Looking into the coke batteries in the extant oven… chunks of coke are still hanging from the inner walls, despite the exterior’s wrecking ball pummeling.
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Looking at Carrie from the place where the molten steel would be cast
Counter-weighted ore cars alternately filled and emptied to feed Furnace 7. Honestly, though, the corner-mounted cranes are sexier in my opinion. Note the trees growing from the stacks.
Inside the west portal is a big liquid propane hand warmer, for workers to take the cold off their gloves as they handled the switches and doors of Cramer Tunnel. Mamiya GA645 / Kodak Pro 400
Blast Furnace 7 as seen from the ore yard. Imagine running up those stairs through blast furnace smoke.
Bells are highly symbolic, being used from everything from calling worshipers in the morning to exorcising demons at night.
A window for light and air pokes above the big arch in the hallway. Most of the interior ceilings were broad brick archways.
C’mon and grab your friends… we’ll go to very—rusty lands…
Rivets are sexy, and this old machine has more than a fair share.
Sarah below Cascade Park. This space was destroyed when the park flooded.