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BACKGROUND
Joseph Elliott is Professor of Art at Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania, and an Adjunct Instructor in the School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania. Elliott specializes in photography of historic industrial and architectural sites. Over the past twenty-five years he has received numerous commissions from the National Park Service, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, University of Pennsylvania, and many private clients. His work is in the collections of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia, the Library of Congress, and several museums and universities. His photographs have been published in Common Ground, Smithsonian, Wired, and Metropolis, as well as several books. Visit Joe Elliott's Website.
The images above were taken at American Bangor quarry. This closed quarry is one of the last quarries in the region which still has both its buildings as well as the head frames from the incline cableway.
Click on the image above to open a portfolio of Joe Elliott's photography of the American Bangor quarry.
The images in the viewer above were taken at the Penn Big Bed Slate Company in 2016 located in Slatedale. This slate quarry is still fully functional and is one of the last remaining fully active quarries making commercial products in the district. It sits between the remains of 6 quarries listed in the Charles Behre Book Slate in Pennsylvania (Schuylkill, Manhattan, Locke, Stenton No. 2 and Royal Blue). The current active hole is located just north of the mill building and sits between what was the Manhattan and the Schuylkill. For more information about the Big Bed Company CLICK HERE.
To view the images above in full screen mode click on the small "full screen" icon which will appear in the top right corner of the view once the mouse is moved over the image. Or CLICK HERE. To advance images either use the down arrow on your keyboard or left click your mouse on the view.
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