A one-of-a-kind installation in Armour’s otherwise gutted engine house.
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In the upper left of the image you can see where the gas tanks used to be, along with the concentration equipment. Along the bottom you can also see some of the many railroad tracks coming and going from the plant–the ones visible here were incoming tracks that carried in hard coal from the eastern US.
Note the large belt pulley in the center of the frame. Follow the axel it’s on and you’ll see several belts still attached to the drive, which was originally steam-driven.
From inside a painting shed, where heatlamps and a vented roof made sure that the Caddy looked like it was worth the price tag.
Looking across the catwalk attache to the elevated control room, in charge of the train dumping part of the operation.
A screened water wheel, presumably for rotating the dredge once it lowered its “foot” to pivot in place.
Standing atop the dust collector, the factory breaks down into diverging patterns, processes.
Part of the grain dust venting system, dislodged from its place above the dumping hatches under the grain cribs.
The flour mill’s interior is really just a system of steel and rubber tubes that crush flour over and over in the gap. This mill was never run off of water power directly, but it used to generate power using the river.
Sarah below Cascade Park. This space was destroyed when the park flooded.