Overgrown Barracks

Because Oshkosh is close to Green Bay, the Packers are very popular there. Everywhere in the plant there were traces of ‘Cheese Head’ culture.

Transfer Elevator, Built 1916

At sunset the light skips from puddle to stagnant puddle across the whole foundry room, playing with the classic sawtooth roof with half-hearted shadows.

Rivets are sexy, and this old machine has more than a fair share.

The stonework was done by a local handyman of sorts, who was also a guard at a nearby insane asylum. He did a great job, it seems to me.

Looking through the washer that is the first stop for the dredgings.

The long control room overlooks giant caps where equipment was removed long ago.

The Barker turning around before it backed into Tac Harbor to unload coal for Minnesota Power.

Like many mill-style buildings of the time, the Twohy’s loading doors (in this case, the delivery wagon doors) opened to an elevator shaft. This design cut down on loading time, as long as the elevator was operational. Of course, if it was otherwise occupied, there could be no traffic through the exterior doors!