Exploring an ABANDONED Military Base (Found Explosive Material)
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- This now creepy abandoned base was at one time a crucial part of the defeat of the Nazi Germans, and the Imperialist Japanese during WW2.
It was even reactivated for Veitnam but shortly after that was closed down again. There are conspiracies that parts of the 1700 acre base is still active.
Come join us as we explore this huge military sight...
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After WW2 there were hundreds of caves and hidden tunnels in France and Germany. While I was stationed in France we used to explore caves and mountain fortress installations before they were sealed from the public. In Eastern France, around Toul, there are tunnels that held hundreds of troops.
Tom Emard liar
That's just VAAP (Volunteer Army Ammunition Plant) that made TNT; not hard to find. It was shut down in sections from 1975-1977, with only CF Industries producing fertilizer through a lease until 1982. The property you were on is still only DOD land due to environmental clean-up issues to the best of my knowledge. It was part of the WW2 war effort but actually made more TNT for the Vietnam War than WW2 and Korean wars combined.
It's now mostly an industrial park primarily housing VW's Chattanooga Plant and an Amazon Fulfillment Center. And there's was nothing active about it other than security...even 3 years ago.
This is a superfund toxic waste site. It was fun mapping it out. I live many states away. Someone made a video on Joliet army ammunition plant they showed you how to get in.
They got a surprise call from Home land security telling them to take down the video because of UNEXPLODED ORDINANCES that could have killed them if they would have
stepped in the right place. It doesnt surprise me at all that this is an EPA SUPERFUND toxic waste site unfortunately our government is the very worst offender when it comes
to contaminating the ground water. Camp Lejeune commercial on tv. These places hurt a lot of our military personnel unfortunately for life do to cancers from being exposed to
all those chemicals.
That moment when you went exploring and realize you're wearing loafers?!?!😂
Nice video. Keep on exploring :) :)
magnificent video. how long ago did that stop working?
Cool video
At 9.00 your in a boiler room.
Looks like a munitions manufacturing facility.
TNT melts at 95deg centigrade.
Artillery shells grenades and bombs are filled by pouring hot TNT.
So pipes would run from the boiler house in pairs.
HPHW high pressure hot water.
Like wise there would have been huge carrier chiller plant running chilled water around in a similar fashion.
These liquids would be for everything from production to air conditioning.
The acid plant would have been for initiators.
Lead stifnate and nitro glycerine production used in caps.
Hence the "C" on the building with the number.
C= caps
Z= initiators
B= bomb
S= Shell
P= Pyrotechnics
F= Fuze
D detonators.
The factory would of been in sections the spread over a big area is for safety i have seen a building set fire at a distance of 500 yards when a cordite truck ignited.
Hey you nailed it buddy I was thinking for sure it was for the production of something becasei it didn’t look any base. I’d been on. That place must of had chemists and specialists of all sorts and security would of been a big priority as well .
F -- "fuze" or fuse? (Oh, I forgot, many Brits use 'z' instead of 's.') Your comment is more interesting and far more informative than the above video!
M.J. Leger no we write fuse
I would suspect that all those circular things in the ground were the bases for large storage tanks. This was an awesome location to see. Thank you for this.
Glad you liked it and Thanks for watching Paean109!
If you notice the train car wheels are not really rust covered which means they were used very recently. Those wheel rust up in days after use so do the math...
still looks better than my school cafe and lockers lmao
This may seem a little odd, but at about 22:44 or so, the tanks exploration area, the ELLIOTT tank-my dad worked at that foundry (or one of them) and may have made that!!!!
That’s great Bill! It’s cool to find connections to bring the history to life
The Hopper cars, rail cars, are in storage from either the railroad or the lease owner(s). They transported Coal, most likely from the Powder River mines, and were stored during a downturn in the market.
At an abandoned ammo plant like this one, you are more in danger from rusty sharp Iron and snakes than from chemicals and explosives. If there were any explosives left, Vandals would have blown them up. The buildings are spread out to reduce the chance that a single facility blowing up would not trigger an avalanche of other explosions.
In the rockies? this place is just north of the vw plant in chatanooga tennessee! Hamilton County
Tennessee
35.103431, -85.142928
2:40 and my man is vaulting fences in his fucking slip-ons 😂🤣😂🤣
Very interesting. I worked on a military base till 12/2010 that was once a base that made bombs and ammo. The bunkers you went into, were indeed. WWII era, If you saw large vats, that was where the explosives were mixed. A VERY dangerous procedure.
The big circular bunkers are in a area normally called ammo supply point(asp) they are usually built a safe distance away from high traffic areas of bases. Must have been a trek to get to it.
When they found the tag from 1980 I thought that's not old I remember the 80's . Then I thought crap that was 38 year's ago CRAP I'm old! LMBO
old timey General Electric eh? All that electrical stuff is good quality starter, breakers, heaters, phase and sectionalizers.
Here’s a safety suggestion... wear something more durable then those thin loafers when exploring anywhere
8:32 in your video of the abandoned base looks like someone in white to the very left of the screen behind you ?
I think that base is still active as well. at least one building for security or something. Those train cars were not there more than a month. Lots of them looked to have brand new wheels on them and such and no visible rust on said wheels. Looked recently operated.
The lack of graffiti is also concerning.
Be safe out there and always pack heat!
@3:50 "Flush twice- it's a long way to the Mess Hall." :D
Disappointing video. As the old saying goes, "Move along, nothing to see here." And the click bait title, I must have missed the explosive material.
Good video guys I like your sense of humor changing the voice tones etc
Don't let all the negative comments dissuade you from exploring and videoing some more, I thought it was great!
Thanks Juno Dog! Not too many friendly folks anymore on the net. Making TH-cam videos makes me think of the scene on Gladiator when he throws the sword at the crowd and yells are you not entertained! Haha Nah we are just having fun creating. This video was when we first started making videos since then we have learned quite a bit. We have shortened the lengths and are showing more of the buildings instead of selfie mode (learned from exploring with Josh) haha Thanks again for being cool
Most valuable are those lockers but they are on the verge of getting roached out with rust. Porcelain items are gaining popularity again. That metal set of stairs is worth a lot. A lot of architectural salvage in metal fixtures. But hauling it out takes some real effort.
The Ravenna Army Depot in Ohio is still an active ammo area. It is about 5 miles by 15 miles big. The Radford army ammo plant is in Va and is 3 by 2 miles across.
Radford will show you how ammo is made. It is an Army plant but it is run by contractors.
The hopper cars you were looking at appear to have held coal. That would make sense if the base produced its own power. It would have needed several cars a day to fuel production. Perhaps at a later point the power substation was erected to divert form the main power grid or to buffer the base in case of a black out. Just a guess.
Those hoppers are being stored by the railroad
Those things you pons are not a pond. That's the old waste treatment you got dirty water and one from the showers toilets and other water and then the other one was where the clean water was sent to and then it was reused for showers toilets and drinking water. I know that because I used to work on a small treatment plant. That was designed just like it. At least that's what I'm going to suspect it was cuz it was all concreted in and it look like the remnants of what was left from a treatment facility on the property. A very basic treatment facility.
Its amazing how nature was reclaiming the land after 12 years ( at posting of video ). Just wondering what's on your calf's ? The other dude don't have them.
The guy with the black back pack needs to buy some boots and leave his brown leather slip-on shoes at home he might scuff them .
The vault is S2. That's where they kept the classified computers and papers. You know that think killery never had access too. See how it's behind a steel door and killery had hers in a closet...
Was the top of the railroad tracks rusty? just wondered if the train cars were abandoned too..
another awesome video and the selfie views are cool...keep doing what y'all do.....
Modern insulation, valves and dials in the boiler plant. Probably closed down within the last 15 years. The locker handles are newer models. Also you guys need the proper shoes, masks, eye protection and puncture proof gloves. A cut from anything on that base would seriously mess up your month or more. Really, brown loafers. Lack of graffiti usually indicates frequent security patrols or this base is waaaay out in the nothing-nothing lands.
To your comment in the video wondering what might have been stored inside the vault, refer to page 57 of the document that can be viewed/downloaded via this link: www.hqda.army.mil/ACSIMWEB/brac/sites/TN/Bonney_OaksUSARCChattanooga/TN107%20Bonny%20Oaks%20USARC%20-%20Final%20ECP%20Complete.pdf.
The entire document makes for interesting reading.
Awesome thanks for sharing! I would have never would have guessed that. The building looked really old when we went, and we were surprised when we saw the recent calendars in there. That pdf you sent makes it look like just yesterday.
Adventures United ...I believe it was on Wikipedia that there is a full chronological history of the property... found that yesterday also. It's definitely cool to know the history of an area, especially one I've been to!
The wheels on the rail road trucks or boxes are still shinny. Been moving recently.
i was thinking the same thing.
Empty Ballast cars, more then likely the tracks are being used for storage.
the wheels on the trane go round and round and round!😃
Hey gi joe the only reason we don’t want to disclose this location is we don’t want to get in trouble. Parts of this place could still be active :/ The only thing I can say is if you look in between Chattanooga and Cleveland in the Volunteer state you will be in the right area
Adventures United you guys would know if it was active as soon as you walked on. Security check points and inspections. This place is definitely long gone and not active.
Someone here can tell me the title of the movie with this base? They have a mysterious enemy at that movie
those huge and small step down transformers are still good, bet money on it,, only problem is moving them to a public utility to be used in a substation, they weigh 10 of tons
That dude is not wearing loafers hiking through the woods
Still active..tht awesome..weuu go3
At 16:27 that is a chemical,gas hod vent. I had one at my old school and it was so we could use chemicals safely without getting any harmfull chemicals on us and so we wouldnt breath into our lungs.
It is not normal for railroads to run "thru" military bases. The military often has a lot of spurs, BUT, they are not for the railroad's non military use. All these railcars at this facility seem out of place. I might add, that I own railcars; so I am pretty informed as to who can use the tracks.
he got loafers on a covert mission
Skip the selfie view please.
lowtech81 Agree 👍
Yeah sorry guys this was when we first started making videos. I watched too much exploring with Josh haha jk A lot of times I will do that view while Im on the move and trying not to stay in one location too long if you know what I mean. (Stealth) I feel like we are slowly getting better with time and I am trying to change up camera angles. I will definitely try to cut out using the selfie mode as much. haha On a side note we did get called by a studio in Hollywood to possibly start doing this for the Travel Channel so we might not have to worry about messing with the cameras at all in the future. Thanks for watching and giving us feedback friend.
- Nate | Au
Agreed, we know what you look like, we want to see what's in the buildings. I'm a new viewer to your channel and appreciate that so far I've not heard any cursing. So much TH-cam content is spoiled by objectionable language. I'm enjoying your work so far, keep it up.
why?? i like it! keep it up!
Your man with his tactical slip on moccasins.
Hahaha Yeah John really likes his penny loafers. We are going to get him some good boots one day haha
His leg started shaking like my dog when he's trying to pinching a loaf!! LOL!!! I was watching this on the big screen and even my dog started laughing!!
Crane it’s not. It’s still active as CAAA on NAVSEA Crane.. you aren’t getting on post like this here. I live 45 minutes away and also serve in a Tennant unit too.
I noticed the shiney steel on the tracks/ wheels of the train so used very recently lol
Watch out for Feral Ghouls and Reavers.
The former TNT plant near me is now a huge modern Volkswagen factory.
I suspect your location is an EPA hazardous waste area.
Be safe...
+Bill Branning Wow that's really neat Bill! TNT Factory into a Volkswagen plant?! Where is that at? Well the Au motto is "Safety Sec... Cough FIRST" yeah "Safety First" haha jk Absolutely safety is priority number one for us. We did find that white crystalized powder in one of the buildings. It looked like a chemistry lab of sorts. I told John don't light a match. Made me a little nervous to be honest friend. I need to get a filter breathing mask for that type of exploration.
Bill Branning ffuk that ¡ntro. z
Idk if ull see this but if ur talkin bout vw of Chattanooga thats where this is
This is right off of Ferdinand peich right across from harrison elementary
very neat. you need to get a drone for these excursions.
Very entertaining. Artful editing. Like have the titles. Hope your guys are still "adventuring."
My guess is this may be a site for the manufacture of chemical weapons or the assembly of projectiles, chemical ammo for artillery or missiles. FYI toward the end you show a underground bit with pipes and valves this would not be for storage but control gear for the process or for fire fighting very important in explosive manufacture/storage.
It looks like theres some activity I can see the roads are traveled and the wheels and tracks are SHINY on those train cars. It looks like they were carrying coal. I gotta wonder how many
toxic chemicals there are and UNEXPLODED ORDINANCES on that property. Those pole top transformers and substation transformer look newer. That shower room looks newer with
those 1970s looking tiles on the shower floor. I would also question the red ceramic tiles on that locker room floor they look like they are much newer than ww2. All the circuit breakers
are much much newer than WW2 They would have screw in fuses if it was original 1940s stuff. Older transformers are black with brown bushings I didnt se any hear.
looks like a gunpowder mill. there is about 10 decommissioned army mills out in the country.
17:26 was most likely an arms room.
yea those ponds are most likely toxic. the govt didn’t care about the environment at all
nismomax516 they still dont
Global warming is fake anyway
could be sewer ponds.
Where are you at?
Explosive material is beans, I suppose...
The ponds were to drop the men in with there 100 pound gear on and swim to the side and the concrete circles are to launched rockets or the fuels ranks were there
dude not bunkers explosive magizienes
2020 from 15 years by now
Those were not light posts in the beginning. Those are the heads of the Martian spaceships in War Of The Worlds. Later, you see where ET burried Elliot.
A lot of those old bases are steam powered and heated so that production facility is where the boilers and steam power was done
Ok yeah that makes sense. We appreciate any new information here at Au dposer10. Thanks for Watching!
Nate | Au
Well a say u was in Chattanooga, tn cause I worked in a old military base now it the board of education so I know where u guy were.
The dumb and dumber reference hahaha !
Critical parts( bits and pieces removed) to where?
Do you carry any radiation detection?.
breath in that Asbestos boys!
and that lead paint
Great vid guys just subbed from uk 🇬🇧
Thanks John glad you liked it! We are going to have some new material here soon
I noticed none of you had any geiger equipment. Since the military uses DU ammo, it's best to stay aware of your surroundings.
il y aurait de panneaux d'avertissements!
chase hm 2:06 oh right
Asbestos...If your on an abandoned military base you can bet that they used it. Not just the lead issues. Even current military barracks have asbestos in them. Or at least the ones at FT Polk did, and that was only ten years ago. N95 or better needs to be used.
Make a prison out of it for hillery and cronies
if i were a homeless guy i would run this kinda places fully operational with securitys fellas homeless and everything fired up and ready to roll haha
get a respirator ans some p-100 filters.... that chipping paint on the walls and ground is lead based.... not good to breathe in!!!
No pics of the skull and x bones ?
Mr xPerfectXDeathx shut up clown it's only deadly if you eat it or disturb it lead don't just float threw the air
Don’t eat the paint folks
that would be a great place for paint balling
Andouille!! pour cribler les murs de peinture......
0:40 kinfa looks like a puzzle
Why all the railroad cars on the abandoned base?
Looks like could be Sunflower ammunition plant in Kansas
Great work . Enjoyed your video . You two make a great team .
Great glad you liked it Rena! It definitely beats setting around the house. Me and ole Clark Kent have fun making these videos.
-Nate | Au
2:05...😁😂😂
Get rid of the selfie stick. "You guys gotta see this". *cant see this*. Record
I know it 1bigbaddaddy this is from when we first started. We have since tried to change our camera angles. Thanks for the feedback amigo
Undisclosed location,,,why?
Its oak ridge Tennessee and ya wtf is with the "gotta keep this place a secret" bullshit.
Good
Interesting
Dam watch out for old man Mr Withers Shaggy
too bad you didn't have drone to explore from the air & see what's going on!...ty for the video! be safe
they would probably be in prison if they did that
The Rockies I thought I saw your comment it was between Cleveland and chatahoochie or Chattanooga
Oak ridge Tennessee
Love watching these types of videos. Saddens me to see what vandals have done
Waisted money. The people's money.
maybe this plant helped save the whole world. All about perspective
apple sauce. You do have a good point. Lol.
Still could have been used to save many more maybe
Exactly! Social Security also helped finance places like this, and how was that ever payed back?
And the crown jewel is for every One Dollar spent by the Federal government in Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Food Stamps, TANF and any other social program Two Dollars are spent in administrative costs.
That is really pissing in the wind unless you are one of hundreds of thousands of government bureaucrats that really live of the government tit.
John you had the more poor choice of shoes for that area you need boots dude, not to mention they're fashion killers lol
I dont see any sign active equipment or device ..hmm this plce is huge
there's a paved road through the base why not use it? it IS abandoned after all
This is an old abandoned base right across the street from me on old hickory valley road wich is all gated ans says authrized only but u can get to this specific prt from the road u see in front of it and me and my friends are gonna go explore there in a couple of days some parts are still used and the rest was turned into a nature park
this is what happens to billions of dollers of honest taxpayers money in the name of national security all over the world to keep military-industrial-politician coglomerate happy and prosperous.
where is this
18:32 music ?