I have no idea what this building is. Some kind of storage I imagine. I just liked the way it looked. Looks as if it’s lucky to still be standing.
Taken with a Fuji X-E3 and Sigma 18-50mm f2.8
Opus 40 – An Old Building
Opus 40 – Quarrymen’s tools and artifacts
I love old metal objects, the more rusty the better although these weren’t all that rusty.
Taken with a Fuji X-E3 and Sigma 18-50mm f2.8
Opus 40 – The Quarryman’s museum
[In 1972] “Fite builds a garage to house his trucks, including his trusty Jeep and an old fire engine that he bought from Bard College in the early 1950s. The fire engine’s primary use has been to serve as a pumping mechanism to clean out pools in and around the quarry, but it is also quite a popular fixture of the Labor Day parades and other events in High Woods (even helping put out a few fires).
While constructing the garage, he decides to add a second story that will serve as a museum to house his collection of quarrymen’s tools and artifacts, as a way to honor the men who toiled in the quarries before him. This becomes the Quarryman’s Museum. It’s now also a gift shop.” (Opus 40 Website)
Taken with a Fuji X-E3 and Sigma 18-50mm f2.8
Opus 40 – Smaller Sculptures
Although the site it one large sculpture, there are none the less, a number of smaller sculptures scattered around the quarry. Here are a couple of them. I believe that there are quite a few more in the surrounding woods.
Taken with a Fuji X-E3 and Sigma 18-50mm f2.8
Opus 40 – A different perspective
We had entered the site from the North West. However, as we were leaving and walking back to the car we had a completely different view. We were now looking West and could see the Catskill Mountains looming up behind the monolith. It was really spectacular!
Taken with a Fuji X-E3 and Sigma 18-50mm f2.8