Legacy

Legacy

These are a series of pictures at an old mill here in the Boston area. The company that owned it, Bird and Son, was founded in 1795 as a producer of paper and linens, and this mill was built in 1817, taking advantage of early industrialization powered by a river that was diverted to flow beneath the mill.

Bird and Son quickly achieved a level of general success, and on archived company websites, they claim that they received a the contract to produce rag paper for the first American paper money in 1812. I have done a fair amount of research and have been completely unable to find any primary sources verifying that assertion.

In the 1880s, they expanded to producing other materials, finding a niche in the production of roofing tiles and construction materials. The post WW2 housing boom caused their fortunes to skyrocket for a time, but economic stagnation and the move to outsource production to countries with more lax labor laws meant this mill was closed by the mid 1980s, before being partially demolished and refurbished into office and storage space by the 1990s. Today it holds a sporting goods store, a bakery specializing in pies, a photography studio and a couple of unmarked storage docks.

Mt. Norwottuck

Seter på Valdres

Aaaaaand its done! Super proud of how this tapestry turned out! It was ~7500 rings and about 70 hours of work total 😅

380 Kilovolts

It's a thin line between what is and what could be.

Seter på Valdres

Aaaaaand its done! Super proud of how this tapestry turned out! It was ~7500 rings and about 70 hours of work total 😅