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Bridge of Flowers is a tourist attraction in Western MA which connects the towns of Shelburne Falls (pop. 1700) with Buckland (pop. 1900) while spanning the Deerfield River. It was originally built in 1908 as a trolley line to transport people and goods to the mills (7) miles away.  It does carry […]

The Battle of Iwo Jima (19 February – 26 March 1945) was a major battle in which the United States Armed Forces  captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II.

For information about the park, hours of operations, fee’s etc. please click here: http://www.cityofnewhaven.com/parks/parksinformation/lighthousepoint.asp#info I had originally stopped at Lighthouse Point Park to photograph, yes, you guessed it – the lighthouse!  It was early April, chilly, windy and deserted.  I had the whole park to myself. (nice) When I parked […]

 I was driving down Ives Row in Cheshire, CT when I noticed this old barn. I did a U-turn and, pulled to the side of the road, and shot this scene out my drivers window.  I used a Sony Nex 7, 24 mp, digital camera and a Sony 10-20 mm […]

The J.H.Sessions & Son manufacturing company was formed in 1861 in Bristol CT.  They manufactured hardware for trunks at their 273 Riverside Ave. location.  In 1907 a larger warehouse was added on.  This may be the picture you see from the road. In 1873 John H. Session admitted his son […]

In circa 1918 the privately owned Stillwater Woorsted Mill was built in Harrisivlle RI.  The Clearview River runs through Harrisville and was home to a number of manufacturing concerns through the 1900’s.  Many of which were mill types dedicated to manufacturing textiles. The Stillwater Mill was the largest of the […]

First let me apologize for the very poor quality of these photographs.  I happened upon this very cool site and only had my cell phone with me.  Because light was streaming in through the tree tops it just couldn’t handle the high dynamic range so I did the best I […]