These steam powered pumps were integral to the cooling of the meat packing plant next door.
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This building had its own kitchen, suggesting that it may have been one of the hospitals units within Norwich, such as the tuberculosis hospital.
A self portrait.
A wide view of the steam pump room, complete with pistons (taken apart for their brass), flywheels (covered in graffiti and rust) and pressure gauges (smashed apart for fun). I guess what I’m trying to say is, I was not disappointed.
Water vapor was collected and condensed to be reused in other processes. Kodak Tri-X 400/Leica M7
Island Station, in the middle of the power house, in the middle of a thunder storm. Flapping pipe covers and sheets of ran penetrating one massive arched window and blasting through the other, as winds power through the building from the Mississippi. The sound of the thunder made every length of steel squeak under the pressure.
The tallest dock structure is an equipment elevator that connects the many dock levels.
Looking into the Pool 8 Annex from the original Ogilvie’s elevator.
Holes were cut into the floor to extract equipment from the basements. it was interesting to see the I-beams extending through all the levels of Studebaker.
From a distance (here, Union Yards), you can still see ARMOUR spelled out on the smokestack in white brick.