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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One of the ugly modern staircases.
This sign was important when trains ran the length of the elevator.
Looking out at the town water tower (which I love) from the sugar mill (which I also love).
The laundry building, where many of the tunnels came to an end. It looks very East Coast industrial to me.
This building stood on stilts until it was demolished. The top floor handled radio traffic to boats and trains. The bottom floor had locker rooms, records, and a lunchroom.
Watching the comings and goings of doctors, nurses and new patients was a mainstay of asylum routine; one can find it easy to imagine pale faces pressed against the block glass windows, staring out at the world moving past them.
Snow flies across the frame as the sunken cribbing freezes bellow the concrete.
A photo from the early 2000s before the conveyors were scrapped.
A side view showing the extreme structural damage to what I believe is the Masonic Cottage. I honestly cannot unravel how some of this was done, unless the local armory is missing a 4″ canon and some cartridge shot.