The sun sets in front of a huge concrete building—about four times the size of the power plant. Probably a corn storage bin from an ethanol operation that ran here in the 1980s.
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A late look at the brewhouse, long after the stainless steel tanks were scrapped.
A row of houses north of Pommenige.
A gateway for St. Louis as seen through a gateway (of sorts) in East St. Louis.
The bottom of the grain drier inside ADM-Delmar #1.
Miller Creek, in one of the wider sections that features a trout (as in the fish) canal in the middle of the drain. Even though it is underground, the fish are able to visit their breeding ponds upstream by swimming through the specially designed tunnel.
The lower door is where the rocket exhaust would flow into the blast pit during initial launch. The upper doors would vent the rocket so the erector and other equipment in the building would not be (as) damaged.
The moon highlights the contrails over the engine house in the middle of the night. Foreground light painted.
Demolition about 50% complete.
One level below where the cotton was nitrated, the fumes must have been powerful. This floor had several massive ventilation fans in its walls.