Photographs of the former Hudson Cement Company, located in Kingston, NY. The facility operated from the 1950s to the 1980s. These white cement silos still stand on the abandoned land, which will likely be demolished for new development along this prime waterfront property.
More information: Hudson Valley Ruins website
Location: Bing Map
Photographs of the Sedgewick Machine Works along the Hudson River in Poughkeepsie, NY. The site served as a testing facility for elevators and dumbwaiters.
A February 7, 2014 article in the Poughkeepsie Journal discusses some of the history of the site:
“While the main plant that was used to build the equipment was lost to fire in the early 21st century, other deteriorating buildings and the nine-story tower remain on the site.”
“Sedgwick Machine Works was the first furnace and iron works operation to be established in America, founded in 1643.”
“The company became so well-known and respected that its equipment was installed in, among other sites, Vassar College in Poughkeepsie and the Hotel Astor, Empire State Building and Tavern on the Green restaurant in New York City.”
“President Franklin D. Roosevelt relied on a Sedgwick elevator to travel between floors at Springwood, his family estate in Hyde Park.”
Location: Bird’s Eye View
The hydroelectric plant and former bleachery complex are located south of the dam in the heart of the village of Wappingers Falls, NY.
Location of the industrial complex: Map
This abandoned industrial building is located on Spring Lake Road, Red Hook, NY.
Location: Map on Bing Maps
The Hutton brickyard operated near Kingston Point from 1865 until 1980. The yard includes three connected steel frame kiln sheds originally erected in 1928 at the Excelsior brickyard in Haverstraw, NY and moved to Hutton in 1940. After closing, the site was operated as a restaurant which has since closed. The Lidgerwood crane on the site is the last such brickyard relic of its type on the Hudson River. The site is in danger of being demolished for new redevelopment.
Map: Location on Bing Maps
Link: More information
The Nelstad (or Nelstadt) Ready-Mix Concrete Plant, located at 40 Huntington Place, New Rochelle, NY, has been abandoned since early 2011, after declaring bankruptcy. The main concrete manufacturing facility was auctioned off and removed from the property.
The Dennings Point Brick Works formerly operated on this property on Dennings Point, in Beacon, NY. The building photographed here is the last remaining manufacturing building from the brick works. The area is now being used by the Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries.
Map: Location on Bing Maps Bird’s Eye view
Link: Dennings Point Brick Works
This building, located at 2284 South Road (Route 9), Poughkeepsie, was, according to the EPA, formerly the M&N Manufacturing building, which produced concrete block and bricks. It now sits abandoned along a main road in the town.
Map: Location on Bing Maps Bird’s Eye view
Link: EPA information
The Boyce Thompson Institute was established by William Boyce Thompson with the goal of being able to improve world food supply through plant research. The Institute in Yonkers was constructed in 1924 but was moved from the Yonkers campus in the 1970s. The building was used for other operations until 1999. The property has been vacant ever since, although there is the possibility that it will be redeveloped.
Link: Wikipedia
Map: Location on Google Maps
