Aluminum spools replaced their wooden counterparts, later in the factory’s history.
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Tucked-into the side of the concentration mill… these machines were meant to crush underground rock into a fine dust for mineral extraction.
One of the cupola air intakes, rattled loose by the demolition downstairs, hangs stranded on the second floor. You can see that the floor I’m standing on in this picture used to extend all the way to the right wall. The blue paint on the wall made the climb absolutely worth it.
A brewmaster’s desk leans beside a long-disused stainless steel kettle. The staircase above goes to another level of kettles, which are visibly older.
A teeter totter sits in front of the Memorial Building.
Old boathouses near the dock.
The engine room.
Looking out from my perch close to the Kam toward the Ogilvie head house. To the left is a newer concrete annex, probably built in the years it bore the name Saskatchewan Pool 8.
This is the former air compressor house–one of them, at least–which turned steam power into air power to drive machinery across the production line.
One of a few rolling workbenches to keep the thousands of pulleys, cogs, and belts working properly.