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Abandoned Quarry – Torrington, CT
[wzslider height=”800″ info=”true” lightbox=”true”]Best I can determine is that this aging and abandoned building was once an active rock crushing facility. It sit’s on the grounds of O & G Industries so I’m going to take a leap and say that it was probably operated by O & G when their company originated. Like a lot of abandoned buildings it…
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Dock in New Haven, CT
[wzslider height=”800″ info=”true” lightbox=”true”]I just happened to be driving down Quinnipiac Ave. in Fair Haven, (a neighborhood in New Haven), CT while working recently when I noticed this neat little dock out of the corner of my eye. Â I turned around to give it another look and felt it would make a nice photograph. Â I had a few more sales…
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Grand Avenue Bridge, New Haven, CT
[wzslider height=”800″ info=”true” lightbox=”true”] The Grand Ave. bridge, which spans the Quinnipiac River, is located in a neighborhood of New Haven, CT known s “Fair Haven”. Brief history of the bridge: 1791 – First wood and stone draw bridge was constructed. Â The draw was lifted by oxen. Â It was known as the Dragon Bridge because, at that time, Dragon was…
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“Ginny” – my little buddy.
[wzslider height=”800″ info=”true” lightbox=”true”]I’ve taken well over a hundred photo’s of my little buddy Ginny but this morning I decided to capture another close up. The thing about Ginny is that she greets me when I come home from work every day. Even if it means she has to get up from a nap and walk from one side of…
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Happy Birthday to me!
[wzslider height=”800″ info=”true” lightbox=”true”] For my 56th birthday my wonderful wife Cheryl surprised me with a long time desired Sony Carl Zeiss 24mm 1.8 lens and a tabletop lighting setup. Woohoo!!! The 24mm Zeiss lens will have a 35mm equiv. of 36mm due to the 1.5 crop factor. This is a good focal length for an “all purpose” lens. The 24mb…
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Old Ames Manufacturing Mill – Chicopee, MA
[wzslider height=”800″ info=”true” lightbox=”true”] As part of my on going efforts to document the decline of the industrial revolution in this area I have photographed what was once the Ames Manufacturing Company located in Chicopee, MA. Best I could figure there were three rather lengthy and substantial building on comprising their complex. All of which were adjacent to the canal…
