– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Erosion as Art I have been reading Rick Sammon’s book “Creative Visualization for Photographers”. This book is not a technique guide in the standard form. It is designed to help the photographer produce better images through ideas that may lead to better vision. Basically, the aim is to give you a better eye for...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Waterford Mill In the last post we looked at how Aldie became the fourth-largest community in Loudoun County due to the mill there. One of the three larger communities was Waterford, which as can be seen from the images here, also had a large milling operation. The Waterford Mill, or Old Mill as it is also known,...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Aldie Mill Aldie Mill at Aldie in Loudoun County is one of the best preserved mills in Virginia. Managed by the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority, the mill is one of only two working water-powered mills remaining in the Virginia Piedmont. The mill is the center-piece of the Aldie Mill Historic District....
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Mary McLeod Bethune House February 1 sees the start of African American History Month, also known as Black History Month, in the United States. Schools arrange special activities to help bring awareness of and pay tribute to the generations of African Americans who struggled with adversity to achieve full...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Tredegar Iron Works – the post-war years In the last post we saw how Joseph R. Anderson, the owner of the Tredegar Iron Works, had saved his facilities from the fires which the retreating Confederate troops had set in the warehouse district when the Union forces captured Richmond on April 3, 1865. This...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Tredegar Iron Works – the Civil War years In the previous post we looked at the early history of the Tredegar Iron Works. Today we will examine the Civil War years, the period in its story for which it is best known. By 1861, at the beginning of the Civil War, the Iron Works was the largest ironworks in the...
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