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The Ruins of the Huber Breaker, Ashley Pa.

The Ruins of the Huber Breaker, Ashley Pa.

I first encountered the Huber Breaker back in the early spring of 1998.  I was flying down Interstate 81, starting on a different odyssey that would lead me across the country for three months.  Somewhere outside of Wilkes-Barre I saw the ruins of the Huber Breaker looming off in the distance and made a mental note – ruined building, cool looking, must get back to it.  It took nearly ten years for that to happen.  I was out on the road that summer for different reasons, my focus on different things.  Anyway, I keep going back and will keep going back.

*A note on the camera – this photo was taken with a Holga medium format 120 camera.  Photo shot on Tri-X 320, black and white film.