Emergencies

The elevator works on gravity… this is where a conveyor belt was to move the grain toward the main elevator to be loaded into ships.

A brewmaster’s desk leans beside a long-disused stainless steel kettle. The staircase above goes to another level of kettles, which are visibly older.

A side view of the oven pusher from the ground. The tallest coal bunker looks tiny in the distance, though on the scale of the factory it’s practically on top of me as I’m taking the picture.

My guess is that the Capitol Hotel closed and Adler bought up some of their equipment.

These ceramic bricks were likely from the fireproof tunnel that connected the elevators.

Sluice tables stretch into the darkness.

Blending the explosive ingredients was dangerous. It is no wonder that the blending house had so many emergency slides.

Dust explosions were a real risk for grain mills. These funnels helped to filter the air in the mill.

Looking up at the network of elevators at the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool. Its train shed doors stand open under the void where conveyors should be. You can see where they used to connect on the left and right. The outside of the building is covered in racist graffiti.