Day: August 21, 2014

Plainville Hot Air Balloon Festival

One of the Northeast’s last remaining hot air balloon festivals is held each year, typically in August, at Norton Park in Plainville, CT.  These photographs are from the 2013 gathering which attracted literally thousands of spectator’s.  Car’s lined the streets for miles in all directions.  The weather was gorgeous with a small […]

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Re-purposed Malleable Iron Fittings Company Factory

The Malleable Iron Fittings Company occupied this building from 1842-1962 at Indian Neck Ave, Branford, CT .  As a foundry and manufacturer of iron fittings their chief market was steam heat. The 1960’s saw a substantial decline in sales for MIF which forced them to sell the company to Waltham […]

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