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.
Tag Archives: Industry
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.
August 13: Klotz Throwing Company Tour Information
Couldn’t make the June 18, 2011 meet for the Klotz Throwing Company? Looking to explore and photograph the last standing original silk mill intact in the United States?
Well, thanks to the generosities of Mr. Crawford, the owner, the Klotz Throwing Company will be open for another tour on Saturday August 13!
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.
All that is left of Parker Tobacco
All that is left of Parker Tobacco Company is the front facade. Demolition began in March 2010 after closing in 1997. The following were taken on May 30, 2011.
Random Cincinnati
A lazy afternoon, random Cincinnati photographs. Mount Auburn Consolidated Grain Crosley Building
Endangered 2011: Lonaconing Silk Mill
There is not a place more worth saving than that of which has historic value and remains completely intact from the time of its importance. The Lonaconing Silk Mill, owned by the Klotz Throwing Company for much of its life, is considered the last intact silk mill in the United States that has never been [...]
Klotz Throwing Company teasers
A photograph of the interior at the Klotz Throwing Company in Maryland.
JUNE 18: Silk mill tour information update
I am providing an update to the Klotz Throwing Company tour that is being held on June 18, first noted in this entry. Cost: $75 per person and it is cash only. I will be accepting credit card transactions for those who wish to pay beforehand, but there is a minor convenience fee charged due [...]
Endangered 2011: Old Taylor Distillery
The modern preservationist in central Kentucky began in Lexington in 1955. Much progress has been made, but that falls on deaf ears to one property owner.
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