Berny's photos with the keyword: sheep

The steam engine by "Haslam Foundry & Engineering Co. Ltd. Derby England" produced electricity for the whole factory, for light, the machines, for cooling of the 12 storage rooms 5 cooling cellars, where they were able to store 180000 carcasses and 850000 tons of final products. The basic element for cooling was ammonia. The begin of the 20th century was called the British industrial revolution in Patagonia. - Former sheep meat plant in Puerto Bories - Patagonia, Chile, partially abandoned. I'm away for a while, have a good time ;-)

Hi everybody, you are invited to visit this album by clicking the Link below. It's about the abandoned Estancia San Gregorio, a ghost town at the Strait of Magellan, Patagonia. ► Estancia San Gregorio Happy weekend!

Patagonia - land of sheep - scanned slide, Minolta X700

They have a good life time there ;-) - scanned slide, Minolta X700

Abandoned Estancia "San Gregorio" - The Garage. The door is quite beautiful!

Estancia San Gregorio - Patagonia

Some more pictures from inside the abandoned Estancia San Gregorio - Strait of Magellan, Patagonia

Not a shearer ;-) Some more pictures from inside the abandoned Estancia San Gregorio - Strait of Magellan, Patagonia

Cerro Zeballos - In 5 minutes the weather can change from snow to sunshine.

abandoned Estancia "San Gregorio" - Strait of Megellan, Patagonia Still a lot of wool in the halls, it seems that the Estancia had been left overnight. This situation here is the same since decades.

Abandoned Estancia "San Gregorio". Beautiful windows, less beautiful "sheep's end" inside - see PiP!

abandoned Estancia San Gregorio - Strait of Magellan, Patagonia

ghost town San Gregorio - at least there are numerous sheep ghosts underway......... for story see www.ipernity.com/doc/berny/40631098

ghost town San Gregorio - for story see www.ipernity.com/doc/berny/40631098

ghost town San Gregorio - strange that after decades of decay you can find still a lot of sheep wool in the lost halls. For story see www.ipernity.com/doc/berny/40631098

for story see www.ipernity.com/doc/berny/40631098

The historiscal large abandoned Estancia San Gregorio north of the Strait of Magellan rests in peace since a half century. Founded in 1870 it was one of the first places where the 'Sociedad Explotadora Tierra del Fuego' settled. In this area Monsieur Marius Andrieu brought sheep from the Malvinas for acclimatation. With 91805 hectar, Jose Menendez in 1884 leased the fields and bought it in 1903. Since that the development of some industries and livestock farming began. Soon 140000 sheep were on the farm. Jose Menendez bought the ship Amadeo in 1892 (I will post some images of the wreck later), the first steamer in this region, which transported wool to Europe for decades. It is out of operation since 1932 and now lost as wreck. The Ambassador (see pics before) was a shipwreck salvaged by Menéndez, and its wood was used to build the first buildings in the area. Residents say that ghosts live in the huge buildings.......but we met nobody, they were out that day. Nevertheless it's a ghost town. There is still some equipment inside and huge numbers of bales of sheep's wool.