I’m visiting my brother in Colorado next week. It’ll be my first time to Colorado in almost a decade, and the first time I’ll have a chance to look around and actually explore the area.
Consequently, I’m bringing my camera. Continue reading
I obtained another set of photos from Rankin’s Carrie Furnaces, two decommissioned steel furnaces from Homestead Steel Works, which are located on the northern shore of the Monongahela River, outside Pittsburgh, earlier this week. It’s my second such set, and I must say that the revisit has brought a lot to my attention that was missed the first time.
Blueprints discovered in one of the offices at Carrie No. 7
EDIT: When migrating this post to my new blog, I lost a few of the pictures used below to illustrate what’s going on. I think you can still get the gist of what I’m saying from the text, though.
A few months ago, I took this photo…
Nothing special. But I thought it was funny how someone had written ‘Pee Hole’ on that valve. I laughed. I showed it to a few people. They laughed. That’s it.
I took some photos at the strip district on Saturday, for the gallery. Here’s my favorite shot, don’t know if Kat will want it in the show or not, but I like it either way. It’s a ferry boat, long abandoned, half-submerged, and covered in graffiti.
That sinking feeling...
-aigulf
Nothing's forever...
Carrie Furnace, a derelict remnant of Homestead Steel Works, in Pittsburgh, was named a historical landmark a few years ago, and is set to be renovated as a museum sometime in the near future (although, how near that is may change with the current economic status). I recently came across some photographs of the furnace, showing the decay and graffiti that has peppered the remains of the furnace that created the skyscrapers in many of America’s cities. Continue reading
I'm an engineer by trade, and a photographer by hobby. In the fall of 2007, I bought my first digital SLR, a Nikon D40x, and haven't looked back yet. The majority of my photographic expeditions involve abandoned structures in Western Pennsylvania, but I'm never without my camera while on the road or at a Pirates game, and I have been known to take the occasional photo of a plant.