Hudson Hospital

The entire facility was built over the last three decades of the 1800's. As psychiatry moved away from inpatient treatments, it began to decline in use until its closure in 2001. Today, it is slowly deteriorating out of public view as it awaits reuse.

Chantal Hospital

This hospital began with a single building on one hundred acres of land and expanded to, at its peak, over thirty buildings and nine hundred acres. The campus is massive and I was only able to explore a fraction of it.

Suffolk Breaker

The "Suffolk Breaker" was constructed in 1930 and began operating in 1932. This breaker was the largest coal breaker in the world. 20 miles of railroad track were laid, 3,800 tons of steel and more than 10,000 cubic yards of concrete were used. A mile and a half of conveyor lines, 25 miles of conduit, 118 miles of wire and cable and 20 miles of pipe were installed. When the breaker was constructed it was divided into two sides. Each side could be operated independently, producing 12,500 tons of coal a day. Once the raw coal enters the production process within the breaker it took just 12 minutes to pass through the entire breaker. The breaker was in operation for 31 years.

Albright Fabrics - Part II

This is from a recent trip made a few weeks ago. There are more photos from a previous trip located here

Paper Mill

A few weeks back I visited a soon to be demolished paper mill. You can find a brief history about the location here from one of my previous visits.

Albright Fabrics

During its heyday in the early 20th century, "Albright Fabrics" employed over 1,400 people and was the world’s largest producer of Nottingham lace. It had bowling alleys, a gymnasium, a barber, a fully staffed infirmary, and owned its own coal mine and cotton field.

Founded in 1897, the company used looms that were made in Nottingham, England, stood two and a half stories tall, were over 50 feet long, and weighed over 20 tons. During World War II, the company expanded its production line to include mosquito and camouflage netting, bomb parachutes, and tarpaulins.

The company was downsized to only 50 employees before shutting its doors in 2002.

Blast Off!

I revisited a blast furnace this past week. This place is massive. It was built in 1884. Some of the furnaces no longer exist, but the ones that are there were designated as a National HIstoric Landmark.

White Wedding

Over the summer I had the opportunity to help my friend Shaun shoot a wedding. This was my first experience with shooting such an event. Below are some shots from that day. I have been asked to shoot a few more since then, which I am looking forward to.

Friends in abandoned places

There is nothing better then meeting up with with people that you have never actually met before just to share the same passion of documenting abandonment.

All 3 of our recent discoveries were located in New York State. The first location required my alarm to be set for a 11:30pm wake up call, for a 5am meet up. We met up with 2 cool dudes from Detroit and an excellent guide from the NY state. Aside from the 1 mile hike in the woods at pre-dawn and the fact that I am pretty sure we all crawled in some sort of animal feces, we made it safely inside. The first 3 photos were taken at this location.





The second location is what made my weekend. Met up with 3 more guys from NY, to make the total 9 guys, in which 6 of them I had never met prior to this weekend. The next 4 photos are from that location. The last photo was taken by UrbanDecay.






The last location consisted of a old projection room and a bowling alley, not to mention about 1 hour sent wondering tunnels and hallways just to find ourselves lost.