Ware Mills

One of many old factories in New England that were powered by water. It is not unusual for them to have doors with signs like this one does.

Wonderful! it looks like old wharfs and warehouses that still stand in London and Northern England, a lot of them now have been converted to luxury flats, Phoebus

Beautiful (old) industrial scenery! It looks like the old factories in England!! Did they use the water for generate electricity??

Cheers,

Worldvision

Well, this is New England.

Yes, they did use water for power. Most of our old factory sites are located where there was good water power. We have a lot of earlier sites where the buildings were wooden and all that remains are a few stones at the side of the stream. New England was built on small hydro-power.

Now, some factories that are still active in those sites are starting to think about going back to water power-- but there are a lot of regulatory hurdles. There is a strong enviromental feeling that hydro power is bad for the health of the river -- and that those dams that remain should be removed, not re-actived. In addition, advocates for wind, solar, and bio-fuel power are afraid that they will be hurt if hydro-power gets the same incentives they do. So far there doesn't seem to be a lobby for water power in New England.

Also an excellent shot--with good commentary! Again I'd lobby for more tags; "factory," plus "industry" or "industrial." Is it still used for something?

Marilyn

Nice picture, greetings from germany!