Without their walls these Solvent Recovery Line buildings look like blast walls. Their concrete inner structures were part of the design so if there was an explosion inside it would ‘blow out’ with a puff instead of a bang. Now most of these are demolished or overgrown.
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Even in monochrome, you can probably tell what colors were over Hastings that evening: Red, White, and Blue.
In a now-demolished building, a skylight begins to separate.
A wide view of the poor house. Look at the smokestack and elevator shaft, which show the former roofline.
Broken skyways in the sand casting house, where everything was utterly fire-resistant.
“_____ BROS”
A hydraulic ‘bridge’ couple lower onto the tracks to bring mine cars into the shaft house, presumably for repair. I haven’t found this system anywhere else, but it makes a lot of sense.
The stone chapel sits beside the main house and received a particularly heavy dose of gothic architectural touches.
A facade that tells the story of demolition and neglect. The sign on the garage door indicates that if one finds themselves there, that they enter the buildings at their own risk. If only property owners in the US took this philosophy!