Montgomery Company — Windsor Locks, Connecticut
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Mourning Becomes Electric (2013)
Montgomery Company — Windsor Locks, Connecticut
Montgomery started out orginally producing cotton yarns, but they discovered that a flat thread of metal that gave glitter to dresses in the 1920s could also be used as a conductor. Before the company left the canal bank in 1989, it made a type of flat wire so lightweight that it was the choice for electrical systems of aircraft and spaceships.
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Pull Down & Tear Up (2013)
Restroom at The Montgomery Company — Windsor Locks, Connecticut
Detail of a small element from the company washroom. How many times was this used in the course of a day and why didn’t anybody care enough to mount it squarely on the wall? I find it interesting that they thought it necessary to add the ampersand conjunction to the instructions.
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Things Are Looking Up (2013)
Montgomery Company — Windsor Locks, Connecticut
Stairway leading up to the landing from yesterday’s post – highlighting the peeling paint that is fairly standard in most abandoned structures. With a nod to Dan Traun who likes the capture of peeling paint at:
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Stairs, Of Course (2013)
Montgomery Company — Windsor Locks, Connecticut
For anyone who has followed my Urbex exploits for any length of time, you know I have this “thing” for stairs and stairways. Perhaps it is just the challenge of capturing all the angles compressed into a small space that makes me keep shooting them.
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Then Who Does? (2013)
Montgomery Company, Administrative Offices — Windsor Locks, Connecticut
Gotta love the feeble attempts to “modernize” the space with a drop ceiling and paneling.
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Let’s Go Boating (2013)
Montgomery Company — Windsor Locks, Connecticut
An abandoned boat lies inside one of the fire damaged buildings on the site. Since its closing in 1989, there have been three significant arson fires at the mill – not only causing large amounts of damage on their own, but opening the remaining structures up to the ravages of the elements.
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Superman Entered Here (2013)
Montgomery Company — Windsor Locks, Connecticut
Looking down from this third floor vantage you can see some of the fire induced destruction in the building below as well as the Connecticut River which flows beside the mill site.
Nikon D80 two frame HDR – A more subtle use of HDR than over-the-top toning – which makes this picture look as it did when I was there. For an interesting look at HDR and an HDR program, check out my friend Leanne Cole’s blog here: http://leannecolephotography.com/2014/01/03/trying-hdr-darkroom-3/
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One Green Pillar (2013)
Montgomery Company Production Floor — Windsor Locks, Connecticut
From 1871 until its closing in 1989, the Montgomery Company made a variety of items beginning with textile yarns and later producing electric tinsel. Not sure what tinsel wire is? Tinsel was first used in 1920s women’s fashions, then found its way into electrically heated aviation suits and finally came to be used in electric blankets. Why there is one green pillar on this floor is anyone’s guess.
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Roll Out the Barrel (2013)
Montgomery Company — Windsor Locks, Connecticut
There were quite a few of these mysterious barrels located throughout this structure; containing who knows what. As a side note, look at the holes in the floor – one of the hazards of Urbex – theft of metal drain covers can be hazardous to the unwary explorer.
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