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Abandoned Connecticut: The Twilight of American Industry
Abandoned Connecticut The Twilight of American Industry Author:J. R. Washburn What is left after the last embers of an Industrial Revolution finally die? What do we find when we go sifting through the ashes of the past? — Connecticut was home to everything from textile mills to brassworks to coal-fired power plants. As these once-great industries of the American Northeast slowly dried up and gave way to a new land... more »scape, they left behind a string of abandoned, forgotten facilities dotting the state. Now they have become galleries of graffiti, shelter for the homeless, and living museums of an often-clouded past.
In Abandoned Connecticut, photographer J. R. Washburn gives the reader a first-hand account of his time exploring these modern ruins. Over 150 haunting photographs and a running personal narrative put the reader in his mud-covered boots as he experiences the past, present, and future of these icons of American history.« less