If there were no other options, operators could climb this ladder from the Communications Room to the surface, after opening two heavy steel hatches, of course.
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The old offices for the Oberon Elevator are defunct, but seem to be holding up to the brutal prairie snows and winds. Medium Format.
A small machine shop level.
Looking up the Dominion Elevator’s tower. I especially like this picture because it shows how so much of the electrical conduits wound round through the mostly hollow space.
Mitchell Avenue, the main drag of a ghost town. Traces of asphalt and curbs are barely visible through patches of grass. In the old plan of the town, Mitchell Hotel would be to my direct left in this scene, and about 10 houses would flank this street to the left and right.
Looking from one workhouse at another, with the other residents of Mill Hell falling into place as the distance grows. Across the rail yard you can see Froedert Malt elevator and Calumet.
A set of air intakes and exhaust pipes over the buried communications and control equipment rooms.
The substation has definite structural issues. Pictured is the sidewalk that connected the plant to the company housing.
Dust explosions were a real risk for grain mills. These funnels helped to filter the air in the mill.
Sunset through a stained window in the headhouse made the floor feel like a heavy industrial Disney movie.