946 locations documented
New York
Built in 1894, Borden's Deposit, NY condensery fed regional markets for decades before fire and demolition gave way to a community park in 2021.
New York
Borden's Belmont, NY milk plant ran from 1921 to 1963, closing as dairy farms shifted to bulk tanks — now set for revival as an event venue in 2026.
Massachusetts
The Holyoke Gas Works operated from 1852 to 1951 on the Connecticut River, supplying the city with gas before contamination cleanup stretched into the 2010s.
Kentucky
Once the largest distillery in America, Lexington's James E. Pepper site sat abandoned for 50 years before its 2017 revival as a working distillery.
West Virginia
The Chelyan Coal Dock loaded barges on West Virginia's Kanawha River for decades before Mountain Edge Mining shut it down in 2015.
West Virginia
Founded in 1902 in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, the Malleable Iron Company produced castings for auto, railroad, and farm industries before closing in 1983.
West Virginia
The Bennett & Hester limestone quarry at Bowden, West Virginia, supplied limestone dust to Junior coal field mines along the Western Maryland Railway.
West Virginia
The Arbuckle Coal & Coke Company operated mines, a tipple, and coke ovens along New River in Fayette County, West Virginia, served by the Chesapeake & Ohio.
Tennessee
Tennessee's Baldwin coal plant expanded rapidly in the New River region before a toxic spill and mounting losses forced its closure in 2012.
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia's C.H. Wheeler Manufacturing Co. built vacuum pumps and marine equipment for decades before its Sedgley Ave. factory fell abandoned.
Ohio
Founded in 1932 in Lawrence County, Ohio, the Ohio Calcium Company grew into a major calcining operation before a violent strike made landmark labor law history
New York
Founded in 1790 as a grist mill in Columbia County, New York, Good Hope Mill evolved into a paper mill and hydroelectric plant before closing in the late 1950s.