The power pulley that ran air compressors straight off of the steam plant’s axel.
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Standing atop the dust collector, the factory breaks down into diverging patterns, processes.
One chute drops grain on a conveyor for storage in the north silo cluster, while another is ready to deposit the flow where the conveyor cannot reach. Instead of engineering the belt to trip in reverse, the silos under the workhouses have their own chutes.
A dead belt-o-vator.
The meticulously tiled dry house shower floor–cracked by frost.
I love the ghost sign across these two elevators, originally built as Superior Elevator. It’s looking pretty rough.
Gold, which has a relatively high mass, would drop through the slats of the sluice boxes as the water flowed over them. Around the dredge were a half dozen radiator pipes to keep the water flowing through the machines.
A corner of the addition is lined with glass cabinets, formerly filled with beds.
One of my favorite signs, informing workers about to descend into the open-top grain bins about basic procedures. This was in ADM-Annex 1 (connected to the cleaning house via skyway), so it will never be seen again, unless the sign lands luckily when the elevator is demolished.
A great lakes freighter slowly passes SK Wheat Pool 4 with ‘The Sleeping Giant’ in the background. Arista 100.