Before it was demolished, there was one good staircase the led to the middle of the dock. Trees grew from it.
history under ground
trestles
The city constructed a wall in the early 2000s to discourage visitors. Note the staircase is cut off, too.
The old approach, almost in its entirety as I found it.
This photo illustrates how vertical the complex is.
The whole smelter ran on gravity… elevating the various raw materials and working with them until at the bottom of the furnace, copper poured out.
Where the approach meets the dock.
When I saw this section, I knew the dock was abandoned.
Looking between the asbestos house and mineral (lime) house.
Standing next to the now-demolished records room.
A little ice and snow made work at Taconite Harbor much more dangerous.
A collapsing and unstable building.
The dock is still lit at night and it casts shadows over the rust-welded ore doors.
Kat dancing down the trestle, which is one of the highest in the state, standing about 100 feet over the road. Mamiya 6/Portra 160