First Aid Kit

This picture gives you the idea of how the boat-loading control rooms are set up; they lean over the dock and Lake Superior to be able to see down into the holds of the boats… important, considering how quickly it loaded the boats! An uneven load could put stress on the hull of a laker, increasing the risk it will break and sink.

A pipe bracket seems to have rusted off of the ceiling.

A carefully kept journal of the ballast levels in the final years that the Ford sailed Lake Superior.

Taken from the most forward part of the windlass room to show how the front of the ship opens up from the front wedge. Note the giant anchor chains and foam strapped to the frontmost beam.

The Dock 5 sign at track level. Probably as an aid to sailors reboarding their vessels.

The secret sweet-yet-salty center of the nameless factoryscape. Home base, tuned to rule the AC and turn out Product X at record rates, I’m sure.

The aft lifeboat survived auction, although now all it holds is an emergency ladder to help men who’ve fallen overboard get on deck.

This seems to be the space where upholstery patterns would be drafted. On the table were half-finished notes on a new design.

I assume this sign used to sit near the highway that snakes around the mine and town.