We wanted to find the fabled "Garden of the Gods", a sort of post-apocalyptic form of art created by a local photographer in a section of the plant with a severe collapse. In the far southern section, there is a huge area where the roof has collapsed down onto the level below it. During the collapse, most of which happened in 2009, twelve of the support columns remained standing. This photographer gathered up twelve old television sets he found in various parts of the plant and put one of them on each column. He then named each column after a Greek God and called the collapsed section "Garden of the Gods".
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| "Garden of the Gods" |
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| A higher view of the area. Far in the distance you can see the highest point of Packard. The plant goes on after that point for quite a ways. This is a very big place. |
It's become pretty well known in UrbEx circles and I'm glad we found it. It is eerie, and not just a little bit scary, as the area is very unstable and what is now the top floor is supporting twice the weight it was designed for. Huge 20 ton sections of concrete hang precariously here by 100-year-old rebar. It doesn't seem like a very safe place to be. One day, perhaps soon, this whole southern building is going to come down in a storm of dust, steel, and concrete.
