Knowing that a tornado just passed nearby is less distressing when you’re surrounded by nuclear-attack-hardened buildings.
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Like a grave marker, a single post remembers where Dock 3 stood on the bay.
Tornadic fronts duel over the retired missile launcher.
The rear of the complex shows the more than 100 year old workhouse–still working! I do not know if the tanks are original to the 1901 elevator, but I suspect so.
A dead work truck rusts near an outbuilding. Everything is marked with a code. Modernity.
The metallic arms of the missile erector, which would stand rockets over the blast pit in the launch position. Medium Format film–cheap but excellent Fomapan 100 in a Pentax 67.
Winter skies over Allouez Bay. From a distance, it looks almost fragile.
Looking from the brewhouse at the death of its sister building, across Minnehaha.
The lower door is where the rocket exhaust would flow into the blast pit during initial launch. The upper doors would vent the rocket so the erector and other equipment in the building would not be (as) damaged.
Looking out upon Mill City through the lens of FLOUR, highlighted in pink and low clouds. This sign has recently been converted into LED lighting.