Top 3 Abandoned Places In Michigan

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1. AMC Motors Plant

Built in 1927 as the original Kelvinator Appliance Headquarters. In 1954 it became AMC Motors Headquarters. With struggles in Detroit and most of the auto industry leaving the city it has sat abandoned since 2013.

2. Gambling on the green

THE Tribag Mining operation was basically known as a prospecting area as drilling and surveying had only bin accomplish here. Throughout its own history several companies took pride in finding the copper resource. One of the major producers of this area was strongly known as the Tribag Mining Company. The Tribag Mining Company had spent a lot of its own money towards their own prospecting journey of Tribag Mine prospect. Much of the work includes digging an adit for further drill explorations on the north side of the Breccia zone The reason for creating this 294 foot exploration adit was because drilling samples from the surface had indicated low grade copper ore. By 1966 the Tribag Mining Co Ltd had continue their own operations by drilling 3 diamond drill holes which total 604 feet. By the end of it all the Tribag Mining Company Co Ltd was officially out of the business as no resources became discovered from these sampling. Soon enough the prospect site became lapsed which gave another company a shot of find some type of ore discovery. The New Senator- Rouyn Ltd soon claim this site and started their own testing's. This small scale resource company claim this area in 1969 and conducted their own drillings of three diamond drill holes totaling 1207 feet. Although no ore was discovered so company officials didn't continue on any further. Soon enough the mine was once again reclaim by the Tribag Mining Co Lrd for further drill explorations but once again had turn out with nothing. Only a low grade copper, silver, Zinc, and a Molybdenum discovery was made but it wasn't worth starting a full scale mining operation.

Created By Blain, Dan, and Paul - September 2014

3. Silverdome

What was once the largest sporting venue in North America is now no more.

At 127 acres, more than 80,000 seats, and countless events over its 42 year existence, the Silverdome was a beacon of excitement. Though it's not a location in Ontario, it's one no doubt familiar to anyone in southwestern Ontario.

People of a certain age from hundreds of kilometers in any direction have memories of the Silverdome it seems. Maybe a first concert, first sports game, or memorable life event took place there. Maybe someone remembered watching the Super Bowl at the Silverdome from their own home. But tens of thousands of seats over thousands of events over dozens of years can't create anything other than millions of memories.

But even the magnificent space was not immune from Michigan's economic decline in the latter part of the 20th century. In 2002, the Detroit Lions played their final game in the venue, moving to a smaller stadium in downtown Detroit.

Lots of people had grand plans for the Silverdome, including an ambitious goal of reopening it as recently as a few years ago to once again hold sporting events. All of these ideas were doomed for the same reason that the building closed down in the first place--it went from too big to fail to too big to succeed in its four-decade-long run.

Over the next 15 years, the Silverdome would play host to special events, such as Monster Jam, the 2010 NBA All-Star Game, and a couple of movie shoots (including the most recent Transformers movie, which was filmed just a few weeks before I visited the space.)

In 2013, the inflatable dome once covering the arena was damaged, further exposing the Silverdome to the elements.

From Led Zeppelin, to Pope John Paul II, to WrestleMania, only the most sought after would fill the space. Now, the land is destined to be a housing development.

After months of delays, the Silverdome was brought down in December of 2017 in a controlled demolition that was only successful on its second attempt. What remained of the structure was taken down in March of 2018, leaving just 55,000 cubic yards of crushed concrete behind. And the memories.