank you so much for posting. My dad worked at GLS Zug Island for 32 years, and he passed away there also. Thanks for the memory, very much appreciated.
You're welcome. I drove through there a million times. I remember the concrete flower pots getting placed along West Jefferson for the 1976 Republican convention. Some are still there. The good old days, double shifts, overtime...........it seemed like it would never end. Thanks.
I was a coal truck driver in the early 1970s and the place was ugly but I loved it.
Great videos Tom. Ive always been interested in the industrialization of Zug. There is no up close and personal videos of this place until now. I bet the environmental catastrophe that takes place there keeps them very alert to visitors. Im digging the new boat videos. Gives everything a different perspective. Thanks Tom.
Thanks. I'll do a better job next time. It's hard to see through the viewfinder and steer at the same time. I learned doing it alone doesn't work so well.
I work in the piping trade in drtroit and have worked at both zug and the main plant, its still amazing, the size of everything there. In fact at 7 am tomorrow I will be there!
Tyler Prosser Cool. It looks interesting at night. Like I would imagine Hell.
Oh yea, the "hum" is just the sounds of the furnaces being turned to high temperature for special steel manufacture.
I work on Zug. At night it’s very quiet and lonely.
Thank you. Oddly beautiful.
Me too. Loved my 12-hour shifts.
USS announcements this morning is not good news for the iron boats. Just reflecting here.
I worked there for many years - retiring from the mill - my job for the longest time was Vibration Analysis - I am not familiar with the vibration you are referring to - if this was an ongoing vibration.. we would have picked it up - it could be a resonance from many things
+Patricia Pesta Thanks.
Patricia Pesta Could be from a vac truck as they make an unruly amount of low and high frequency noise and theres at least one or two of them running 24/7.
I had an accident ( a near-death experience) with a molten steel tank car. Ruined my "uncles" Mak 5 tractor and they put me in a dodgy International 15 speed. Had nightmares for a while but added it to life experience Hello Bob Coates!.
Great Vid! The parts of Zug Island you really don't see from shore.
+Frankai Videos I'll be doing it again in early spring if you want to go.
The rouge river is probably one of the most heavily polluted rivers in the United States.
Bulging Battery You are correct. Better than the old days when it caught on fire.
Looks great ... as to the sound of Zug island the mystery of it is that the sound didn't exist before 2011...the steel making process there has not changed much even when USS took over (2007). It's been basically running for a 100 years and no sound until 2011...so that is the mystery. Why now? Why not then? These are the questions that have no answers. There has been a lot of guessing....and it might not be Zug Island, or it might be a combination of a few other factors that have not yet been looked at. There is basically no real security there anymore. They fired the security company and erased all traces of them ..they may have hired the security associates company...but I think it's possible that homeland security is now doing their security to a greater degree. What I do have to say though is that it is not a normal iron producing facility...They will see you, and you will be recorded.. but they have layed off any aggressive attitude they once had since I started my documentary.
You're correct. I never see security from Zug Island any longer. I may take the boat around here again this upcoming week. If you want any area videotaped or photographed let me know. Thanks. Tom I think the hum is typical from a large steel producing facility that has sound travel without obstruction over water. Lucky (a poor adjective) for Windsor is that the wind doesn't blow directly out of the north all that often.
Adam Makarenko I think it's underground drilling for a sinister plan for everyone I don't want to say what it is but it being herd from a far ( underground drilling for a one world gov don't wanna sound crazy but hunger games might be are future" 😕😕
+Anthony MG I guess it's possible.
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Had an uncle that worked there into the seventies, his wife, daughter, and himself all died of different kinds of cancer.
Wow.
So much pollution. And big money doesn't have to clean it up.
I worked there in the 70's. got laid off, moved on. there is life after the mill
Good for you. Congrat's.
I wish it was possible that you could do this at night, while the lights are aglow. I know you can't, but it'd just be cool if you could. I'm oddly fascinated by the look of Zug Island at night.
I have a lot of video at night but all are on the north side with the exception of one. I had a boat I bought specifically to video Zug Island and sold it after I took the one trip. If you search Zug Island meets Mother Nature a few years ago you'll find a front page article in the Detroit News where a photographer, journalist and myself took the the one boat trip I referenced.
Is the mill still operational?
Bulging Battery Yes.
my brother was killed at zug island in 2008 ...gas explosion ! they did nothing but try to cover up his death ...I hope that place burns to the ground with nothing left of it !
Sorry about your brother's death. The guy I interview that lives near the entrance says the ambulance is going to the plant often.
I'm not saying it's aliens...but it's aliens.
Aliens would be smart enough to shut up.
+asherael Probably true.
Their is something going on at that island and it's really really freaky I live in Windsor and I hear noises all night long sum nights nothing is happening but most night at 5 am their is a lot of wired noises wtf government 😢😢???
+Anthony MG I don't know. I was in Detroit last night. There was more smell and smokestack discharge than usual.
It's low frequency. It's heavy and travels in the ground. When you turn powerful transformers on they vibrate and you feel it. Like going to a loud concert where the bass is turned up.