Skylights

This was one of two skyways that went between production line offices. It’s easy to tell because it’s not reinforced for machinery to travel through it. I also like that it’s a double-decker, so to speak.

Since this picture was taken, the roof has totally collapsed in this area.

This was the exterior wall of the roundhouse; engines would have entered on the other side and machinery would line this side, hence the big windows for natural light.

The end of the dock, done quickly and cheaply with wood. The towers were for lights, so ships could be loaded at all hours.

Scrappers tried to take this steel pulley out of Fisher, but it proved too heavy.

In front of a rust-welded Illinois rotary stoker is where the boiler-men made their mark. The last year I can make out is 1985.

This is the far interior of the hotel, where the darkness made the shag carpet seem to move whenever the trees outside swayed. That is to say, constantly.

Rims where bulbs were, light were motors were, stairs were people were.

This drying house was full of ventilation ducts, broken scales, and insulated carts to haul powder around the line.