Fitchburg Is Coming Down

Took a trip out to see The Central Steamplant A.K.A. The Fitchburg Power Plant the other day with Cambria, Catherine, and ClimbingDoug. After a few wrong turns, looking for the wrong colored smokestack(my fault), we arrived to see all the windows with new fiberglass sheets over them. This couldn't be a good sign. As we got closer, we were greeted by a fence and a sign informing us of the impending demise of the plant. Many of the outer buildings had already been torn down, and the ladders to both coal silo's, as well as the smokestack had been cut down. None of us had heard anything about this, but we were all glad to make it out for at least one final visit before she's gone. We found an easy entrance and wandered around this massive beauty, possibly for the last time. Kind of a sad story, really.

Taking A Deeper Look

Instead of the usual write up, this time I'll just explain as the photos progress. Here's the results of another night, kicking around Providence with Clahhhkie, Catherine, and ClimbingDoug.


Clahhhkie and I shot India Point Park for a bit while waiting for the rest of the group. Nothing special.



Once the group was together, we played on some sick playground full of climbing webs before taking off into the night.

Doug and I were to climb a bit of this until we found the Anti-Climb spikes. Sharp little fuckers on this tower. I did however, like the way the moon was behind it, so I shot it anyhow.

Located on the old George Washington bridge, are both a viewing platform(Closed to the public, and pretty much everyone now, I believe) on top of a pillar, and another pillar with both a viewing platform, and another set of stairs, leading downward through the support, leading down to the ground on a piece of land surrounded on all sides by water.








After that, we decided to have a quick run through the highway girder systems. Not very photogenic, but I snapped one off anyhow.

And to end our night, on our walk back, we found this. Obviously Doug and I weren't about to pass it by. As Clahhhkie and Catherine walked along the street, Doug and I made our move, being careful to avoid the cars full of drunk club-goers at the intersections surrounding three sides of us, and the maintenance man inside vacuuming the building. A few shots fired off the roof, a quick climb back down, and we called it a night.

The Nocturnal Train Tower

While uselessly surfing the internet this evening, I was inspired by a good friend of mine to go out and look at the sky. After seeing the full moon accompanied by Jupiter, I couldn't help but head out for some night shots. I thought about where I could shoot, and realized I had no night shots of a local abandoned train tower, so I made that my destination. Not a huge set, and not fantastic shots, but I liked them.

St. Chalupa's Hospital & Church

After the Boston Freedom Rally, Cambria, Clahhhkie, Injektilo, and myself decided to do a bit of exploring. We were close to a church/hospital, so we decided to head that way. Security was sitting in front of the building when we first arrived, so we sat in a giant tree and smoked a joint while we waited for him to leave. After he left, we made our move, and were in. Light was fading quickly, and i didn't bring my tripod, so these shots suck, but it's something new.