This bay would host boxcars as workers would fill them with the fruits of the factory.
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In the barracks.
In the middle of the foundry, an office is untouched by scrappers, legal and not. Inside, warnings and catalogs for machines that are gone, obsolete, and melted down.
Above my head while taking this picture was the seal of the Department of the Interior.
The seminal architectural feature of the old hospital–the parts built by Illinois Central Railroad–was this staircase. Wide and graceful, adorned with paint chips and fire extinguishers, and leading from offices to surgical suites to the cafeteria.
At first glance, I thought the center building was a hoist house because of the shape of the window. Now I think this was built as a warehouse and later used as a laboratory.
Connecting the Administration Building to the wards fanning out. Historical photos show cots lining this hallway when the hospital was severely overcrowded. Lit by lightning outside the grounds during a huge thunderstorm.
Laundry chute to the basement, as seen on the top floor.
The mostly-empty distilling room is easy to spot from the outside because of the distinctive round window.
The beacon was installed in 1938 and removed in the mid-2000s.