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Like many mill-style buildings of the time, the Twohy’s loading doors (in this case, the delivery wagon doors) opened to an elevator shaft. This design cut down on loading time, as long as the elevator was operational. Of course, if it was otherwise occupied, there could be no traffic through the exterior doors!

This is a room where the actual explosive elements were mixed. In the event of an accident, this glass wall would give way before the concrete and thus direct the flames and shockwave away from the rest of the building. In other words, the glass is not just to get a lot of wonderful natural light into the building.

Looking up from the industrial courtyard.

Ringling, MT is spread thin across the grassy land.

This elevator came crashing down, perhaps from the topmost floor. I wonder what it sounded like.

The shed in the front was full of worker supplies–namely goggles and heavy leather gloves. Molten copper isn’t a friendly thing to handle.

The chapel (left) and surgical suite (straight on) move in an out of view as fog rolls up from the St. Louis River valley.

So much relies on one thing stacked on top of another thing.