A friend and I ventured back to Lewistown, Pa. last Saturday to photograph at an old abandoned factory. I have been here before and had taken some photos previously. (See photo of interior posted here on March 19.) The factory was called “American Viscose Plant” and started operations in 1921. The plant manufactured Rayon mostly for use in tires. It was flooded by the Juniata River in 1972 by the hurricane named “Agnes” and ceased operations after that. A little research on line revealed that the plant had 1,364,984 square feet of space in 1936 and employed 4,830 people. It’s hard to describe how immense the inside of the building is without actually being there.
This is a photo showing the present state of the outside of the factory. Last Saturday we had an extended chance to explore and photograph both inside and outside the plant. Surprisingly the plant is not posted. As I said before it is an extremely dangerous place with deep open holes outside as well as all over the inside large interior spaces of the building. I had a very difficult time to avoid holes while moving through the interior large rooms. I don’t recommend this place to anyone and will not return again to explore the inside. Navigating the holes in the floors and doing it safely in the dark was the main obstacle. Anyway, I will be posting a few more photos here in the next few days. It is a fascinating place however and I hope you find the shots interesting.

Here are two links to see postcards of the factory in operation:
www.cardcow.com/130632/american-viscose-plant-lewistown-p...

www.flickr.com/photos/50175841@N00/4229717625/