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fragilemidnight In reply to mgilpin [2007-11-28 10:07:13 +0000 UTC]

yeah the color was blinding. i couldn't figure out if the color was put there by the "adults" who have roped off the complex for guided tours, or if it was already there and the "kids" wrote on it...

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mgilpin In reply to fragilemidnight [2007-11-29 01:50:38 +0000 UTC]

ooohhhh... i pictured this being in a dilapidated, unused building... interesting...

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fragilemidnight In reply to mgilpin [2007-11-29 05:22:56 +0000 UTC]

oh it is, it's the Carrie Furnaces in Pittsburgh. Ex steel furnaces, ex Carnegie US Steel. they are the only ones left in Pittsburgh and now trying to be preserved and turned into a park space/historical museum/whatever now.

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mgilpin In reply to fragilemidnight [2007-11-29 23:23:37 +0000 UTC]

that is kind of cool...

i grew up in a steel town... a minor one... with one very large mill... so, i'm familiar with the decay...

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fragilemidnight In reply to mgilpin [2007-11-30 02:08:04 +0000 UTC]

it is a very neat place, the furnaces are just GIGANTIC...i can't imagine what a real steel plant was like. the 2 i've been to are just parts and small remains unfortunately

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mgilpin In reply to fragilemidnight [2007-11-30 02:38:53 +0000 UTC]

same here...

actually, one of my favorite childhood haunts was a very old iron/steel furnace in kentucky... there were a number of the them near where my mother was born... including one near the family burial plot we visited each year...

it was, of course, out of use... and had been for at least 100 years... but i loved to visit it... it was, to a young man, mysterious and important...

actually, i just googled the furnace and found a [link] ... you might find it interesting... i mean, it is similar to your interests... if quite a bit older...

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fragilemidnight In reply to mgilpin [2007-11-30 19:56:26 +0000 UTC]

aaaah ive seen a blast furnace like that up in the adirondak mountains (ny). it was part of the Tahawus complex, and Adirondak company town. and it's weird because you're driving through the woods on a paved road, and then suddenly right next to road is that thing haha. mom and i pulled over and went down the hill to see it, and there was alot of random left over equipment down there. it was very strange, like walking into a post apocalyptic scene.

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mgilpin In reply to fragilemidnight [2007-11-30 21:00:11 +0000 UTC]

exactly... like it was abandoned in the middle of use... like a set in a scifi movie...

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fragilemidnight In reply to mgilpin [2007-12-01 09:53:04 +0000 UTC]

oh definitely. i don't know if you've read stephen king's dark tower series...but i was in the midst of it when i was on that trip. so finding the blast furnace and left over machinery was like walking right into the series. there was alot of other weird stuff that trip that was right out of dark tower too. very strange haha

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mgilpin In reply to fragilemidnight [2007-12-01 20:05:25 +0000 UTC]

oh... you're right... i can almost see that scene being the cover illustration...

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