Cement Plant Ruins, Philadelphia.
Spring, 2005
Photos by Matt Blaze
Philadelphia is full of industrial ruins. This cement
plant, about a mile south of the U. Penn campus on the
Schuylkill river, must have once been a huge operation. It
is also one of the most precarious places I have ever
photographed. Support beams were missing and twisted, debris
was falling from the upper floors, and water was dripping
everywhere.
These images were taken with a Nikon D2X digital camera.
Click the thumbnails for larger versions.
Plant exterior, from street.
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Plant exterior, detail.
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Interior of main room, facing West.
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Ruins of interior wall (North) and storeroom.
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Interior of main room, facing East toward entrance.
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Upward view from main room.
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