Tag: Abandoned Factory

This image was taken in 2013. I do not know what business operated out of this factory. If any reader knows could you please write in and inform us? Photographed with a FUJI FINEPIX F100Fd, 12 MB pocket camera. ISO 100, 1/210th, f9, Lens at 6.4mm

Hope Webbing Co. Mill 999-1005 Main Street Pawtucket, RI The Hope Webbing Co. Mill was founded in 1889 and several buildings were added to this location over the course of the next 15-20 years. What remains, pretty much, occupies an entire city block. At one time the rear of the […]

Paramount Greting Cards 400 Pine Street Pawtucket, RI ———————————————————————————————————————————————————– UPDATE MARCH 15th 2020 Unfortunately several readers have contacted me stating that the old Paramount Greeting Card Company burnt to the ground yesterday. I’m very sorry to hear that and this is one of the reasons I try to preserve history […]

Clark Brothers Bolt Company is typical of so many post WWII factories that forged the industrial revolution in this country and laid the foundation for what it is today. It was established in 1854 by brothers William, Henry and Charles. A fire destroyed the factory in 1893 (not sure where […]

Located in the Grosvernordale (pop 1500) section of Thompson (pop 5000) CT sits this abandoned cotton mill which is a reminder of day’s gone by. This mill was home to the Grosvernodale Cotton Mill which closed it’s doors in 1954.  Unfortunately I wasn’t able to gather much further information about […]

This is an old abandoned mill on Railroad Ave., in Woonsocket, RI.  It’s situated a stones throw north of the Manville Dam (see attached photo).  Rhode Island was, back in the day, known for their mills, mostly textile in nature.  Like many mills of the day the town was built up […]

Manufacturer in Harrisville (Burrillville) RI of plastic films serving various industries closed this facility in 2004.  This cost the area at least 60 jobs. Photographs taken with Fujifilm F100D pocket camera.

The Malleable Iron Fittings Company occupied this building from 1842-1962 at Indian Neck Ave, Branford, CT .  As a foundry and manufacturer of iron fittings their chief market was steam heat. The 1960’s saw a substantial decline in sales for MIF which forced them to sell the company to Waltham […]