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Shenandoah Pulp Factory
Lacking other inspiration on this meh-light, messy snow day, I drove about 30 minutes northwest to Harper's Ferry, West Virginia. It is a wee town of historical significance because of its role in the American Civil War, and it sits tucked between small mountains at the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers.
This is what remains of the <a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/wv0431/"Shenandoah Pulp Factory. It was built on the site of the Shenandoah Canal's lower lock and by the 1920s was producing 15 tons of woodpulp each day. The business was unprofitable, though, and the factory closed in 1935. The following year, historic flooding swept away the building, leaving only these stone piers behind.
Shenandoah Pulp Factory
Lacking other inspiration on this meh-light, messy snow day, I drove about 30 minutes northwest to Harper's Ferry, West Virginia. It is a wee town of historical significance because of its role in the American Civil War, and it sits tucked between small mountains at the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers.
This is what remains of the <a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/wv0431/"Shenandoah Pulp Factory. It was built on the site of the Shenandoah Canal's lower lock and by the 1920s was producing 15 tons of woodpulp each day. The business was unprofitable, though, and the factory closed in 1935. The following year, historic flooding swept away the building, leaving only these stone piers behind.