The fresh snow makes the whole complex look a lot cleaner than it actually is.
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This building was 99 years old when it was demolished for the coal mine.
Perhaps this office was for a film studio or music producer.
The Western Elevator’s old moniker looks over Fort William (the neighborhood). Snow falls over Mount McKay in the background. This elevator is still active… the only active elevator in Fort William proper.
The white mark allowed for a manual RPM check on this big steel flywheel on the ground floor. Note how dark the bottom level of the mills is—that’s because all of the equipment is blocking out the light.
From Main Street, looking straight up at the A Mill, only the silence makes one think that nobody’s still inside, grinding grain into Pillsbury’s Best.
This section retains water and is mostly shaded, so moss has found a way to live in the concrete.
Steam pipes snake up the walls like vines, but with asbestos.
I included this image to illustrate the height of the headgrame and the distance between it and the hoist house. Of course, compared with the depth of the mine shaft, this distance is short.
Empty equipment racks behind a missile launcher.