Taken on 06/17/11
Long Falls Park on small island park off from Riverside Drive in Carthage, Jefferson County,
Guyot Island. These are the ruins of the Carthage water pumphouse and
headrace, the National Paper Tissue plant, Guyots Island storehouse and Carthage
Iron Works mill, the
village created this park and preserved the ruins and fenced them in so that
people can enjoy them. You can find more photos from this island, this
area in Carthage, and nearby mill ruins on this page
and this page.
On 1/2/12
bruno writes "My dad worked there in the 40s after the war. As a boy in the 70s
we explored the old mill, very dangerous place. Found my dad's name on a posting
on a board. Was pretty cool."
Taken on 06/17/11
The ominous-looking 'caves' are the cellars and interior strcutures of
some of the mills and mill parts.
Taken on 06/17/11
HDR (High Dynamic Range) photo made up of seven exposures, to show the interior
structure and contrasts inside this. TA says that he thinks this is the
base of one of the old suphite tanks. (This photographic manipulation is also
shown on the artwork page).
Date 8/21/2011. Photo by ex-D&H Trainman.
Old train roundhouse, Whitehall, Washington County
Date
8/21/2011. Photo by ex-D&H Trainman.
More photos of the roundhouse.
Taken on
09/11 by CharlieB Old Grange building, Town of Dix, Schyuler County, NY
about 2 miles outside of the village of Watkins Glen. CharlieB
contacted the town historian, Andrew Tompkins, Museum Director, who writes that
the following is from 85 year-old Marian Boyce, who lives down the road and has
been a Grange member for years and is the current president: "The Grange
Hall in Townsend is owned by Townsend Grange #1208. We have been a grange for
100 years. When the Baptist Church (original owners) ceased, the property
returned to the original owner (who was a Grange member) and he deeded the
property to the Grange. The Grange is still active but cannot meet in the
building as the red foundation beams have almost turned to powder. The Grange
is seeking grants, etc. to repair the Hall. The Church was built in 1864 and
given to the Grange in the late 1940s."
On
10/06/11 Charlie Barney writes "Until I recently drove by this Grange building,
I doubt I have heard the name of the Grange spoken in decades. What became of my
4-H club in the farming community/small town where I grew up ? I suppose as you
drive across America through the Plains states, these organizations are more
active in isolated areas. In the high school yearbooks of my past, many of the
individual graduating seniors' profiles listed them as members of F.F.A. (Future
Farmers of America). Not so, now. The abandoned Grange building has its
own story to tell, as well as the story of a past era, enriching our
understanding of how of modern American society evolved. An Amazon.com paperback
"Hello Everybody !" is of interest. It tells of the birth and enormous effect of
the advent of radio, mainly in rural settings, replacing organizations (like The
Grange) as primary sources of news of interest and entertainment to farmers. If
these stories bring pleasant memories of times past, you may enjoy reading "The
Year The Lights Came On" (paperback, also available at Amazon). It's the story
of when rural electrification became a fixture that changed rural life forever
(as told through the eyes of a young farm boy). No more Grange Hall dances
illuminated by gaslight. It was more romantic than flourescent lighting - so I
am told. For better or worse, there are current custodians of these past
days. You will see no electrical wires drooping from the poles to homes or
schools of our Amish citizens. Twenty-five feet of clothes line hold the family
collection of black, functional clothing, dancing in the wind. (My kids always
wondered how I was so good at spotting an Amish farm). I haven't told them yet.
Are days really better ? I took a photo in rural New York recently, where an
Amish horse and buggy were patiently waiting for their owner to emerge from a
small store/gas station. Above the horse, the gas prices were listed - almost
four dollars for the cheap grade. The horse neighed, probably laughing. So
it goes ..." On
11/21/13 Amanda G. writes "This church has been repainted and brought back to
life. Unknown if it is going to be used again, but it does look great."
Date Summer 2009. Photos by Don Argus, Jr.
Ross Mill, on the Boquet River in Willsboro, Essex County. Ross writes
that "It certainly warrants preservation and restoration, but it may already be
too late - the brick gable looked unstable, and the floor timbers have rotted
away."
Date Summer 2009. Photos by Don Argus, Jr.
More photos of the mill.
Woodshed/workshop/outhouse, near Constable, Franklin County.
Candycat writes "I thought the turkey vultures on top were kind of eerily like
the omens of the houses slow slide into decay. By the way, the house itself is
roughly 70 years old and has never been hooked up to electricity. I know a few
of the families that owned it over the past 30 years, it was always run on
propane, wood, generators and in the last case, car batteries."
Photos taken in June 2011 by CandyCat13