Boards on the window are like rings on a tree, if you know how to read abandonments.
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The conveyor between the shore and Dock 2. Note the gap in the aerial walkway that used to connect Dock 4 to the rest of the complex.
The staircase going to the second floor balcony is gone, giving a clear view of the first floor porch.
The largest extant structure when I visited.
Looking from the main shop into the boiler shop, one of three attached buildings that specialized in certain repairs. One thing that architectural photographers have to work with is an elongated “magic hour” with ideal shadowing and coloring–this photo is a result of that lighting.
This sign was important when trains ran the length of the elevator.
Looking across the spired rooftop of the Kirkbride building. In the foreground is a fire chute that contains a metal spiral slide designed to evacuate patients in case of a fire. Note the ironwork on the chimney.
I revisited the mill years after my documentary. Now it is even more destroyed and surrounded by new fences.
There is a cool old air compressor in the corner of the powerhouse.
These houses were built for the use of the lighthouse keepers in 1913 (left) and 1916 (right). The second house was added when the entry added a fourth light and required a second rotation. Today, there are no unbroken windows in either building.