Cathedrals of industry : exploring the factories and infrastructure that made America /
photographs by Michael L. Horowitz ; text by James P. Holtje ; foreword by Joseph E. Stiglitz ; afterword by Stephen Wilkes.
- First edition.
- 279 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm
CONTENTSIntroductionRaw Materials1. Klotz Throwing Company, Lonaconing, MDDEFUNCT2. Deerskin Tannery, Upstate New YorkOPERATIONAL3. Pulp Mill, Naponach, New YorkDEFUNCT4. Grain Elevators and Mills, BuffaloSOME MILLS STILL ACTIVE5. Lackawanna SteelDEFUNCT6. Bethlehem SteelDEFUNCTWorkshops and Factories7. M&S Schmalberg Silk Flowers, ManhattanOPERATIONAL8. Faerman Cash Register Co., ManhattanCLOSED9. Brooklyn Seltzer BoysOPERATIONAL10. Streit’s Lower East Side matzo factoryMOVED UPSTATE11. Joyva, BrooklynOPERATIONAL12. QRS Music, BuffaloOPERATIONALInfrastructure13. Colonel Ward Pumping Station, BuffaloOPERATIONAL (BUT NOT THE GIANT STEAM ENGINE)14. Buffalo Central TerminalDEFUNCT (BEING CONVERTED TO A “VENUE”)15. Hoboken TerminalOPERATIONAL16. IRT Substation, ManhattanOPERATIONAL (BUT REFITTED)17. Paterson Great Falls Hydroelectric PlantOPERATIONAL (BUT REFITTED)18. C. R. Huntley Generating Station, Tonawanda, New YorkDEFUNCT19. Buffalo State Asylum for the InsaneDEFUNCT (NOW A HOTEL)20. West Side Piers, ManhattanDEFUNCT
"Photographs of twenty abandoned and operational industrial sites"--