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Crown
and Eagle Mill in North Uxbridge, MA. Part of the Blackstone
Valley NHC.
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Ann
and Hope's old mill in Lonsdale, RI. Part of the Blackstone
Valley National Corridor.
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A
mill on the Blackstone River in Woonsocket, RI. They are restoring
it. Part of the BVNHC.
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A
mill on the Blackstone River in Woonsocket, RI. That's the river
there. This is just down stream from a big dam.
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This
mill complex is located in Forestdale (I think.) I like that
bell tower quite a bit. BVNHC again.
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Staying
in the BVNHC is this mill complex (Draper Manufacturing) in
Hopedale. Just to the left is the Little Red Shop.
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These
three images are of mill housing, some of my favorite items.
This one is Rogersons' Village in Uxbridge, MA.
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This
mill complex is next to the Ann and Hope mill in Lonsdale. It
is a really neat example that hasn't been restored much.
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Ashton
sits off of Route 122. Its down in a valley, so you have to
go down a steep road, but the overview is cool enough.
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This
train depot (the red hunk in the back) is in Lonsdale. I almost
missed it on my way out of the Ann and Hope complex.
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Not
specifically in the BVNHC, this crane is back behind the Johnson
and Wales Culinary Museum. Its in Providence.
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Greene County Industrial
Archaeology
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These
Greene County, PA images are of a major coal mine in the southern
part of the county. I love those tipples and coal transfers.
My father works in a mine, and I guess I have grown to like
them.
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Not
specifically IA, these two bridges make a neat mixture. Plus
I always went fishing here. I love those covered bridges! (As
pointed out by the folks at WVU, covered bridges ARE industrial
archaeology. Ok, I admit.)
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Abandoned Coal Mine
in Southwestern Pennsylvania
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These
images are of a "trip" I did to a closed mine. I wouldn't suggest
it for everyone, but it was cool. The first two images are of
the old office building and machine shop. That was about the
extent of the tour. There were several other buildings on the
land, but this was the best concealed. The actual mine entrance
was still visible, and you could feel cold air from around the
seal, but we didn't push the point to go closer. The picture
on the right is where we entered into the machine shop. Nothing
much here, but some cool old leftovers.
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These
three rooms were pretty interesting. I especially enjoyed this
old boiler on the right. You can't see much, but it goes on
for quite a way. I haven't a clue what that next machine is,
but I think you get the point as to what is in these rooms.
I really enjoy this picture on the right. Something about it
makes it perfect for preservation related images. Probably the
piles of wood and the window.
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The image
on the left is of the machine shop's main bay. It almost looks
like they wheeled engines and cars into the bay. There were
tracks, but they ended outside. So maybe it changed later on.
The room in the second image shows where they kept their tools
for the machine shop. We found a set of engineering plans here.
For god knows what, but cool none the less. The last image is
in the office building. The white walls are of the bathroom.
I like that truss above us.
Coal
Mining Folklore in SWPA
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Other Industrial Archaeology
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I
can't remember exactly where this is, maybe in Bellows Falls,
VT. I enjoyed the building's rhythm and the color with the green
ivy.
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Frank
Adams and Co. in Bellows Falls, VT. This is right next to the
dam and power station. Both are worth a visit for IA. If you
are lucky the folks from the Historical Society will be there
to talk, like I was. Great folks.
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This
mill complex is in Windsor, VT. I think it is a museum of industrial
technology or something. Its a good example of an early mill.
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Here
are three railroad related images. The one on the left is probably
from Maine. It was sort of a fluke to see this old engine parked
along the road. Weird. The second image is of the tunnel under
the city of Bellows Falls. As you can see, its a small town!
The last image is of the engine on the Western Maryland tourist
railroad at the turntable. Lots of fun. Well worth the trip
to Cumberland, MD.
Waynesburg
and Washington Railroad Images
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These
images are from Providence. The first is of the Silvertop Diner
with a big mill complex behind it. If I remember correctly,
it is the Foundry complex. The second two are of the Tourtello
and Company's warehouse. Both are slated to be torn down because
of the new mall that is just down the street. I really enjoy
the warehouse. Isn't that loading dock just a work of art?
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Big South Fork National Park "Blue
Heron" Coal Mine |
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Blue
Heron Entrance. This is low coal, or it has coal seams less
than four feet.
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When
Big Fork NP was established it took the land from Steans Coal
Company. The NPS has reconstructed the tipple building for visitors.
You can actually walk that bridge - which replicates the coal
belt.
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I
took this picture from the interpretive signage. I like it because
it really tells the story of which coal car corresponds to which
chute. It helps us model railroaders figure out how to make
things look right.
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This
is an intepretive version of a school building at the patch
town. Instead of building new buildings to replicate the actual
structures, they built these frames to give us an idea of the
bulk and scale, not the real building. I wish the land was a
bit more rural, but it has to be handicapped accessible.
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This
is a view of the tipple from above. You can see how they constructed
things to really give you a feel of how the buildings went together.
There is still a shower building that is standing, but everything
else was taken down.
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These
are workes houses up on the hill above the tipple. Again, the
method of interpretation versus replication was used. I really
like this method, but many do not. Tasters Choice I suppose.
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Industrial
Archaeology from Tennessee
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One
of 20+ warehouses for the Jack Daniels Distillery in Lynchburg,
TN. It smells pretty strong in here, but worth the visit.
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This
is a textile mill near Rock Island, Tennessee. Its so very close
to the edge of the road that it makes the situation a bit scary
for driving. This whole area is littered with old mills.
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This
is a Tennessee Valley Authority Dam at Rock Island, Tennessee.
It was on the way to one of our first camping trips together
in Tennessee.
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This
is a tobacco barn on the grounds of "Land Between The Lakes"
in northwestern Tennessee. The whole comples is a vernacular
farm site.
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This
is a coke furnace along the road into Land Between the Lakes.
Its an early style furnace and there were several more along
the site orignally.
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