This picture shows the challenges of moving around underground in the base.
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One level below where the cotton was nitrated, the fumes must have been powerful. This floor had several massive ventilation fans in its walls.
From the loftily perspective of the crane cab, I thought about how nice it would have been to have been here when there was equipment to share the space. This begs the question, who took out the equipment?
Note the really old carvings in the mineral-stained sandstone on the walls and ceiling. This little cave was walled-off on one end, making me wonder what the area was for. Lighting is a set of three candles and two LED flashlights and a cigarette.
Harris Machinery rests under snow on the left. Two explorers enjoy the view.
The working end of the blast furnace, where molten metal would flow like lava out of the furnace… a process called ‘tapping’.
This tunnel goes to the adit over the Eagle River Mills. I bet those carts go fast down here!
300 tea lights illuminate what Greg Brick calls the Rotunda, under the brew house proper, which was part of Christopher Stahlmann’s natural cave.
A colorful boiler is a happy boiler! RotoGrate systems remove ashes from the boiler firebox by revolving the bottom of the system to let the fly ash drop into a hopper. This greatly increases boiler efficiency.
Brewery Creek Waterfall, somewhere above Duluth. Lit with candles and a small LED panel. To me, it looked like a pipe pouring molten metal.