Tag: Industry

August 1, 2024 / Appalachia
July 9, 2024 / Northeast

It was a quiet walk along the Rockaway River in Boonton, New Jersey, but this narrow valley was once bustling with pig iron blast furnaces and rolling and slitting mills to produce nail rods and bar iron.

July 3, 2024 / Appalachia
June 12, 2024 / Demolition
May 21, 2024 / Explorations
April 26, 2024 / Demolition
April 17, 2024 / Midwest

As I photographed the construction of the new Gordie Howe International Bridge over the Detroit River between Michigan and Ontario, the silent blast furnaces on Zug Island nearby caught my attention.

December 28, 2023 / Explorations
November 30, 2023 / Appalachia
November 7, 2023 / Explorations
October 16, 2023 / Explorations
July 31, 2023 / Appalachia

The rise of coal in Virginia in the early 1900s was propelled by the expansion of railroads and the increasing demand from industrializing cities. This era saw the development of many new coal mines in the Appalachian region, transforming local economies and shaping the landscape of communities in southwestern Virginia.

April 2, 2023 / Explorations
March 14, 2023 / Appalachia
March 9, 2023 / Appalachia

Many of the abandoned “beehive” coke ovens of the Davis Coal & Coke Company are still visible today in the company town of Coketon, West Virginia.

February 22, 2023 / Explorations
February 1, 2023 / Mid-Atlantic
December 4, 2022 / Demolition
November 25, 2022 / Explorations

Sherman Cahal and Adam Paris, authors of the newly released book Abandoned Kentucky, recently visited the former Old Taylor Distillery complex near Frankfort, Kentucky, to compile a series of before-and-after photos. Colonel Edmund H. Taylor acquired property along Glenn’s Creek and Versailles Pike and established Old Taylor Distillery in 1887. It was intended to be different from the distilleries of that era which had little confidence from consumers due to product quality. From its iteration, Old Taylor was designed to be a showcase for bourbon. Drawing heavily from his travels through Scotland, England, Ireland, and elsewhere, Taylor designed his distillery…

November 2, 2022 / Explorations

There was no better way than spending autumn driving the backroads and camping in the Potomac Highlands region of West Virginia, photographing forlorn houses, historic sites, covered bridges, and vast landscapes against a backdrop of golden hues.