One of the storage bunkers was cracked open. I wonder how effective this heavy door would actually be… I expect, not very.
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A stencil instructs the first and third shifts to ask security for access. Security was out during all my visits, except one mishap where a strung-out local chased me with a truck. Having spent a decade exploring the U.P., I was not caught off guard.
The historic entrance of the mill, alongside the (relatively) new Great Western offices.
From the bottom of the skyway I looked back, my eyes tracing the vines from the marsh up the smokestacks to the perfect Midwestern sky.
Looking from the powerhouse across to the old Electrical Assembly side of the plant that manufactured products like thermostats. Most of the complex is connected by skyway and tunnel systems.
The office was redder than the rest of the building.
Part of an ongoing series on found American flags in shuttered factories.
Levers and indicators to control and track the path of mine cars moving up and down the mine shaft. Note the mine depth indicators would trace paper… this is because the steel cables stretch out over time, so the line length changes with the years.
From a distance (here, Union Yards), you can still see ARMOUR spelled out on the smokestack in white brick.
Looking out upon Mill City through the lens of FLOUR, highlighted in pink and low clouds. This sign has recently been converted into LED lighting.