Film- Bucket Conveyor

Note the tiled floor between the bucket conveyors and an old mill.

Water damage dissolved the ceiling into sludge. Pillars remain, as do the plastic light covers, now on the floor.

The depot at the head of town seems to be being disassembled. Behind it is a dead signal where the tracks used to be; they’ve been pulled.

A primitive intercom system connected the various wards to their respective nurse’s stations. They looked hand-made and likely originated, in part, in the FFSH carpentry shop. They were often placed high, like this one, to be out of patient reach.

The tower of Dominion certainly dominates the elevator row.

Powdered coal would sit in these hoppers before they get mixed with water to make a slurry. Then the mixture is injected into the firebox and ignited to make a coal-powered flamethrower capable of boiling water very quickly.

An unplanned skylight. It’s unclear why some parts of the building had wooden roofing, while others were highly reinforced with brick.

Watching the sun set behind downtown Detroit is my favorite memory from the building.

I am sure even the workers had trouble remembering which pillar hid the phone. Note the “ON” written on the electrical socket, too.