thebob Posted July 13, 2020 Share There is activity there. See trucks and bakkies driving around in there most times I ride at Modders, not sure if it is explosives, but they definitely don't want unannounced visitors Dup08 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muttley Posted July 13, 2020 Share as far as I know it was storage for the Dynamite factory, don't think its operational but well patrolled.This is what I was also told... makes sense as it was owned by AECI https://kemptonexpress.co.za/17911/aeci-sells-most-of-it-land-for-r1-billion/ Dup08 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slickjay007 Posted July 13, 2020 Share Rode at Modderfontein this weekend for the first time, well maintained trails, previous complaints as per this thread seems to have been sorted by the new management team. Also looking forward to the new entrance gate right opposite the trail start as driving on the unmaintained and speed bump infested tar road is a bit of a pain. On a side note, can anyone advise what the below are? Looks like some sort of bunkers, you quite clearly see them from the trails a couple of times. Capture.JPG As far as i've been told, the bunkers are still being used to store dynamite for a Canadian Explosives company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geomark Posted July 13, 2020 Share Rode at Modderfontein this weekend for the first time, well maintained trails, previous complaints as per this thread seems to have been sorted by the new management team. Also looking forward to the new entrance gate right opposite the trail start as driving on the unmaintained and speed bump infested tar road is a bit of a pain. On a side note, can anyone advise what the below are? Looks like some sort of bunkers, you quite clearly see them from the trails a couple of times. Capture.JPGMagazines for explosives, it was and remains AECI's main manufacturing hub in this part of the world. Dup08 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmarc Posted July 13, 2020 Share Rode at Modderfontein this weekend for the first time, well maintained trails, previous complaints as per this thread seems to have been sorted by the new management team. Also looking forward to the new entrance gate right opposite the trail start as driving on the unmaintained and speed bump infested tar road is a bit of a pain. On a side note, can anyone advise what the below are? Looks like some sort of bunkers, you quite clearly see them from the trails a couple of times. Capture.JPG That area is fenced off - They are the current bunkers used to store explosives by AEC In the area we ride their are buildings built behind large embankments - these are the old bunkers currently being used as stores by some companies - One is being used by Sea Scouts I think. There is also a section near the river run with the old dynamite mixing stations where the old management built a trail through the old buildings - cool to ride through - Looks like old WW2 bomb shelters - Hopefully new guys will keep this section as well slickjay007, Long Wheel Base, Eldron and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldron Posted July 13, 2020 Share There is activity there. See trucks and bakkies driving around in there most times I ride at Modders, not sure if it is explosives, but they definitely don't want unannounced visitors You can go and have a look at some of the older bunkers on the current routes. It's pretty interesting - thick doors, angled walls to direct an uncontrolled blast upwards, lighting installed outside the rooms to prevent ignition. Muttley and Dup08 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slickjay007 Posted July 13, 2020 Share There is still an under water blasting site near the Fish Eagle picnic area that is still being used...very interesting Dup08, Muttley and Danger Dassie 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dup08 Posted July 13, 2020 Share Very interesting info, thanks all. Now my curiosity is through the roof! Long Wheel Base 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muttley Posted July 13, 2020 Share That area is fenced off - They are the current bunkers used to store explosives by AEC In the area we ride their are buildings built behind large embankments - these are the old bunkers currently being used as stores by some companies - One is being used by Sea Scouts I think. There is also a section near the river run with the old dynamite mixing stations where the old management built a trail through the old buildings - cool to ride through - Looks like old WW2 bomb shelters - Hopefully new guys will keep this section as wellMy mate and I love this section - very hard to find initially but it's awesome n proper eerie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmarc Posted July 13, 2020 Share I did my trade at the old AECI - Strange to ride through all those old buildings and remember doing maintenance repairs in them. back in those days they were in pristine condition - the mixing stations were like operating theaters they were so clean. Dexter-morgan, Muttley, Long Wheel Base and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexter-morgan Posted July 14, 2020 Share Is this why you so MAD Marc? I did my trade at the old AECI - Strange to ride through all those old buildings and remember doing maintenance repairs in them. back in those days they were in pristine condition - the mixing stations were like operating theaters they were so clean. Muttley and madmarc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I FLY Posted July 14, 2020 Share There is still an under water blasting site near the Fish Eagle picnic area that is still being used...very interestingWe live nearby and can hear the emergency evacuation siren go off every Friday at noon for practice purposes slickjay007 and Long Wheel Base 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Wheel Base Posted July 14, 2020 Share We live nearby and can hear the emergency evacuation siren go off every Friday at noon for practice purposes About a Friday or 2 ago, the wind was blowing just right and it was heard in Edenglen. The suburb whatsapp group went ballistic, bored stuck at home mommies/grannies(actually there were some grumpy old men as well) were coming up with all sorts of crazy theories. One lady even reckoned it was the noise that a 5G signal makes............ gerryonimo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muttley Posted July 14, 2020 Share We live nearby and can hear the emergency evacuation siren go off every Friday at noon for practice purposes I think that the siren is from the main/large facility further up Modderfontein Road- used to work not far from there so the Friday siren was a normal thing for us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmarc Posted July 14, 2020 Share We live nearby and can hear the emergency evacuation siren go off every Friday at noon for practice purposes Called the ROSE Alarm used to evacuate the factory - Gets tested every Friday at noon. I'm surprised they still test it - Not much happening there now that would result in an emergency evacuation. I was present when some terrible accidents happened In the apprentice training bay practicing for trade tests when a mixing station blew up which was about 1.5km away - Bricks and debris came through the roof luckily no one got hurt. The percussion blew out most of the windows working in the compressor room on the Urea plant - a pump exploded in the power station approx 900m away - what was left of the pump impeller cam through the roof and killed one of the Engineers. In the detonator manufacturing plants all machinery and tools were made of wood to ensure there were no sparks generated. On the Nitric acid plant there was a round flat filter approx 5m in diameter that had to be changed once a year. The filter mesh was 100% palladium - there were 2 armed guards inside the room and 3 outside. When the fitters went in they had to strip down kaalgat and wear a white paper like overall. When you finished you removed the overall and got dressed in your normal overall in a separate room - the paper overalls had to be incinerated. When the filter was transported to the plant for installation it was escorted by same armed guards - the fitters doing the installation were changed every 30 min. Clearly they never trusted us Muttley, Danger Dassie, Long Wheel Base and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebob Posted July 14, 2020 Share Sho, I knew it was serious inside that plant, just not THAT serious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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