Monthly Archives: July 2010
Bolton Emerson Americas: Punching In
Grab your time card and punch in. Your shift at Bolton Emerson Americas, Inc. starts now. And, at the risk of violating countless labor laws, doesn’t end until I say it does. Bolton Emerson Americas, Inc. is a machine shop that has been manufacturing and maintaining machinery for the paper industry since 1935. They make big machines that grind wood [...]
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Morning’s Light
The day started early. I met my friend, Tom Short, at the Washington Mill a couple of Friday’s ago at 7:00 AM. The main building, like most in Lawrence, started as a textile mill. It found a new life, in the 80s, or 90s as a paper company. Jersey Paper ceased operations in Lawrence around 2002. After a quick tour [...]
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Washington Stairs
Good Lord, it has to be more than, what, three days since I last posted an image of a stairwell? How did I let that happen? Anyway, I hope this makes it all OK. This is one of the stairwells in the Washington Mill building I explored last week. Of the many stairwell shots I took that day, this is [...]
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Delicious Decay
I spent the better part of last Friday exploring and shooting this old mill building in Lawrence, Massachusetts. It was originally part of the Washington Mill complex. Most recently, it was an office of a paper manufacturer. When I think of paper mills, my mind conjures up a ghastly odor that drifts for miles upon miles from the mills processing [...]
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Empty Space
Seriously, I’m at a complete loss for a title of this image. The place is empty, and it takes up a lot of space. I can’t say much more about it. What I can say is that this image was one small part of a fantastic day of shooting in a couple of buildings in Lawrence last Friday. The day [...]
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