Abandoned Farm Equipment in the Root Glen, Edited Version, Clinton, New York, USA, 2015

The Rust Belt, Part 2

I only created this album due to iPernity's hiding the original (I'm a free member, and all the photos in the original were old). In any case, this includes photographs from the former "industrial belt" of the United States, now called the "rust belt," due to its disastrous current state. On the upside, as elsewhere, this means there is a small art and music scene. Detroit, while the most notor…  (read more)

14 Jun 2015

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Abandoned Farm Equipment in the Root Glen, Edited Version, Clinton, New York, USA, 2015

The Root Glen, on the grounds of Hamilton College in Clinton, NY, is named not for having a lot of roots (although it does due to the trees), but for Oren Root, a professor of Mathematics at Hamilton College who was the father of Elihu Root, who is usually the person more associated with the Glen. Elihu Root, was a Senator for New York (1909-1915), United States Secretary of War (1899-1904), and United States Secretary of State (1905-1909). Eventually he also studied at Hamilton College, as did his son, also named Elihu Root. According to this website: www.hamilton.edu/arboretum/root-glen/root-glen-history ...the Glen is officially named after the Root family, who maintained it until 1971, when it was fully transferred to Hamilton College

14 Jun 2015

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Abandoned Farm Equipment in the Root Glen, Edited Version, Clinton, New York, USA, 2015

This is way back in the woods in the Root Glen. It isn't clear what it is, but the seat seems to indicate a piece of farming equipment of some kind. I'm fairly sure it isn't a tractor, but beyond that, any further information would be interesting.

15 Jun 2015

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1925 Ford Model T station wagon at Mohawk Valley Community College, Edited Crop, Utica, New York, USA, 2015

During my 2015 visit to Central New York, I saw this Ford Model T woodie wagon numerous times, but I have very little idea of its history. This website seems to be about it: www.modeltcentral.com/1920s-ford-model-t-depot-hack.html However, I can't be sure, as the Model T on that website lacks a lot of this one's distinct custom features, like the cowbells hanging from the suspension. The spare tire also doesn't match the photo on the website. It occurs to me that they may have been part of the same fleet of taxis serving the Poughkeepsie railroad station. This was, in fact, the original purpose of all station wagons, hence the name. They became popular family transportation much later. The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan maintains a small fleet of these woodies so that visitors can ride in Ford's most famous and revolutionary product (the Mustang, after all, did not originate personal motoring).