Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

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.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: New York : Abbeville Press, 2024Edition: First editionDescription: 279 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780789214980 (hardcover)
  • 0789214989 (hardcover)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 670.973022/2
LOC classification:
  • TR 706 H816c 2024
Contents:
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
Summary: "Photographs of twenty abandoned and operational industrial sites"-- Provided by publisher.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) TR 706 H816c 2024 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000173308


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"-- Provided by publisher.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.