Outbuildings

The elevator tower seems to have been built with expansion of the dock in mind.

All of the bucket conveyors crashed on this work floor when their casings were scrapped. Note all of the valves to open the grain flow.

Near the guard post protecting the launch pad at the Duluth BOMARC is an orange windsock.

Looking up to the second floor of the Nitrating House, where cotton would be soaked in nitric acid. These brought cotton into the building.

In most places, it may seem off for there to be a tunnel door on the top floor of a building, but Ford was that kind of place. This door from the steam plant led into a skyway and tunnel that connected to the main assembly floor.

One thing that struck me as a midwesterner in the South was the vines. They seem to be able to completely cover a building when left alone for a few decades.

Furnace #6; its catwalk and tapway. Note the lever-operated gutter-blockers.

The oldest part of this mill had a wooden roof that rotted away long ago. Slowly, rust is dulling the edge on every cog left behind.

Go on and jump in, if you want, there’s even a ladder to climb out.