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. |
Plant exterior, detail. |
Interior of main room, facing West. |
Ruins of interior wall (North) and storeroom. |
Interior of main room, facing East toward entrance. |
Upward view from main room. |