Frick Park Images

Trundle Manor

Here are my 6 prints...

Carrie Furnace Critique

Here are the 8 images that I will be printing...

Interesting Photographs

These are 3 photographs from my neighborhood's backyard.

Carrie Furnace Shoot

Carrie Furnace Photographs

My Location

Time of Day

This is the church across the street from my house.

10 am

1:00 pm

4:20 pm

7:20 pm

7:45 pm

Historic

Assignment 1 - Research on Carrie Furnace


* Dates of opening and closing -  1907 - 1978


* How it originated -  The Fownes Brothers owned Carrie Furnace in the 1880's and then it was acquired by Andrew Carnegie in 1898.


* What was produced -  Iron was produced for Homestead Works


* What was it like to work there -  It was full of life.  Hundreds of people worked there around the clock making iron that was forged into steel across the river.


* What is left at this point from the original structure -  Furnaces 6 and 7 along the Hot Metal Bridge.


* Any recent news about CF (within the last year) - Hard Hat Tours begun in 2011 for people interested in the history of Carrie Furnace.


* One word you would use to describe Carrie Furnace (title of my post) -  Historic


* What do you think will be the most interesting aspect of the visit -  To see what is left of Carrie Furnace on site and to capture some good photographs.


* An image of CF, old or new, that you really like - 

First Post

Photo by Jerry Uelsmann