You see gun stuff in the oddest places...

[Hobie]

I was sitting with my wife chatting last night, the dog was sacked out on her bed and I didn't want to get up. Bored, I started with the remote control. Ran onto a show called "Ghost Adventures" and they were at the old Remington factory in Bridgeport, CT. They closed the facility in 1986 but it looks as if it has been closed for a 100 years. They went up in the shot tower and you got to see some of the mechanisms, hoists, and such they used to make shot. You also got to see a bit of the basement where the range was.

Now I see that the buildings are scheduled for demolition and that there was a fire at the facility.

My wife was laughing at me, we came into the show after it had started and the people only mentioned that it was an ammo manufacturer and in CT and I knew who, what and where...

[Pete44ru]

[Now I see that the buildings are scheduled for demolition and that there was a fire at the facility.]

Ratz - Somewhere a President slept is a National Monument, but not that shot tower !

What a shame..............................

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[Jeff H]

That is one fascinating piece of architecture regardless of the history.
There are many old buildings being demolished every day. A friend and I used to try to capture what we could of obscure old structures in photos. I was a week late arriving at the Roseville Prison (Roseville, Ohio - famous for pottery at one time) as someone had boiught it, fenced it off and posted guards. I believe it is now gone.

It definitely is a shame to see monuments such as these disappearing at such a high rate. Sometimes the only saving grace is that they are located on the property of someone who cannot afford to demolish it. Several old mill ruins in Ohio survive only because they are not located where someone would be eager to develop. Otherwise, the rest of those would be gone too.

[timkelley]

It seems a shame to me that we in the USA cannot preserve our old buildings. When in the Army in Europe my family toured buildings five hundred and more years old which are still in use. Surely someone could find a use for these old buildings. Newer and bigger is not always better.

[Charles]

If you don't tear down old buildings, folks can't make money tearing them down and building new ones. This provides jobs for many people and profit for the top dogs. This is the American way! Pity!

[Hobie]

It also keeps the farm land open.

[MrMurphy]

Agreed, living in Italy, houses that were 300 yrs old were 'fairly new" in some towns. Some had been occupied for 500 years almost continously.

[tattoo13]

One of the big pushes for new buildings is the Government's push for building and fire codes.
We tried to open a shop in a cool old fire station and we had so much we had to update and bring up to code before being able to open a new business it was cheaper to tear down the old building and build a new generic steel building.

[Cimarron]

It seems a shame to me that we in the USA cannot preserve our old buildings. When in the Army in Europe my family toured buildings five hundred and more years old which are still in use. Surely someone could find a use for these old buildings. Newer and bigger is not always better.

If you don't tear down old buildings, folks can't make money tearing them down and building new ones. This provides jobs for many people and profit for the top dogs. This is the American way! Pity!

Too bad the new ones that they build don't last nearly as long as the old ones they tear down!