Silvercrest State Hospital was built in 1936 as its region’s principal tuberculosis treatment center, and was later converted into a juvenile-oriented mental health facility.
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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 [...]
Exploring rural Indiana
Despite the overarching theme of Abandoned to explore an abandonment in urbanized areas, there is a lot to be said for getting lost through the rural, blank landscape of the Midwest.
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.
The Moser Leather Company
The Moser Leather Company was one of New Albany, Indiana’s five leather companies during the early-20th century. By the beginning of the 21st, it was the lone survivor.
Photograph of the Week: Ammunition Power Plant
There is something to be said for hiking in before sunrise into the largest collection of abandonments in the United States. The photograph below is from Power Plant, Building 401-1 at the Indiana Army Ammunition Plant, which was the largest smokeless powder plant in the Industrial Operations Command.
Rural Dearborn County
A rural Dearborn County, Indiana residence, at the corner of Gutapfel and Legion Road in Jackson Township, provides a stark contrast between the size of houses then and today. For more photographs from the region, check out my partnering site, Bridges & Tunnels, for an update on active and abandoned bridges in Dearborn County »
Kentucky and Indiana Terminal Bridge
The Kentucky & Indiana Terminal Bridge (K&I) is a railroad bridge connecting Louisville, Kentucky and New Albany, Indiana. It is notable for its two abandoned automobile lanes flanking the railroad tracks. I set out, as I have done so in the past, to photograph the crossing. Within two minutes of arriving on-site, I was greeted by the friendly New Albany police. Oh well, that didn’t stop from photographing the bridge!
Summer 2009 at the Ammunition Plant
This is part two of a series on the Indiana Army Ammunition Plant. Part one covers the history of the plant pre-World War II, and the components of the plant through World War II. The following covers many of my recent trips into the complex.
Indiana Army Ammunition Plant and World War II
This is one part of a series on the Indiana Army Ammunition Plant. Part one covers the history of the plant pre-World War II, and the components of the plant through World War II.
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