Taken several years before the tornado story when the weather, and the condition of the buildings, were nice.
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On the outside of the steel silos and headhouse is a riveted bulge that does not look like the silos. Inside is this elevator, a rudimentary (read: dangerous) and old (read: dangerous) freight elevator.
ADM overshadows the Meal Elevator. The cleared area behind is now home to Surley Brewery.
Daisy Mill could accept shipments from water, rail, and truck at one time. Now everything comes and goes by rail.
2013. A perfect summer day meets a beautiful old roundhouse on the edge of town.
Standing on a caustic tank with my head out a roof hatch, I look at the sign of the last brand to be produced here.
Showering red-hot coke fresh from the furnaces near the Coal Tower (in the back) was the Quenching Tower’s duty (front).
The Sunnyside Mill, excepting the stained rebar, seems like part of the mountain.
Why the door had to be moved over 2 1/2 feet will remain a mystery.
An abandoned news stand between the concourse and ticket booths. This is one of my favorite pictures from the 2000s.