Looking out from a hallway on the third floor where a ceiling and roof should be. I could not stand in the room, as the floor had collapsed into the basement, but I could put my camera out at arm’s length and fire a few pictures upward, which is how I came away with this image!
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The copula stacks were fitted with scrubbers. Making metal is a very polluting activity.
Showering red-hot coke fresh from the furnaces near the Coal Tower (in the back) was the Quenching Tower’s duty (front).
Like a railgun pointed at the Rockies… the boom would direct tailings–junk rock–outside of the dredge pond.
This photo illustrates how vertical the complex is.
The building was the victim of many small fires over the years, and one big fire in 1995.
Sunrise in SEMI. The shadow of Kurth Malt is cast across ADM-Delmar #1. Clouds behind ADM-Delmar #4 light up. It’s cold and the air smells like train grease.
Where equipment was scrapped.
A wide view of the poor house. Look at the smokestack and elevator shaft, which show the former roofline.
The valley is full of rocky peaks that stand out from the winding creeks, which only truly run after storms. It is a very beautiful place.