From bottom to top: The demolished Dock 3, the abandoned Dock 4, and the active BNSF Taconite Dock.
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This is an elevator to move mine car loads of sand to the surface for cleaning and eventually glass production. Below is a flooded equipment vault. In front and behind is a loop through the larger tunnels in the mine. The horizontal braces supported electric cables for the mine carts.
Designed by Taylor himself, the spring house was the site of many parties in its day. You can imagine sipping fresh-tapped whiskey here with your Sunday clothes with soft music and the sounds of the river mixing in the background. Note the key-hole-shaped spring hole.
A broken-down wooden grain chute.
Perhaps one side is firmer than the other?
The elevator tower seems to have been built with expansion of the dock in mind.
A great lakes freighter slowly passes SK Wheat Pool 4 with ‘The Sleeping Giant’ in the background. Arista 100.
The coal extractor swings back and forth, ripping coal from the ground and throwing it on a conveyor belt to be burned a few miles away.
Capitol 6 has three annexes. It must have a massive capacity. Note the poor condition of the breakwater.