Moonrise at Carrie Furnace
Thursday
– photo by Mitch Waxman
One has traveled a bit over the years. In Greece, for instance, I visited the ruins of the Acropolis in Athens, Minoan and Frankish castellations in Crete and the Peloponnesus, and the cave where Zeus was born was also visited on that fantastic and perplexing island.
Carrie Furnace in Pittsburgh reminds me of those experiences – cyclopean ruinations, left behind by an earlier civilization which reached great heights before collapsing.
The Carrie Furnace site, as described previously, is a ‘National Historic Place’ cared for by a non profit outfit called ‘Rivers of Steel.’ Said nonprofit looks after several other locations in the ‘Mon Valley,’ but Carrie is their ‘big one.’
– photo by Mitch Waxman
There’s a labyrinth of corridors, walkways, and chambers to wander through here. If you’re in the Pittsburgh area, definitely try to secure a tour or buy in on a photo safari here – it’s kind of a unique experience.
At any rate, I’m going to be taking a break from Carrie for a while, as I’ve been here several times in the last year. This place is like a ‘honey trap’ for someone like me, and I’m still trying to actively explore the larger area, and not get bogged down by rabbit holes.
– photo by Mitch Waxman
The moon was rising as I shot this last photo. Sunset was meant to be occurring about 8:30 something on this evening, but there wasn’t a cloud in the sky, so a colorful vault wasn’t going to be happening. It was time to return the loaner hardhat back to the Carrie people, and fire up the Mobile Oppression Platform for a 30 minute or so drive back to HQ.
Back tomorrow with something different at this – your Newtown Pentacle.
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