Demolished Mill

Thanks to the demolition (I’ll never say that again), the inner structure of the bins are revealed. So much wood!

The coal extractor swings back and forth, ripping coal from the ground and throwing it on a conveyor belt to be burned a few miles away.

A long tunnel stretches toward the Mississippi. Was this the route Model Ts took on their way to waiting barges?

This was one of two skyways that went between production line offices. It’s easy to tell because it’s not reinforced for machinery to travel through it. I also like that it’s a double-decker, so to speak.

Looking across the ruin-strewn brownfield left from ACME’s operation and demolition.

Note that the back of Stockhouse #4 is missing. A year later, Fermentation was on the ground too.

Ava near the Memorial Building. The block glass embedded in the sidewalk here is actually a skylight for the tunnel below, which connects the Memorial Building to the steam and supply systems of the hospital.

She’s a charmer.

In the power house corner is this gratuitously gigantic doorway. It used to be even bigger, too, as indicated by the brick arch another foot over the top windows.