Overgrown Barracks

One of the only extant assembly line tracks in the body painting department. No photographer leaves Fisher 21 without capturing some version of this spot; hope you like mine.

In the corner of most of the factory floors, freight elevators flanked restrooms to leave more central space for machines and their masters.

The quenching water was reused over and over.

Looking toward the Quenching Tower from the coal tower platform.

Counter-weighted ore cars alternately filled and emptied to feed Furnace 7. Honestly, though, the corner-mounted cranes are sexier in my opinion. Note the trees growing from the stacks.

On the roof, looking toward Jay Cook Park over the ruins of the Hart House. You can see how Nopmeing (“out in the woods) got its name. Fujicolor 100 on Leica M7.

A truck loading dock for raw materials. Looking at the concrete, you can sort of tell where the rails used to run.

The Harrison flour mill, completed in 1897 and expanded in 1901 and 1902. The tunnel that I am standing on probably transported grain from the elevator to the mill. Medium Format.

Ringling’s church was built in 1914 and sits on a hill over the town.