The former Strathmore Mill in Turners Falls, Massachusetts is currently under development by the Swift River Group to become a digital media production studio and institute. Below are links to a 17-panorama tour of the former paper mill.
Each panorama permits visitors to look in 360-degrees, both horizontally and vertically. By using the buttons at the bottom of the image, visitors may zoom in and out on the image, and by clicking on the "X" icon, the image will fill the computer screen for the best detail. Click on any of the links below to get started.
This historic bridge connects the mill complex with the rest of Turners Falls. Swift River is planning on widening the bridge and adding a second level.
Each working day, employees walked past this point and into the mill for work.
This balcony overlooks where building ten was before arson destroyed it. One day it will provide theater seating to view films on an outdoor screen.
This building will serve as the entrance hall to the complex. The plan currently is to open up several of the interior floors and use the space, in part, for a bicycle museum.
The top floor of building one will contain a lounge and meeting spaces.
Building two will offer space for workshops, studios and room rentals.
This building will house one of the soundstages. The floor of this space will be opened up to allow lighting, sound and other equipment to be easily rigged above to film the action on the floor below.
The attic space in this building is currently slated to be a lounge. It has roof access and views of the canal.
A rooftop cafe will one day enjoy the spectacular view from the roof of the mill. The wooded hillsides on other side of the river are preserved land–this location on the river once served as a meeting space for various local native-American tribes.
The wide-open floors of building three will be used as production space, and possibly some residental space for production crews renting out studio space.
11. Building Three Stair Turret
The stairs for the three largest mill buildings all housed in brick towers, adjacent to the mill spaces.
12. Building Three Stair Turret Top
Of the three towers with stairs, the one attached to Building Three is in the best condition. Make certain to look up, to see the ceiling woodwork.
Building Six will house another soundstage. Swift River has done considerable work removing the old paper rolls and trash from the buildings, but this space has yet to be cleaned and gives an idea of the enormity of what's already been done.
Wedged between four buildings is this open space. Tritram Metcalfe, the architect working for Swift River, wants to turn this into a four-season courtyard.
The basement space of Building Three hasn't seen light in over 40 years. This Gothic network of vaulted brick arches may one day be the home for the Swift River Institute's students.
This hallway in the catacombs may one day run outside the student dorm rooms. The windows looking out on the river have been sealed for decades, and have just been opened. Students would have easy access to the banks of the Connecticut.
Extravagant notions for what to do with the abandoned coal silo include a Guggenheim-like picture gallery, a housing for a Foucault Pendulum, the base of a very tall cafe, and a panorama tower. Again, make certain you look up.
