Some (abridged) history of Cedarcrest Hospital from the Asylum Projects wiki: Of course, like the other abandoned former mental asylums in the state, various stories eventually sprung up about the facility, especially about the place supposedly being haunted, although there’s very little evidence to support this premise other than “It’s a former mental asylum.” Those who venture near claim to have heard disembodied screams and doors slamming, along with reports of orbs and other spirit-like sightings.
At capacity in its heyday, the attractive facility tucked away in the woods just off of the Berlin Turnpike could provide treatment for 128 patients, which it did for many years before closing for good in 2010. This story last updated in 2022.One such facility was Cedarcrest Hospital in Newington, which currently sits mostly abandoned, although some of the smaller buildings on the campus are used by state agencies and the FBI. Images: Remington Arms by Eric Kilby Franklin Park Bear Dens By Ekmall – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Beech Hill Estate By User:Magicpiano – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, abandoned Kmart by JJBers Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0) abandoned interstate by Doug Kerr Attribution Share-Alike 2.0. Opposition to the plan halted construction, and the abandoned pavement serves as a pedestrian walkway for curious explorers. In 2012, federal highway planners came up with a new plan to extend I-189 to funnel traffic from Route 7 to downtown. By the 1980s Burlington’s commercial activity mainly involved tourism, so transportation officials abandoned plans to finish I-189, at least for a while. But then a toxic barge canal stopped highway construction just beyond the US Route 7 interchange, only 1.488 miles from its beginning.Ībout half a mile of unfinished highway remained, though, so Jersey barriers prevented traffic on the orphaned stretch of pavement.Īnd then industry disappeared. Once the Federal Highway Administration planned to build an interstate from Exit 13 on I-89 in Burlington, Vt., to the industrial waterfront where it would service freight carriers. I-189, one of Vermont’s abandoned places. The surrounding property is now conservation land with public hiking trails. Though it remains in private hands, the owners abandoned the house in the 1980s and it shows plenty of signs of neglect. A prominent landmark, the house has a spectacular view of the surrounding countryside.īuilt in 1902-03, the house changed hands before becoming the guest house for a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center in 1949. Platt designed several other mansions for the Dublin summer colony, but none so large as the Beech Hill Estate. Like other wealthy Victorians, they fled the hot cities along the Eastern Seaboard for the summer colony along Dublin Lake. Noted architect Charles Platt designed the large Georgian Revival manor house for his sister and brother-in-law, Mr. Such is the case with Beech Hill Estate in Dublin, N.H., as it also makes the list of abandoned places. Just because the National Park Service lists a building on the National Register of Historic Places doesn’t mean it’s been preserved. Abandoned Locomotives, The Allagash, Maineīeech Hill Estate. Since workers were killed there, it is said to be haunted. in Bridgeport, though plans call for its demolition. Today the abandoned Remington Arms plant still sits at 812 Barnum Ave. Remington Arms closed its Bridgeport plant in 1986. At one point it was called ‘the greatest small arms and ammunition plant in the world.’ At its height, Remington Arms employed more than 17,000 workers. Remington’s Bridgeport factory expanded in 1915. During the Great Depression, it began making ammunition, and it made the Springfield bolt-action rifle for the U.S. Remington made arms for France, Britain, Russia and the United States during World War I. in Bridgeport and the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. He sold it in 1888 to a company that also owned the Union Metallic Cartridge Co. Remington Arms serves as a prime example.Įliphalet Remington founded the company in 1816 in New York. A similar fate befell the high-tech industry that sprang up after World War II.įactories that made products for the military continued to thrive, however, and successive wars masked manufacturing’s decline.
New England’s once-enormous textile industry began to move south around the turn of the 20 th century in search of cheap land and labor.
The old plants stand as silent witnesses to the impact of trade deals, tax incentives and government policies rewarding finance over manufacturing. They’re a sad reminder of the region’s past as an industrial powerhouse. You can barely swing a cat in New England without hitting an abandoned factory.
Remington Arms, one of the many abandoned places that once made something.
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