Harvest Moon

The roof was in bad shape, but too beautiful to avoid. This is the spot were I used to study medieval Latin.

It’s a straight view from the projection booth to the stage, but hell of a walk. At a fast pace, I think it would take 10 minutes to walk from this spot to the chair. Behind the curtains is a big white screen, so the theatre could be used for either stagework or moving pictures. The two projectors are set up for 3D movies right now–hence the little switch below the window–a Polaroid 3D synchronizer. Cool, huh?

Expanding foam provides some textural contrast to the wood floors, worn smooth over a century. This building dates to the 1890s and was built as the coffin plant.

These corner pilings served as bumpers… a little assurance against wind, ice, and new captains.

Was the last job of this hook to lift the remaining equipment out of the hoist hall? The control boards, giant electric motors and transformers?

The last batch of molded metal stuck in the chute, this metallurgical furnace was falling apart brick by disintegrating brick b the time I got to it. On the upper floors there is a sophisticated network of vents and chimneys to make these little furnaces as hot as possible.

Part of the Pillsbury tunnel that brought water back to the Mississippi River.

The powered lime hopper had a lot of levels.

Peeling paint reveals the room numbers of the past.