Optics and Exposure

Control board for the hoist house.

I have a special affinity for Carrie Furnace.  She was my first abandoned factory, and she’s very close to home, so it’s always nice to plan a return trip.  Not to mention the fact that I always find something new!  Last weekend, I had a leisurely excursion and got a bunch of shots from new angles and places I hadn’t yet seen.

I’m never happy with my blast furnace shots, so I tried another one…the sunlight was pretty harsh, so I’ll be trying that again the next time I’m there.  The majority of the shots I’m posting come from either (a) the hoist house (which was used to power the cables that lifted ore into the furnaces) or (b) the high line, where incoming supply cars emptied their contents.  Take a peek into a National Historic Landmark.

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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

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