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| Eastern Portal, Hoosac Tunnel, Large Format Image, 2024 |
Author's Note: The Hoosac Tunnel, also known as the Bloody Pit, has always fascinated me. If you've ever been there, you know its eastern portal lies deep in a secluded valley alongside the Deerfield River. The valley feels isolated, with cell signals barely reaching past the tree-covered walls that surround it. It’s a beautiful spot, dotted with farmhouses, old bridges, and even an abandoned power plant. The Yankee Atomic Electric plant, which was permanently shuttered in 1997, sits quietly nearby. Over the years, I’ve taken numerous photos of the Hoosac Tunnel, and this is my most recent, captured with a large-format camera. The tunnel’s history is fascinating when you think of all the lives that it claimed and their impacts, but if you visit, please don’t enter. The tunnel stretches nearly five miles and is still active, with freight trains passing through a few times a day. There’s no room to escape if you’re caught inside. When I was much younger, before security around infrastructure tightened post-9/11, I ventured into the tunnel with a camera. The sounds inside are disorienting, masking the noise of oncoming trains. Your eyes start to play tricks on you, and the echoes create a strange, unsettling atmosphere. It’s not difficult to see why some of the lore surrounding the tunnel persists.
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These remnants are all that remain of the once-thriving houses at the base of Mount Ida in Troy, New York. Amidst the ruins, one discovers numerous footings, stairways embellished with handmade railings, foundations, and small compartments. Strewn about are bricks harking back to the early 1900s, clam shells, shattered apothecary bottles, and remnants of handmade fencing.
Perched atop Mount Ida, Prospect Park in Troy, New York, graces some of the city's most picturesque terrain. Rising 285 feet above sea level, Mount Ida offers sweeping vistas extending up to 20 miles.
Spanning 80 acres, Prospect Park nestles between Congress and Hill Street, crowning the summit of Mount Ida. The park's original design dates back to 1903 and is credited to Garnet Douglass Baltimore, a local landscape engineer and the first African-American graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
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