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Hamm's Brewery is the coolest abandoned site Action Squad has ever explored,
hands down. It simply has it all: historical interest, multiple interconnected
buildings, utility tunnels, artifacts, gargantuan machinery, ancient caves,
multi-tiered rooftops, and a total lack of the graffiti and other vandalism
which happens when stupid people start getting into a vacant structure.
Every trip seems to bring major new discoveries, and it would take a long,
long time to run out of stuff to explore there; on the standard 1-10 scale,
we rate Hamm's a '10.' |
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majority of the Brewery's remaining structures are vacant, and most have
not been significantly altered since the brewery closed in 1997. Memos,
calendars, locker contents, files, and many other "artifacts" largely
remain in their original context, disturbed only by raccoons, the elements,
and the final sweep of the former Stroh's employees before the complex
was abandoned years ago. Unlike most abandoned buildings, which are mere
shells that once held businesses and institutions, the structures at Hamm's
were as intregal to the business as the machinery was. They were built
not just to protect their contents from Ma Nature, but also as functioning
elements of the brewing process. This is why, unlike a hospital, military
complex, or other multi-building site, it has proven essentially impossible
to find new uses for the Brewery's buildings. |
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single one of the forty or so buildings that make up the Brewery would be
worthy of their own section of the website, if they were independent structures
we'd explored. However, since the Brewery buildings were all used interdependently
for a unified purpose (making beer!), and are for the most part interconnected,
we decided to lump all of the buildings, tunnels, and even the caves into
one (multi-paged) section. If you don't like it, make your own damn Hamm's
website. Oh, and have fun with the razor wire, security cameras, and the
police station next door. Heh. |
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| subliminal
message: take off your fucking pants |
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| subliminal
message: take off your fucking pants |
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