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Re-purposed Malleable Iron Fittings Company Factory
[wzslider autoplay=”true” height=”800″ lightbox=”true”]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 Industries in 1969. Waltham had little success…
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Abandoned Mills – Rockville, CT
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Abandoned Driving Range, Naugatuck, CT
[wzslider height=”800″ info=”true” lightbox=”true”]The best I can determine is that this driving range was originally the Valley Drive-In Threater on Rt. 63 in Naugatuck, Ct. The drive in operated from 1972 until 1980 when it was destroyed by fire. It was turned into a driving range. I do not know when the driving range closed.
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Abandoned East Hartford Family Drive In
[wzslider height=”800″ info=”true” lightbox=”true”] East Hartford Family Drive-In John Fitch Blvd & Chapel Rd South Windsor CT 06074 This 600 car capacity drive-in theater was in operation from 1954 until 1984. At time of writing this site has been unused and abandoned for nearly 30 years. As a youngster in the 60’s it was always a huge, huge treat for…
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Abandoned Asylums of New England – Book Review
[wzslider height=”800″ info=”true” lightbox=”true”] ABANDONED ASYLUMS of NEW ENGLAND A pictorial table top book with sporadic essays. Images shown were taken by John Gray and are property of John Gray Photography. They cannot be copied or reproduced without express permission of John Gray. First a disclaimer: John Gray is married to my cousin and I consider him a friend. Now having…
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Holyoke’s Vanishing Mill’s
[wzslider height=”800″ info=”true” lightbox=”true”] Holyoke, MA is a small city of approx. 40,000 people situated in Western, MA just north of the City of Springfield. Once a thriving mill town made up of a diversified immigrant popular there now sits many abandoned buildings that once housed those companies. These photographs document a few of those businesses as seen today. These…
