Just got back from our tour of the mills... Holy shit this place is crazy! I wouldn't want to spend a night in a few of the places we went, no way in hell. Some places had secret passages or staircases that went weird directions- some were locked from odd sides, and there were trapdoors and ladders going all over the place. We even found vaults with a whole bunch of really, REALLY cool old prints of when the mills were going full steam. I'm now on a mission to get them and some archived information from the vault secured for the Library's historical information center on the place- I'd hate to see them be lost to a dumpster when the development company cleans this place out in a few months. No way will I let that happen.
Anyways, we got a bunch of good pics but I don't have time to upload a bunch- so here's a few quickies to show you this place a little.
Eerie rooftops...
Sketchy hallways...
Spooky open spaces...
With spooky catwalks over them...
And freakishly miniature stairwells to said catwalk, locked from the outside and hair-raising scratch marks on the inside doorjam
The underground tunnells weren't creepy tho. Nope. This one stretches about a third of a mile to the river.
Want to take a spooky dooky?
Lots of ladders and sketchy staircases.
That lead to cool shit
This is what runs an antique clock tower if you ever wondered.
So yeah, that was an awesome day. Totally stoked to have done it before this place changes forever. I wish I had time to make a horror flick here, maintainance guys had some spooky stories you could totally turn into a fucking BANGER thriller.