Tag Archives: disused
Abandoned
Abandoned cabin cruiser sits in front of a derelict shrimp boat. Both have been abandoned for several years.
Along the Bon Secour River, which flows into Mobile Bay in southern Alabama, there is a large fleet of deserted shrimp boats. Some are huge, some rather small, but they all have been abandoned. Hurricanes or tropical storms have severly damaged most of them. Speculation is that they are too damaged to repair (repairs will cost more than the boat is worth). Other possible reasons are that the shrimp fishery is too depleted and competition too intense, the boats have paid for themselves and owners are no longer interested in the grueling work of shrimping, but then who knows.
Regardless, The Alabama Abandoned and Derelict Vessel Fund, established June 2018 and managed by the Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, is for payment of the seizure, removal, transportation, preservation, storage, advertisement, appraisal, and disposal of a derelict vessel. Effective June 1, 2018 Act 2018-179 relating to derelict and abandoned vessels, authorizes the removal of a vessel from the waters of Alabama under certain conditions by a law enforcement officer or a private property owner. Previously, a property owner was responsible for legal fees, and litigation required to remove a derelict vessel from his dock. The costs were prohibitive.
Cracked and peeling paint, mold, and slime shows the typical condition of the abandoned fleet.
A smaller derelict craft lists to one side, tied to a crumbling dock.
Fire Extinguishers
Downtown Taiban, NM
Abandoned home in Taiban, NM. Most of the town has crumbled and disappeared, although there is still a functioning U.S. Post Office on the main highway, U.S. 60/84.
Abandoned Church, Taiban, NM
Abandoned church in Taiban, NM. The building once served Presbyterian, Methodist and Baptist congregations at the same time.
No One Plays Here Anymore
She was a little girl then, she had dolls and tea parties. But that was then, before the door and shutters were broken, when the window boxes were tended and pretty little flowers grew. She’ll be leaving home soon, to go to college, begin a career, start her own family. Then she’ll buy a cute little playhouse for her own daughter to play in…during the summer…for a couple years.
Ghost
A ghost of time
Long past
Broken down
A volunteer
Holds a key
An anachronism himself
He offers a tour
An unmarked building
Broken down
A hidden Museum
Ancient ghosts
And fine Texas dust
La Lomita Mission
Elegant Hacienda
Once upon a time it must have been a beautiful home.
Victim of Progress
An abandoned gas station on FM1017 between LaReforma and Linn, Texas
Where They Went
A restroom in an abandoned, overgrown and heavily weathered gas station on FM1017 near La Reforma, Texas.
