Abandoned FL Florida's Forgotten Past

Photo(Nomeus, 2008 – Flurbex.com): Though the plant was closed, electricity still ran through the buildings. Built in 1969, General Electric opened a new factory as part of GE’s lighting-systems division, manufacturing incandescent lamps. The factory operated until it closed in 1982. GE reopened the factory a year later as part of it’s robotics operation. It [...]

Photo(AKBC, 2009): Part of the old phosphate factory can be seen just behind the post office. The Pembroke Mine was a phosphate mine and village that was first purchased in 1905 by a French company. The mine has changed several times with a second resurgence in the 40′s. There was at one time 50 or [...]