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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The roof could be vented when locomotives were running inside.
One level below where the cotton was nitrated, the fumes must have been powerful. This floor had several massive ventilation fans in its walls.
A century-old ghost sign for Royal House Flour was preserved after a building is built above and through it! Looking from the north annex elevator toward the headhouse.
A bridge crosses the main street of the village; one that goes nowhere. Ambiguity intended.
One of the many blast doors. Note the plunger to seal off the airflow in the event of an attack or accidental explosion.
This ornamental stair is cast iron and used to connect all floors of the Administration building. Now it connects the first and second floor, then the third and fourth floors, with a strange cinder block and drywall barrier separating the new and old sections of the building. Note the insulation on the floor to seal heat into the lower floors that were used as offices until the hospital closed. On the corners of the staircase are lions, on the corners of the suspended section of stair are down-hanging pineapples. Set in the stairs themselves are shield motifs with slate tops.
With the maintenance door open you can see the buckets on in the vertical conveyor.
Made by the Mergenthalen Linotype Company of New York, this model series (300) was introduced in 1960 and boasted a 12-line-per-minute reproduction rate.
An insurance office.