Some warnings on the older battery which was visibly older than its eastern counterpart. This set of batteries had no railing between the side of the ovens and a long drop onto railroad tracks… I like this picture because it shows the effects of the heat and corrosive gasses on the area around the ovens.
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The largest extant structure when I visited.
Looking toward Fort William (Western) Elevator from the top of Superior Elevator. Fort William is bordered on the south and east by this wide, winding railyard. Note the pretty and quaint brick offices of the Western.
Looking from the crane-motor catwalk into the Calumet. The arm shown here with the pulleys looped through it would have been lowered and the bucket conveyor in it would throw grain to waiting ships and boats bound for flour mills and foreign lands.
An exit from the concourse.
A sign in the desolate cafeteria.
Spring melt flows down the rusty rock house. In the background is the frame for the shaft.
A sign facing the city on an exterior wall–a sort of motivational poster.
In the soft wood of the machine, an employee left their mark.
Looking out of the American diesel crane at the gantry crane that ran the length of the dock.