The good news is, it's too old to be asbestos. But what kind of insulation is that anyway?
Taken 2005-05-01 12:47:04
Posted 2007-06-27 18:30:55
The backside of the Teddy Roosevelt house at Mt. Marcy.
Taken 2005-05-01 12:57:33
Posted 2007-06-23 19:28:46
Massive stone hewn iron smelter in Tahawus. The iron operation here was actually rather unsuccessful because the ore was "contaminated". Years later it would be discovered the contamination was actually titanium in the ore. National Lead was interested in the ore in the mine for that very reason. Titanium dioxide is used to make pure white pigment. Incidentally, titanium dioxide is also used in making smoke grenades and smoke screens, which played a strategic role in World War II and beyond. You can guarantee that if the US needed titanium dioxide today, this mine would pop right back into use.
Taken 2005-05-01 13:06:57
Posted 2007-06-27 18:20:15
Furnaces or engines of some sort near the Tahawas smelter
Taken 2005-05-01 13:19:28
Posted 2007-12-02 19:42:06
Disused iron-era machinery near the river in Tahawus
Taken 2005-05-01 13:20:55
Posted 2007-06-30 14:08:50
This far north, the Hudson River flows through a culvert. This is one pipe in that culvert.
Taken 2005-05-01 13:39:43
Posted 2007-06-27 18:12:32
Some kind of outdoor holding tank at the water treatment plant
Taken 2005-05-01 14:11:27
Posted 2007-06-30 14:02:35
Ah yes, no water treatment plant would be complete without an incandescant bulb, wrapped in chicken wire, on top of an upside down lamp reflector leading to a pipe that does to the ground.
Taken 2005-05-01 14:17:04
Posted 2007-06-26 19:05:00
The massive great hall of the flotation plant
Taken 2005-05-01 14:30:31
Posted 2007-12-02 21:44:34
A radioactive X-ray analyzer in the basement laboratory
Taken 2005-05-01 14:36:04
Posted 2007-12-27 15:47:54
Caution: Radiation Area sign. Scary!
Taken 2005-05-01 14:55:43
Posted 2007-06-21 09:51:52
Gantry crane hanging overhead in the main plant
Taken 2005-05-01 15:09:35
Posted 2007-06-30 14:04:02
Me jumping over the Hudson River. That's right, the mighty Hudson, when you're this far upstate, is nothing but a dribbling stream that runs through a culvert pipe not far from here.
Taken 2005-05-01 15:43:41
Posted 2007-12-30 11:42:50
The vortex of DOOM! The Hudson River is a mighty river when you're as far south as Rockland county. But in Tahawus, the Hudson could be confused for a stream. At one point, the entire river is diverted under a gravel road through two culvert pipes. This creates a slight "bathtub" effect, leading to the drain vortex that you're seeing!
Taken 2005-05-01 15:45:19
Posted 2007-12-17 19:27:57
Welcome Home John Smith... seen at the town just outside Mount Marcy
Taken 2005-05-01 16:58:35
Posted 2007-06-21 12:09:37
