Belchertown Miniature

This heavy door opens directly into the missile vault and was used to load and unload the missile erector.

“Ladies and gentlemen, we’ve been getting reports that several Yellow Helicopters have been seen hovering above town. We are all aware of the Black Helicopters, which are World Government, and Blue Helicopters, which are Secret Police, and the Helicopters with Detailed Murals of Diving Birds of Prey, which are the helicopters that took all the children in Night Vale away a few months ago (we still don’t know what those helicopters are but they did bring all the children back unharmed, and much more well-behaved than before, so they are deemed just as safe as the other helicopters) but these new Yellow Helicopters, no one quite knows.” – Welcome to Night Vale, Ep. 32

Call me angsty, but I like it. Found in the Auxiliary Hospital.

The modern shaft stands above the north side of Gilman.

The quenching water was reused over and over.

Demolition about 50% complete.

The dock is still lit at night and it casts shadows over the rust-welded ore doors.

The southernmost houses in Gilman are seen through the pines on the right, near the tram stop.

The iconic outline of a prairie sentinel. Quintessential rural industrial architecture.