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Melrose One Room Schoolhouse, East Windsor CT
This blog entry is part of an ongoing project called “One Room Schoolhouses in CT”). If you’re interested in the history of one room schoolhouses in CT I suggest you purchase CONNECTICUT SCHOOLHOUSES THROUGH TIME by Melinda K. Elliott. This book has been a very helpful resource for me as I did my research. At time…
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Beautiful arch bridge in Windsor CT
Cheryl, Molloy (our dog), and I were just finishing up a day of photography in the lovely town of Windsor CT when we spotted this beautiful old stone bridge crossing the Farmington River. * “The Farmington River Railroad Bridge is a historic stone arch bridge located in Windsor, Connecticut. Built in 1867 by the Hartford…
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Milldale Train Station, Southington CT
Milldale Train Depot Museum 447 Canal St Plantsville, CT 06479 I photographed the old train station’ which now acts as a small museum’ with my wife Cheryl and our dog Molloy in tow. “The Milldale Train Depot, located in Southington, Connecticut, is a small but historically significant building. It was part of the New Haven/Northampton…
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Abandoned Consolidated Tobacco Company
The Consolidated Cigar Company in Glastonbury, CT *I, along with my wife Cheryl and our dog Molly, photographed what remains of the Consolidated Cigar Company and tobacco fields on Hubbard St. in Glastonbury CT. Below is a brief summary of it’s history and future. The Consolidated Cigar Company was established int he early 1900s in…
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The Road Not Taken
Robert Frosts poem “The Road Not Taken” has always resonated with me. It’s so true to if we blindly follow the paths of the multitude we may end up with the same results but if we blaze our own trail the outcomes are unlimited. I had a mental image of this picture in my mind…
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Munn Schoolhouse, Oxford CT
This blog entry is part of an ongoing project called “One Room Schoolhouses in CT”). If you’re interested in the history of one room schoolhouses in CT I suggest you purchase CONNECTICUT SCHOOLHOUSES THROUGH TIME by Melinda K. Elliott. This book has been a very helpful resource for me as I did my research. At time…
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Center School, Middlebury CT (circa 1897)
This blog entry is part of an ongoing project called “One Room Schoolhouses in CT”). If you’re interested in the history of one room schoolhouses in CT I suggest you purchase CONNECTICUT SCHOOLHOUSES THROUGH TIME by Melinda K. Elliott. This book was has been a very helpful resource for me as I did my research. At…
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Abandoned Silo in Oxford
I was travelling through Oxford CT with Cheryl and our dog Molloy when we came upon this cool old abandoned Silo. There was an industrial park built all around it which is not really visible from the picture. In fact I was standing on the property of a company while taking these pictures. This seems…
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It’s lonely at the top.
I was driving through a small town in CT when I noticed this house on the cliff’s edge. What does it overlook? A fast food restaurant and it’s parking lot. Photographed with a Sony Nex 7, 24.3 MP mirrorless camera and a Sony 18-55 lens at 82 (APS-C equiv.) 1/500th, f8, ISO 100, (-3) exp.…