The OES visited the Berliner Pumping Station on August 26, 2007. Located on the back edge of Berliner Park, this abandoned pumping station was owned by the City of Columbus. There was a large sign posted just behind the gate naming the facility “City of Columbus Trucked Waste Disposal Site” with hours posted. After conducting some research, we found this facility was once Columbus’ main sewage pumping station. The site may have also been used by the landfill that occupied the site before Berliner Park was established. There were several buildings on the site, overgrown with vegetation and heavily vandalized on the interiors. A couple of buildings appeared to be older than others, but all were probably constructed in the early to mid-1900s. It appeared that some of the site may have still been used for storage, but it could’ve just been things left behind. If you have more information about this facility, please email . We received word in 2011 that the pumping station had been demolished.
Location Information: Demolished
Located in Berliner Park just off Greenlawn Avenue in Columbus; Franklin County.
Photographs
The facility's sign was just beyond a chain-link fence.
A stairway hidden in the brush.
A broken police beacon was at the top of the stairs.
Looking back down the stairs.
This building looked like it was probably built in the early 1900s.
The windows here were still intact, but most were busted out.
Another look showing more of the building.
A stairway went up the side of the building.
Looking down from the top of the stairway to the yard.
This nearby facility looked like it was built in the 1950s, sometime after the previous building.
There were random cables laying around the overgrown yard.
Another large spool of wire with a garage facility behind it.
Empty spools and another outbuilding was just to the left of the garage.
This bay in the brick building contained various pieces of equipment and more spools of wire.
An electrical work station.
The bay probably once housed the pumps.
A large metal beam went across the bay.
The bay area was a mess with junk laying all over the place.
The roof from inside the building.
There was a balcony over the office area.
The stairs that led up to the balcony.
Looking down the balcony stairs.
Pipes, tanks and other equipment were laying around in this room.
A broken window.
Some type of boiler perhaps?
Another piece of machinery in the same room as the boiler.
A work station in the bay.
Random doors were piled in the middle of the floor.
Piles of junk in the corner.
The doorways led into the office.
Large empty spools filled this room.
Random junk in the back office room.
Pieces of metal from the ceiling tile holders hang from above.
A large room with a dangerous ceiling.
The room was littered with smaller pieces of equipment.
The office area was in shambles. Notice the gas stove in the middle of the room.
Most of the equipment looked to be electrical related.
Not a single pane of glass remained in this window frame.
Trees outside of the window.
A historical photo of the pumping station from 1919.
EVP Recording
Hit the Control: Recorded along the haunted Berliner Park bike path, this voice says something along the lines of, “Hit the control, open the door, no.”
