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Iron Horse Park – 2006
Iron Horse Park is surely one of the locations I have explored the most. It was an old Boston and Maine Railroad repair facility. Always fun and photogenic! There are far too many trips in my libraries to post them all separately, so I’m combining them into just a few.
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Paul A. Dever State School
Originally built in 1942 as a military facility and POW detention center, this complex of buildings was converted into a mental health facility. Countless identical buildings, interconnected by tunnels, are now abandoned.
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Baker Mills
The Baker and Forbes mills were constructed in 1891 and 1911, respectively. They provided employment for many people in the Dorchester area producing Baker’s Chocolate for many years. The brand was acquired by General Foods and in 1962 the company decided to consolidate their operations and move production to Delaware. Employees were given the option…
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Belchertown State School
I have explored many mental health institutions in my travels, but Belchertown is one of a very few which truly gave me the creeps. It is the only place I can claim to have ever encountered anything which seemed even remotely supernatural (though it is a stretch to even say what I encountered here was…
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Northampton State Hospital and Memorial Complex – Trips 7 and 8
Another predawn run to NoHo but, as the demolition was progressing, I spent more time photographing the Memorial Complex across the street. The last two images are from a June 29, 2008 trip to the Memorial Complex
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Northampton State Hospital – Trip 6
By the time April 2006 rolled around, it was clear that demolition of the hospital was imminent. There were rumors about state troopers hanging around the hospital busting people, so I decided I would conduct a pre-dawn raid. As it turned out, there wasn’t a soul around and it was an incredibly peaceful trip. One…
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Northampton State Hospital – Trip 4
I managed to drag my wife, who is not an avid explorer, with me on Trip 4. Trip 4 was around when I got my 50mm f1.8, so a lot of experiments with depth of field here. By this point I was at least starting to dial in my composition skills and get some level…
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Northampton State Hospital – Trip 3
At this point, I was obsessed with exploring Northampton State Hospital – I was driving 2 hours out to Northampton every weekend. Definitely something that, in retrospect, I am incredibly happy I did. I had a pretty short window before this place was demolished and I can truly say that I visited this incredible place…
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Northampton State Hospital – Trip 2
After my first trip to NoHo I was hooked. Returning only a few weeks later, the day was unseasonably warm and fog was forming from the melting snow. I started in the North Infirmary but towards the end of the day I became determined to get inside the Kirkbride, if only for a few minutes. …
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