Also the reason Canton is known as Papertown, USA. One of the major employeers in the area.
Used to stink very, very badly. So much so that walking down mainstreet would hurt your nose and make you almost sick. They have actually done a lot of clean up, so the smell is barely noticeable, except in the older buildings, and on certain days within the papermaking process (called "putting out" hahah).
thank goodness that is only steam. My first thought was how horrible to live near all that pollution.
When I was in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, there was a paper mill in Escanaba that stunk the area up pretty bad.
This is an amazing shot; the steam criss-crossing, the jet trails higher up (at least that's what it looks like to me), the very crisp lines. I really like it (if you couldn't tell already).
I like that very much. Perfect tonality. The steam rising up in rounded billows is a nice shape variance to all of the linear geometry of the metal construction.
Really familiar with this view (and the smell) having grown up in Rumford, ME where at the time the Boise Cascade plant was the largest operation under one roof - in the world!
A great capture and nice choice of using lower third for factory with the detail in the sky putting it in it's environment. It does not 'feel' like an anti-pollution statement, but rather a character study of a town's main employment center.
Good picture. I grew up in a logging town and the logs were trucked 30 miles down the highway to the city with the paper mill. That city always stinks of sulphur, I hate the smell.
great using black and white for this subject .....
great contrasts ... and i love that busy sky ....... the factory just jumps out of the page ... monitor ... image ... wotever!! .. :)
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