A washout two thirds of the way down the tram gave me a place to relax in the thin air.
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The powerhouse was notably older than the rest of the complex. I’m still not sure if it was build just for the cooperage, or whether it preceded it.
Without a conveyor belt, this tripper seems lost. The job of this machine was simply to take grains from the moving conveyor belt and eject it into the silos via the chutes on the sides. Note all the dust collection venting added to the machine to suck up any explosive grain dust.
The bottom of the tailings boom is rotten. In days when the dredge, floated, gangways connected it to shore, it seemed. You can see the size of the pontoons under the boat here.
Made by the Mergenthalen Linotype Company of New York, this model series (300) was introduced in 1960 and boasted a 12-line-per-minute reproduction rate.
This big rusty sphere hides behind the incomplete 5-stack.
I like to think of this as a giant straw, through which the factory is slowly draining the earth, leaving nothing but reinforced concrete below…
One of the underground creeks in Duluth, somewhere under the East Hillside neighborhood.
Behind the evaporators are heavy access hatches to inspect the steam pipes within.
A line of huge machines wait to be used as parts under a long-disused belt drive.