Brewster Pool

A switch for the yard engines, now on the edge of the property where nobody will find it.

For reasons unknown, this building’s concrete was designed a little thinly. It reminds me of a Chicago, IL building constructed during WWI when concrete and steel were strictly rationed and many buildings went up with insufficient superstructures. I do not have a build date for this one yet.

Partier graffiti dates to when the caves were last open to the public; probably in the 1990s. This tunnel used to horseshoe between the brewery’s ice chute (left) and basement door (right, backfilled). Note the utility tunnel in the upper-right corner as well as the lighting brackets on the ceiling.

Copper thieves haven’t left anything behind but the shell.

In the mid-2000s, Peavey sealed the spaces between their Electric Steel Elevator bins. What they unwittingly created was a graffiti time capsule. “Impeach Bush”.

Kat dancing down the trestle, which is one of the highest in the state, standing about 100 feet over the road. Mamiya 6/Portra 160

Coded writing on a pillar in one of the assembly buildings.

90% of Brach’s looks like this. Concrete walls, mushroom pillars, and water over the floor.

The buildings were level with one another, so one could look through as many as a dozen factory floors from one window.