Cayadutta Tanning Company: Inside Gloversville's Dead Tannery

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The Pink Flamingo on Harrison Street Whether it is a dead mill or tannery, a car will always be sitting in a discrete corner.  Gloversville, New York, earned its name for a reason. For decades, it was the undisputed glove capital of the world. But today, the massive tanneries, dressers, stitching factories, and dyers that built this city are quietly disappearing. One of the most fascinating casualties was the former Cayadutta Tanning Company Inc. Locals called it the Pink Flamingo. Before that, it was E.S. Parkhurst & Company, a place workers simply knew as the Hair Mill. Sitting at the southwest corner of Harrison Street and NY-30A, the property spanned two parcels. A private owner held one piece of the land, while the city owned the other. Visiting the abandoned site felt like stepping into a forgotten tannery that just needed a bit of TLC and elbow grease to restart operations sans a pocketed overhead roof. Just outside the main tanning building, a junked Mercedes sa...
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T Uniform



🔥 Update: May 3, 2026

The former Temco Uniforms facility—anonymized as "T Uniform" in this early exploration—was destroyed by fire on May 3, 2026. These photos are now part of the historical record of a site that no longer exists.

📖 Read the full historical write-up and environmental investigation here.


Not much I can say about this little gem nestled next to a bridge other than it is heavily polluted. A nice little fun exploration. The boiler and electrical rooms were neat little surprises. Sometimes you find various equipment from all over and even in some cases defunct factories or mills where you have already explored products right up in your face. I nearly went in through an open window but decided against it since I saw an opening while walking up the bridge surveying the property for any viable entrances.

A full historical writeup when I reveal its true name.

Enjoy!


















vacant open space business warehouse



large silver pacific steel boiler



dirty maintenance boiler room










📖 Full History: This location is the former Temco Uniforms Company facility. Read the complete historical write-up and environmental investigation here.

🧥 Did You Work at Temco Uniforms?

Were you employed at the Temco Uniform Company in Rockland County before its 2002 closure? Or at Modern Filters before 1985? Do you have photos from when the factory was operational, uniform samples, or memories of this Samsondale Avenue facility? With the building now lost to fire, your firsthand accounts are more important than ever.

Drop a comment below or contact me directly. Full credit given to all contributors.

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