Abandoned Places, Ripley, California

Ripley Ginning Corp
This building appears to be abandoned for over a decade. This was a cotton gin (short for cotton engine) a machine that quickly and easily separates the cotton fibers from the seeds, a job formerly performed by hand. The fibers are processed into cotton goods, and the seeds may be used to grow more cotton, to produce cottonseed oil, or, if they are badly damaged, are disposed of. The gin uses a combination of a wire screen and small wire hooks to pull the cotton through, while brushes continuously remove the loose cotton lint to prevent jams.

Date: 02.12.2011
Temp: 78°
Elevation: 397 ft
DD (decimal degrees)*
Latitude: 33.52776
Longitude: -114.65483