Locations Archive - Abandoned

Miami & Erie Canal

The Miami and Erie Canal was a canal completed in 1845 between Cincinnati and Toledo, Ohio, creating a water route between the Ohio River and Lake Erie. Much of it was abandoned after a severe flood in 1913.

Tunnel No. 5

Tunnel No. 5, also known as the Ramey Tunnel, is an abandoned railroad tunnel in eastern Kentucky.

Sierra Preparation Plant

The Sierra Preparation Plant is an abandoned coal preparation facility in Breathitt County, Kentucky.

West Prestonsburg Bridge

The West Prestonsburg Bridge is an abandoned concrete through arch bridge over the Levisa Fork in Prestonsburg, Kentucky.

Duck Run Cable Suspension Bridge

The Duck Run Cable Suspension Bridge carried County Route 30 over the Little Kanawha River in Trubada, West Virginia.

Court Street Bridge

The Court Street Bridge formerly carried Court Street over the Little Kanawha River in Glenville, West Virginia.

Stouts Mill Bridge

The Stouts Mill Bridge carried County Route 40 over the Little Kanawha River in Gilmer County, West Virginia.

Abandoned Churches in Virginia

This is a gallery of abandoned churches in Virginia.

Blue Sulphur Bridge

The Blue Sulphur Bridge is an abandoned Pratt through truss over the Mud River in Ona, West Virginia.

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Maybrook Line

The Maybrook Line of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad connected the Maybrook Yard in Maybrook, New York, to its Waterbury Branch in Derby, Connecticut.

Wallkill Valley Railway

The Wallkill Valley Railway is a defunct railroad between Kingston and Campbell Hall, New York. It was founded in 1866 and ceased regular service under Conrail in 1977.

National Tube Company Lorain Works

A formerly integrated steel mill, once owned by U.S. Steel’s subsidiary National Tube and later Republic Steel, among others, is located in Lorain, Ohio.

Ohio & Erie Canal

The Ohio and Erie Canal was a canal constructed between Cleveland and Portsmouth, Ohio, much of it abandoned after a severe flood in 1913.

West Virginia Penitentiary

West Virginia Penitentiary is a former prison that operated between 1876 and 1995 in Moundsville, West Virginia. It is currently a tourist attraction and training facility.