Power-up to cool down… would have been nice on the hot day I climbed on top of this machine.
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The scale of the grain hoppers helps tell the story of how large Hamm’s was in its day.
A typical wall in the base.
The clock, which was sold after Amtrak dumped the building, was returned to the Waiting Room in 2005.
Watching the comings and goings of doctors, nurses and new patients was a mainstay of asylum routine; one can find it easy to imagine pale faces pressed against the block glass windows, staring out at the world moving past them.
In front of a rust-welded Illinois rotary stoker is where the boiler-men made their mark. The last year I can make out is 1985.
One of thousands in the complex. Part of a series of photographs where I capture the number “13” in industrial settings.
The mine was built with stone, wood, and steel. It’s in good condition.
In this old repair shop, vines fall from the rotting roof to meet mossy concrete. Even though it had been dry for days, water dripped in from the roof to make permanent puddles between workstations. It was full of color and sound and industry and nature.
This volume gauge could be read from 30 feet away, which is useful when the control panels and valves are that far away.