The End Of Union Wadding

I'm quite sad to bring the following news and photos to everyone, but I feel as though I must. The Union Wadding Company mill, built in the mid 1800's, was a producer of Christmas decorations until the company moved. The building has been vacant for the last seven years, with a portion of the complex renovated into loft apartments. Last night, Union Wadding went up in flames. The five alarm fire wreaked havoc throughout the 150 year old building. Amazingly, with the help of more than seven counties of firefighters, the renovated section of the mill was spared by the fire. The residents were all evacuated, and there were no reports of any injuries. The blaze went on for more than 8 hours, and is still smoldering as I write this.

Abandoned Dreams was lucky enough to have been driving by as the building was burning, so we stopped and photographed the end of an era.

Abandoned Dreams was also lucky enough to have explored this vacant mill a number of times over the past year or so. I've rarely used it's real name to avoid incidents like this, using the fictional name "The Tinsel Mill". Here's a list of links to sets of Union on the Abandoned Dreams site, followed by my photographs of the fire, and a short video.

http://abandoneddreams2010.blogspot.com/2010/10/union-wadding-night.html

http://abandoneddreams2010.blogspot.com/2010/04/woke-up-to-georgiamills.html

http://abandoneddreams2010.blogspot.com/2010/04/rooftopping-with-newbs.html

http://abandoneddreams2010.blogspot.com/2010/04/reoccurring-trend.html

http://abandoneddreams2010.blogspot.com/2010/04/deeper-into-tinsel-mill.html

http://abandoneddreams2010.blogspot.com/2010/04/return-to-tinsel-mill.html

http://abandoneddreams2010.blogspot.com/2010/03/tinsel-mill.html