Abandoned History

Summer Storms (0)

6/12/11 •

Along with the heat of summer, we get alot of thunderstorms. Here are a few shots of the lightning. ~JC

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TCI Ensley Steel Works (U.S Steel) (0)

4/15/11 •

Survey number HAER AL-52 Significance: The Ensley steel mill is historically significant for a variety of “firsts” which occurred there. The first duplex steel in the United States was made here in 1899. So named because it was first produced in a Bessemer convertor then transferred to open hearth furnaces, the duplex process was [...]

Tennessee State Prison (The Walls) (0)

8/15/10 •

The proposed prison design called for the construction of a fortress-like structure patterned after the penitentiary at Auburn, New York, made famous for the lockstep marching, striped prisoner uniforms, nighttime solitary confinement, and daytime congregate work under strictly enforced silence. The new Tennessee prison contained 800 small cells, each designed to house a single inmate. [...]

Babcock Building-South Carolina State Hospital (0)

7/13/10 •

(New South Carolina State Asylum) The Babcock Building at the South Carolina State Hospital in Columbia was built in four campaigns, between 1857 and 1885, as the new asylum for the South Carolina Lunatic Asylum. The building is significant as the work of two distinguished architects, George E. Walker, a native of Charleston, and Samuel [...]

Sibley Manufacturing Company (0)

4/10/10 •

The Sibley Mill is a historic building located on the Augusta Canal at 1717 Goodrich Street near downtown Augusta, Georgia. Designed by Jones S. Davis, it was built on a site previously occupied by theConfederate Powderworks, and was completed in 1882. While the interior is typical of any textile mill of the period, its imposing exterior is notable for an ornate [...]