tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80550841074194738032012-02-16T01:41:51.645-08:00Photos of forgotten places, and ruminations on our crumbling future.Matt Capodicenoreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8055084107419473803.post-18018525659601208372009-02-25T18:04:00.001-08:002009-03-26T11:18:32.688-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1rLktNhbZmk/SacspaFNyrI/AAAAAAAAAAw/lp-KaH8TUJI/s1600-h/100_0869.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1rLktNhbZmk/SacspaFNyrI/AAAAAAAAAAw/lp-KaH8TUJI/s320/100_0869.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307259775766874802" border="0" /></a><br />The Medusa Cement company chose The south side of Sandusky Bay near the village of Bay View, to build a cement plant in 1892. The location was chosen because of the excellent silt and lime to be found in the area. Not much remains but the hulking beauty of the cement plant, crumbling as it stares forlornly at every sunset.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1rLktNhbZmk/Sadda9E04qI/AAAAAAAAAA4/jKAvSLDwrO8/s1600-h/100_0866.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1rLktNhbZmk/Sadda9E04qI/AAAAAAAAAA4/jKAvSLDwrO8/s320/100_0866.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307313403532206754" border="0" /></a><br />This view is from the train tracks with our backs to Sandusky Bay, looking south.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1rLktNhbZmk/Sadf0gpq3kI/AAAAAAAAABA/8i1JTQGxU_Q/s1600-h/100_0868.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1rLktNhbZmk/Sadf0gpq3kI/AAAAAAAAABA/8i1JTQGxU_Q/s320/100_0868.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307316041601965634" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This building sits across from the main plant on steel girders about ten feet off the ground.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1rLktNhbZmk/ScvCrZyH07I/AAAAAAAAABo/22pLwW16cUs/s1600-h/100_0870.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1rLktNhbZmk/ScvCrZyH07I/AAAAAAAAABo/22pLwW16cUs/s320/100_0870.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317557835952280498" border="0" /></a>This shot is looking south at both buildings.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1rLktNhbZmk/ScvEBFKI1xI/AAAAAAAAABw/I4c24s1jqxs/s1600-h/100_0880.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1rLktNhbZmk/ScvEBFKI1xI/AAAAAAAAABw/I4c24s1jqxs/s320/100_0880.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317559307884615442" border="0" /></a>This is a control building just south of the train tracks, it has a ladder which descends below the metal grate floor. I wasn't interested in going down the ladder...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1rLktNhbZmk/ScvFIkR_AZI/AAAAAAAAAB4/M95njVQ7oWI/s1600-h/100_0877.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1rLktNhbZmk/ScvFIkR_AZI/AAAAAAAAAB4/M95njVQ7oWI/s320/100_0877.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317560536009736594" border="0" /></a>A lonely place in a beautiful setting, on the waters of Sandusky Bay sits a concrete monument to the industrial revolution. By the tracks the hulk crumbles alone, waiting for the elements to send it back to the ground from whence it came, a concoction of gravel, lime, and sand.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1rLktNhbZmk/ScvGxwHQbuI/AAAAAAAAACA/0OqYJSUZ-cc/s1600-h/100_0879.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1rLktNhbZmk/ScvGxwHQbuI/AAAAAAAAACA/0OqYJSUZ-cc/s320/100_0879.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317562343072231138" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8055084107419473803-1801852565960120837?l=collapseohio.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Matt Capodicenoreply@blogger.com0