I am interested in locating abandoned mills on rivers in the NY-CT-MA
tristate area (i.e. within 100 miles of the point at which these 3
states meet at a point). The town of Housatonic in MA has a bunch of
good examples. Especially interested in one on a slightly bigger
river, e.g. Connecticut, Hudson, lower Housatonic, Naugatuck a
possibility. Also interested in somewhat run-down Mill towns (again,
like town of Housatonic). Mills should be still standing, riverside,
on the large side (over 75 feet in length). CT or NY better than Mass. |
Request for Question Clarification by
digsalot-ga
on
08 Jun 2003 18:24 PDT
"Mills" has a wide range of meaning. There are fabric mills and
manufacturing mills of all types which may be abandoned. There are
the classic water powered mills for grinding grain and other purposes
(the mill wheel type). There are riverside saw mills, fiber
processing mills, and finishing mills, etc, etc.
Are you looking for a particular type or are you including all of
them?
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Clarification of Question by
poetaster-ga
on
09 Jun 2003 08:56 PDT
I am after a certain look, and don't care about the actual historical
use of the mill. The look is that of a textile mill, but I have seen a
paper mill on the upper Housatonic (Rising something mill near the
town of Housatonic) that was pretty much what I am looking for, though
that particular mill is very much in use at this time. Any
manufacturing mill would probably do; I would imagine a large enough
saw mill too, and some former paper mills. Power plants are usually
not large enough. Rows of boarded up or broken windows kind of thing.
The use is as a backdrop or set. If anyone has read "Empire Falls,"
that's the ideal, the town as described.
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Clarification of Question by
poetaster-ga
on
09 Jun 2003 08:59 PDT
By the way, I have done some web-based search, and I don't think that
one can find out all that much on the internet. Some first-hand
knowledge will probably be necessary, though it is possible that some
old book might be a treasure-trove of possibilities.
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