The power pulley that ran air compressors straight off of the steam plant’s axel.
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The gulls wait to eat the next load of spilled grain. Arista 100.
One of a few rolling workbenches to keep the thousands of pulleys, cogs, and belts working properly.
Looking through the washer that is the first stop for the dredgings.
Kodak Tri-X 400/Leica M7. The office (first floor), laboratory (second floor) and mill behind it. Everything was clean and pristine.
The working end of the blast furnace, where molten metal would flow like lava out of the furnace… a process called ‘tapping’.
The giant cog is missing on this machine, which turned a sugar slurry intro crystals. Green-blue stained glass makes the rusty machine glow in aquamarine.
I wish I had the equipment then that I have now… I look back at these 10-year-old pictures and can’t ignore all the grain.
From the catwalks below the hoisting motor in Shaft No. 1.
Copper thieves haven’t left anything behind but the shell.