Going Underground

We visited the abandoned mines in Rosendale NY this past weekend. They used to be used for mining cement that most famously was used in making the Brooklyn Bridge and the Statue of Liberty. After they closed some have been turned into mushroom farms, used in films and for concerts. Below ground are endless cavernous rooms, deep cold water, roads, and even a city. Above ground are houses and a cement factory that have been forgotten and are being reclaimed by nature.

First mine we came to. They have a stage off to the right set up for concerts.

Flooded section that seems to go back quite far.

Not sure honestly. Weird abandoned bed in the middle of an abandoned
 cement factory in the middle of abandoned woods.

This is fairly deep into another mine.

Clear cold creepy water all over just waiting to suck you in.



A very deep pit (couldn't see the bottom with a light) as you could guess in the
abandoned woods uncovered you could fall in here and be lost for ever.