The Homestead Steel Works, which was purchased by U.S. Steel Works in the late 1800's, closed in 1986 and the land surrounding this derelict factory is now a National Historic Landmark. The blast furnaces (above) were constructed in 1907 and are all that remain of this massive structure.
During operation, this factory contained 450 buildings and produced 200 million tons of steel per year during its peak.
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Boat. Point Reyes, California.
Night. 5 minutes. Lit by moonlight.
The Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating Plant in Herald, California is a decommissioned power plant that began operation in 1975. The plant shut down a few months after opening, due to a turbine failure, which left the plant closed for thirteen of the eighteen months it had been in operation. After a number of mishaps over the course of the fourteen year operation, the plant closed due to public vote.
Bathroom inside the Forst Buiding at Trenton Psychiatric Hospital, New Jersey.
San Francisco Bay Bridge during blue hour.
Corridor near upstairs doctor living quarters in Lippitt Building, former psychopathology building,at Norwich State Hospital, Connecticut.
Dawn inside Building F at Mayview State Hospital in Pennsylvania.
Mayview State Hospital was a psychiatric hospital constructed near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1892. It remained in operation for over 100 years before the last building closed in 2008. Currently the hospital is undergoing demolition and many of the buildings have already been torn down.
Bedroom in an upper floor apartment, inside the former Waldo Hotel in West Virginia.
Construction of the Waldo Hotel in Clarksburg, West Virginia was completed in 1904. Designed by Harrison Alrbight, this seven story hotel was of the Beax-Arts style and was one of the most ornate hotels in West Virginia, costing $400,000 to build. It contained a three-story lobby, with wrap around balconies, mosaic tiles and a marble grand staircase.
Patient day room inside the Lippit Building at Norwich State Hospital.
Blue Hour at a coal plant in London, West Virginia.
Big M Automotive. Williams, California.
Night. Full moon. 2.5 minutes. Lit by moonlight and incandescent flashlight.
Inside this patient and treatment building at a Pennsylvania State Psychiatric Hospital, there are large holes in the walls and bent bed frames due to fire department exercises that took place after the building closed in the 1960's.
Sink inside the third floor bathroom of the Forst Building in New Jersey's Trenton Psychiatric Hospital.
Wheelchair inside the Brigham building at Connecticut's Norwich State Hospital. This hospital is currently undergoing demolition.
