点评:This was a rare occasion where my review rating (3/5) is not totally consistent with my personal experience on the day.
We visited on a wet November morning; we knew from their website that the facility was only open on a self guided basis, so the complete lack of services was as expected. We enjoyed exploring the site for an hour or so, very atmospheric to walk around the rusting machinery and semi derelict buildings, trying to figure out how things worked “back in the day” from the somewhat limited signage available. On the other hand I can totally see why others ( families with small children for example) might be disappointed ( and perhaps concerned with the state of repair of the site from a safety perspective). Hence my overall review as “average”. I suppose one might expect that a place designated as a “national historic site” might get funding that matched the rather grandiose designation, but apparently not. In reading some old TA reviews from 2018 it seems like they may have really had something going here for a while , with a train trip to the site, equipment demonstrations etc. It is something of a shame that sufficient financial resources don’t seem to be available to maintain that type of visitor experience.
If you do go, be aware that there was a smart phone QR code near the visitor centre that you could ( apparently) scan to download a site map. We didn’t try it because we didn’t see the code until on our way out. If I was involved in management of the facility, I might look to using the QR code type technology throughout the site, as a potentially economical way to add to the visitor experience.
翻译:这是一次罕见的情况,我的评论评分(3/5)与我当天的个人经历并不完全一致。
我们是在十一月一个潮湿的早晨参观的。我们从他们的网站上了解到,该设施仅在自助基础上开放,因此完全缺乏服务也是意料之中的。我们喜欢在这个地方探索一个小时左右,在生锈的机器和半废弃的建筑周围漫步,非常有气氛,试图从有限的标牌中找出“过去”的运作方式。另一方面,我完全可以理解为什么其他人(例如有小孩的家庭)可能会感到失望(并且可能从安全角度担心该地点的修复状况)。因此我的总体评价为“平均”。我想人们可能会期望被指定为“国家历史遗址”的地方可能会获得与相当宏伟的指定相匹配的资金,但显然没有。在阅读 2018 年的一些旧助教评论时,似乎他们可能真的在这里有一段时间了,有火车前往现场、设备演示等。遗憾的是,似乎没有足够的财务资源能够维持这种类型的访客体验。
如果您确实要去,请注意游客中心附近有一个智能手机二维码,您可以(显然)扫描它来下载站点地图。我们没有尝试,因为直到出去时我们才看到代码。如果我参与该设施的管理,我可能会考虑在整个网站中使用二维码类型技术,作为增加访客体验的一种潜在经济方式。