The Helme snuff plant is a ghost town in the heart of the borough. Now closed, the Helme snuff plant once dominated the borough. Today only closed and empty buildings remain. Were it not in the heart of Helmetta, the Helme snuff plant would be eerie.
Plywood covers windows on the first two floors of the buildings.
Glass panes in windows above the first two floors are exposed. A few panes have been broken, covered in small pieces of plywood. What was once the main office of the mill, a brick building painted in a fading and peeling whitewash, is boarded up. Time has been less kind to this building. John Street used to be lined with these sheds.