Originally Posted by
Roody
100 years ago, most industry around here was situated along the river. Now, that's all parkland a trail for bikes and walkers. Every once in a while I stumble across huge chunks of concrete and other traces of this old industrial landscape. Ironically, in my town most of this old industry had to do with manufacturing automobiles and their predecessors. I enjoy looking at historical photos and maps to tray and figure out what used to be where, and what traces it left.
That sounds interesting. It's strange to me that there are still so many cars and industrial machines while industrial production areas like where you are talking about have seemingly returned to a more natural state. I know the production has just shifted to other areas, but it still seems like a non-sequitur in some way.