I found a historical photo of this room showing 10-foot high machines with wires hanging by the mile from looms and schematic charts.
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At sunrise the fog rose near the solvent recovery line. You can barely read the “XXX” warning.
In case power was lost, this manual signal could direct trains on and off the taconite trestle. Turning the pole would change the color of the light on top and the shape of the metal flags.
Since this picture was taken, the roof has totally collapsed in this area.
#67, one of the only lockers that is not crunched to the point it refuses to open. In the corner of the small office area.
At sunset the light skips from puddle to stagnant puddle across the whole foundry room, playing with the classic sawtooth roof with half-hearted shadows.
Much of the mill is wooden–even the larger chutes.
When ‘men’ meant ‘worker’.
“Ballistite is a smokeless propellant made from two high explosives, nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine. It was developed and patented by Alfred Nobel in the late 19th century.” -Wikipedia.