Early bird catches the shadow of Battle Mountain blaring across the ghost town.
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This might have been part of the Pioneer Pellet Plant. It looks to be a ball mill, which pulverizes ore by spinning it with thousands of ball bearings.
The flour mill (rear) and its elevators. The taller elevator was moved here in 1955, when the Harrisons bought it from Federal, who declared it surplus. The smaller elevator replaced an earlier smaller warehouse in 1926. Taken shortly after dawn. This one picture made the drive worth it, for me. Medium Format.
Two charmers, I’m sure. This area was a coal pit for the nearby power plant.
A back-lit tree with the silhouette of a roof spire in the background.
A little sun and a little moisture sprouted this grass in the middle of the steel silos, in the midst of Minneapolis’ “graffiti graveyard”. Two images of time: nature growing through industry and rust dissolving old art in the elements.
I’ll remember the neon glow fondly.
Rims where bulbs were, light were motors were, stairs were people were.
A panoramic view of the sintering plant’s gas plant (?). Everyone who visits must get a picture of these rusty smokestacks!
The only thing that signals that this was an office building, rather than another production floor, is the small amount of wood paneling that remains.