Month: June 2013

This is the first of what I hope will be many interviews with photographers to follow.  I came to know Ron DiCostanzo through a business relationship.  I would see Ron setting up product shots as well as beautiful fishing pictures that were blown up and in their conference room.  We quickly […]

This wall art is located on the side of a building in the 1000 block of the Meriden-Waterbury Turnpike in the Plantsville section of Southington, CT.  It is adjacent to the entrance to what once was the Southington Drive-In Theatre.

As you look through the slide show you’ll see a photo of a dam. This is known as Ousatonic Dam. No I didn’t forget the “H”. It was planned and it’s construction overseen by Edward Shelton, in 1891, for the Ousatonic Water Co. The dam, constructed from 1867-1870 right after […]

Seymour, CT is located along the Naugatuck River in what as known as the “valley” to locals.  It is situated about 20 miles south of Waterbury, CT. For those of you that visit this site you know by now that I enjoy chronically  unique bridges in CT and adjacent areas.  I […]

Best I can determine is that this aging and abandoned building was once an active rock crushing facility. It sit’s on the grounds of O & G Industries so I’m going to take a leap and say that it was probably operated by O & G when their company originated. […]

I just happened to be driving down Quinnipiac Ave. in Fair Haven, (a neighborhood in New Haven), CT while working recently when I noticed this neat little dock out of the corner of my eye.  I turned around to give it another look and felt it would make a nice […]

The Grand Ave. bridge, which spans the Quinnipiac River, is located in a neighborhood of New Haven, CT known s “Fair Haven”. Brief history of the bridge: 1791 – First wood and stone draw bridge was constructed.  The draw was lifted by oxen.  It was known as the Dragon Bridge […]