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whalehugger

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Gender: Female

Status: Married

Location:
FORT MILL, South Carolina
United States

School:
Seabreeze Jr. High School
Seabreeze Sr. High School

Work:
Carolinas Medical Center
Bon Secours-St. Francis Xavier Hospital

Hometown(s):
Clearwater, Fl
Tampa, Fl
Daytona Beach, Fl
DeLand, Fl
Charleston, SC
Lumberton, NC
Charlotte, NC
Fort Mill, SC

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Web page: http://glassmask.net/deb/

Interests:

Photography of old textile mills and architecture, Pulp fiction (The Shadow, the Spider, etc), Watching hockey, reading, counted cross stitch, amateur writing

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Mill Crawl Season

It’s been quite a bit of time since I posted, so figured I’d take a few minutes and jot something down today. The weather’s turned cooler and that means it’s time to get back to the mill crawls.

We left for Charlotte about midmorning and went first to the Alpha Mill, just off of 12th Street in the northwest section of the Queen City. This mill was built in the late 1880’s and has since been renovated into apartments and lofts. They did some exceptional work on the mill, and though I see every mill as being a beauty, this one stood out above the others. With every mill, I’ve learned new things about it or have a photo opportunity that I’d never had with the others, and this one was no exception. One of the property managers gave us a tour of the main building and then gave us his electronic fob to allow us to access anything we wanted to photograph. This time, we were able to get on the rooftop and take several shots from an arial view, something definitely new for me. Another new opportunity was actually being in the smokestack. I’m hoping the flash was able to penetrate enough of it so that the flue can be seen. I’ll know more when I pop the card into the computer.

By the time we were finished, it was after 1 PM and we were starved. We’d walked up and down stairs and my legs were feeling like jelly by the time we returned to the office to give the fob back and hoof it to the Cruiser. We decided to go to Fuel Pizza on South Street for supper and it was all I could do to walk from the car into the shop, but it was worth it. with a nice strombolli for me and pepperoni slices for Ted and two glassesof ice tea each, we were ready to tackle the second mill. Yes, we did two mill in one day! I’m going to have to get ready for a real marathon of mills when we go to Greenville and Spartanburg SC, because that is mill central!

After lunch, we traveled several blocks south to the Atherton Mill off of South Boulevard. This mill has been renovated into small retail shops and is a rather nice building. The floors were wood brick which was unusual and new for us. In the hallways, they had set up very nice displays with pictures and some info about the mill. The mill villages themselves were long gone at both locations, but they did have a picture display to remember them by. They also had the original weight and pully doors, which was a treat, and we even found a water main gauge outside. We did get several shots of the Atherton.

So we’re finally home now, worn out but feeling good. It was a good crawl to start the "season" and I’ve got a mess of pictures to go through now and prepare for the web site. I’ve also decided that if we go to various areas for shows or to visit, the camera is going with us. There are mills just about everywhere, and I want to get as many of them photographed as I can...

Added: November 1, 2008
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