368 Comments for Continental Rubber Works (Hannover-Limmer)

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The rubber plant I worked at ended the same way, in the end...seeing the pictures, i could almost smell the rubber.
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Did this kind of work for 10 years. Hard, hot work.
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Ah, the pressroom. Image all those presses heated by steam to about 450 degrees F. On an August day. Brutal.
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Could have been the transmission for the raw rubber mixer. Reduce a motor of about 800 hp@1750 rpm down to about 40 rpm. Incredible torque.
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those were various waxes and oils added to the rubber to give it certain characteristics.
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BTW, they are very dangerous, I knew people missing parts of hands, etc.
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that would be a breakdown mill, where the rubber is heated up and made malleable before either being rolled off, or sent as astrip down a conveyor.
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It's sad that vandals come through there today like nothing ever happened. You wonder if they even know about the suffering that went on there.
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nice...gotta love that graff!!!
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A great setting for a horror movie! :o
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A campus dorm after a realy great party!!!
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The counter weight on the lid looks like a good idea, also kinda looks like a pressure cooker...
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Wonder if anyone was planing to use the paint roler any time soon... :~)
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I see a dream like face above the door...
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I see three monsters in the squares in the middle, one kinda looks like a pig..