Broken concrete, rebar skeleton, old industry decay. Anacortes, Fidalgo Island, Washington, USA.

Former industrial skeletons of broken concrete and rebar decay over a coastal tidal flat in Anacortes, on Fidalgo Island in Skagit County, Washington, USA. From 1892-1930s, the site hosted sawmills and a box factory, followed by the Anacortes Veneer mill in 1939, becoming Custom Plywood from 1962-1990s, until destroyed by fire. A few years after this 2005 photo was taken, a clean-up from 2011-2013 ecologically restored the site back to coastal marsh. Changing economic cycles have brought the area back to nature.

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Filename: 05WHI-20106.jpg
Copyright: Tom Dempsey
Image Size: 5000x3750 / 4.2MB; transportation art
Contained in galleries: Human impacts on world ecosystems, Washington Islands: Whidbey, Fidalgo

Former industrial skeletons of broken concrete and rebar decay over a coastal tidal flat in Anacortes, on Fidalgo Island in Skagit County, Washington, USA. From 1892-1930s, the site hosted sawmills and a box factory, followed by the Anacortes Veneer mill in 1939, becoming Custom Plywood from 1962-1990s, until destroyed by fire. A few years after this 2005 photo was taken, a clean-up from 2011-2013 ecologically restored the site back to coastal marsh. Changing economic cycles have brought the area back to nature.