Much like the dying coal industry, the glass industry has seen an equal upheaval brought about by either mismanagement, poor finances or overseas competition. In comparing the glass factories to the coal mines, the similarities can be studied to the relationship each industry had upon its community. In the case of Glen Rogers, West Virginia, the Wyoming County [...]
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Photograph of the Week: Caesar Creek School
Caesar Creek School, located in Caesar Creek Township in rural Greene County, Ohio, was constructed as a high school in 1908. It began serving elementary students in 1927, and a small addition was constructed in 1957 that included two classrooms, two indoor restrooms and a gymnasium. Caesar Creek closed in 1967 and was sold to [...]
Conversations
It was a slightly chilly morning in downtown Cumberland, Maryland when I awoke to my alarm and the passing locomotives chugging along the former Western Maryland rail line through the heart of the city. I enjoyed listening to the trains throughout the night as it had a calming effect upon me, something that I recalled during my tenure at my parents house which was next to the massive Russell, Kentucky railyards. Feeling refreshed, I packed my gear and headed to my car and pointed my compass westward to Frostburg and then south to Lonaconing.
Notice of Copyright Infringement, Take Down Notice
I suppose I should add my take on a recent e-mail that I received, which will be redacted to ensure the privacy of the other party. I had not thought of posting it on here, but it seems that it has now made its way to TechDirt! On September 12, I received the following e-mail [...]
A Year of Little Change at the Ammunition Plant
It has been a year of little change at the Indiana Army Ammunition Plant. A few buildings have now be emptied of their contents, cleaned and prepped for eventual burning and subsequent demolition, and some more ground has been cleared of vegetation, but all in all, not much has changed. This is the second post [...]
A Travel to the Mill
In some respect, I should have been out backpacking in the highlands of West Virginia or riding my bike through the horse farms of central Kentucky. Pretty and beautiful sights and features.
Instead, I chose to get dirty and photograph derelict abandonments in far-out locations for the sheer joy of seeing pretty and beautiful sights and features and to meet other like-minded individuals from other states and Canada. But who can not appreciate the stale air of an abandoned building as much as the scent of spring flowers in a park or food baking in an oven, or the visual connection to peeling paint and rusting machinery to stately old-growth Spruce trees and grazing animals?
Photograph of the Week: Jeannette Glass
Rusting dryers lie dormant in a collapsing section of Jeannette Glass.
Photograph of the Week: Spindles
Spindles stacked away at the Lonaconing Silk Mill. Look for more photographs from this industrial relic soon!
A foggy morning at the ammunition plant
I set out one foggy morning to photograph the largest abandonment in the United States, and was surprised at how little has changed in just a year’s time.
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