
Blackton was a partner in Vitagraph which means that he probably filmed the animation on their lot in Brooklyn.
The site is currently a Schule for girls, but at least the smokestack remains. Its nudged up against the above ground Q train, and beyond that the somewhat poetically appropriate Edward R. Murrow High School further prevents a clear view.

But its there. Perhaps easier to see in the winter after the trees go bare.
Perhaps its more appropriate to visit in the dead of January as further reminder of the ghosts in our own backyard.



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