Urban Writ

The photos of Industrial Decay give a whole new meaning to “get yourself a dilapidated house in the industrial part of town…”

If you grew up or are familiar with Seattle you know about Gas Works Park.

“This 20 acre point on Lake Union was cleared in 1906 to construct a plant to manufacture gas from coal – later converted to crude oil. Import of natural gas in the 1950’s made the plant obsolete. The city acquired the site for a park in 1962. The park was opened to the public in 1975. The boiler house has been converted to a picnic shelter with tables, fire grills and an open area. The former exhauster-compressor building, now a children’s play barn, features a maze of brightly painted machinery.”

(The photo used is not part of the Industrial Decay website.)

Photo: Mudpig

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