Looking at The Windy City from the top of the coal tower. The pond you see is the former ACME Coke coal yard.
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The hiking around Central City is beautiful and full of history. Just get a proper topo map!
This heavy door opens directly into the missile vault and was used to load and unload the missile erector.
With its fresh paint, Lake Superior Elevator “I” almost looks contemporary, but it far outdates its neighbors, It replaced a wooden elevator by the same name in 1919.
A strange sight: Part of the drain here seems to have had a skylight of glass, which has since been filled over. However, the collapsing ceiling began to create natural skylights of its own.
I believe this is the push car, meaning it would push the charge in the oven out the opposite side into the train car.
When block glass shatters, it looks like ice.
Steam pipes squirm around the stacks.
I’ve been in a lot of different mines. Some on tours, some not. If you pass through Howardsville, Colorado without going on the Old Hundred Mine Tour, you’re missing out. This is what Santiago Tunnel looked like in the 1940s when it was near the end of its life.
Sunrise in SEMI. The shadow of Kurth Malt is cast across ADM-Delmar #1. Clouds behind ADM-Delmar #4 light up. It’s cold and the air smells like train grease.