Tahawus ghost town

Tahawus is a Ghost Town located in Newcomb township, Essex county in the Adirondack Mountains of northern New York. Founded in the early 19th century, Tahawus (originally known as McIntyre later changed to Adirondac and finally Tahawus) was established as a mining community when iron ore was discovered in the region. The village thrived during the mid-1800s, with industry and settlement driven by the mining operations. However, the contamination of the ore with titanium, whose eventual importance was unrealized at the time, and which was detrimental to equipment of the day, as well as the lack of a suitable transportation infrastructure made extraction unprofitable, leading to the town’s decline and eventual abandonment. The town of Tahawus was revived during the second World War with the mining of ilmenite for titanium dioxide, which was by then recognised as a strategic material, but operations ultimately ceased in the 1980s and the town was again abandoned to the elements. Today, Tahawus stands as a ghost town, with efforts being made to remove some dangerous collapsing structures and stabilization of the remainder, making the site more suitable for visitors interested in the history of industrialization in the Adirondacks. Note: The blast furnace is located at approximately N44.079, W74.056 See also: Tahawus: The History of an Adirondack Ghost Town Tahawus, an Adirondack mining town | Adirondack Hub For more detailed information.