In the corner of most of the factory floors, freight elevators flanked restrooms to leave more central space for machines and their masters.
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An insurance office.
On the left, the formula for the sintering mix was written (“mischungszusammenselzung”) to keep track of the jobs.
The shaft house, where hydraulic steel doors allowed or denied entry into the mine shaft. Overhead is a light and alarm. If it sounds, the mine is being evacuated, and you best not go in and best stay the hell out of the way. Locals dump tires here, now.
An old name for an older elevator, as seen from an abandoned rail spur.
This machine was last overhauled in February 1955, and last turned out Crepe silk, probably dress material.
Every elevator has sets of these conveyor switches. Grain comes down through the top chute and the bottom chute rotates to move the flow onto various belts around the plant by gravity. The cross belt is another switch and the bridge belt brings the flow to the other half of the elevator.
My first view of the tunnel was in the dead of winter. In spite of being in the middle of the forest, it was totally silent. Mamiya GA645 / Kodak Pro 400
In the nitrating house.
There’s a roof problem above the surgical suite.