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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 Glastonbury, CT. It quickly grew to become of the towns largest employers and taxpayers. At its peak, the company owned up to 1900 acres of tobacco fields in town. The company’s main facility was a large warehouse on Hubbard St., which was used to store and pack tobacco. However, as the demand for shade-grown tobacco…
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Remnants of what once was a dairy farm.
This was a working farm for nearly all of the 20th century. In 2000 the Town of Cheshire purchased the 93 acre property. The town rents out the old Lassen homestead (not shown). NOTE: The field in which the barn sits has been slightly modified for artistic purposes. Photographed with Nikon D7100, Nikon 18-55 mm @ 18 mm. 1/400th, f16, ISO 400
