The end of Dock 5 is warped and bent from a rail accident that left some ore cars swinging like a stringy wrecking ball into the end of the superstructure and accompanying stair. The stairs are still navigable, but it wasn’t recommended by the CN workers that were with me.
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The engine room.
A closeup of the now-scrapped steel chute.
This photo illustrates how vertical the complex is.
The old truck scale sits in the middle of what was Nettleton Avenue Slip.
Grain is taken from the bottom of the silos through a conveyor in a tunnel. These blowers keep the air in the tunnel fresh.
A little cloud passes over the Five-Stack powerplant ruins, like a puff of smoke.
The top of the barracks staircase.
Shadows of the rusty trestle and cold control towers on the Barker. Workers are preparing to swing over the sides of the boat to help secure her to the Minnesota Power dock.
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.