David LaPell
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Just to show you that ghost towns are not always out west. This is what is left of the town of Tahawus, NY. It was also known as Adirondac (there is another Adirondack not to be confused) and is just outside of Newcomb in Essex County. The original mining operation was set up in the 1840's and then started up again by National Lead in 1940. My mother was born and raised there, and my grandfather worked for National Lead which had its operation there. There were two parts of the town, the upper works, and the lower works. From 1940 until 1989, 40 million tons of titanium came from the mine. The lower works had a YMCA, two stores, a gas station, houses, and a ten family apartment building as well as a few other structures including the mining operation itself. The upper works had a few other buildings, including the old hotel where Theodore Roosevelt was informed in 1901 that he was now President of the United States. In 1963 a huge lead deposit was found under the lower works, and so the entire town, every man, woman and child were forced out. Most, inluding my grandparents and my mother relocated to Long Lake and Newcomb. In 2005 the mine building itself was torn down. Now only a few buildings from the upper works remain. The state of NY is now restoring the building where Teddy was told of McKinley's death.
This was the YMCA in 1986
This was the main mining operation in 1986
This was the mining buildings in 2005 in the process of being demolished
The McIntrye Blast Furnace from 1847 (taken in 2004)
The old house where Teddy Roosevelt was told of McKinley's death in 1901(taken in 2004)
Upper works building in 2004
Upper works building in 2004
This is all that is left of the town itself, the lower works. This isn't a lake. This is where the town, the ten family apartments, the YMCA, everything used to be. It is now a quarry over 850 feet deep. This was taken in 2005.
This was the YMCA in 1986
This was the main mining operation in 1986
This was the mining buildings in 2005 in the process of being demolished
The McIntrye Blast Furnace from 1847 (taken in 2004)
The old house where Teddy Roosevelt was told of McKinley's death in 1901(taken in 2004)
Upper works building in 2004
Upper works building in 2004
This is all that is left of the town itself, the lower works. This isn't a lake. This is where the town, the ten family apartments, the YMCA, everything used to be. It is now a quarry over 850 feet deep. This was taken in 2005.
