A side door for the shop area with ivy crawling toward it.
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One of the older buildings on the site, this is an old power house that provided electricity to the plant. I spent some time walking around it and believe it was fired with coal gas but had a diesel backup installed later.
An unplanned skylight. It’s unclear why some parts of the building had wooden roofing, while others were highly reinforced with brick.
2016. A section of the third floor that has changed a lot over the years. Compare to 2006 shot.
An exit from the concourse.
The train loading tower (left), and elevators. Check out that giant flagpole/lightning rod.
The largest extant structure when I visited.
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.
Looking into the engine works from the concrete addition.
A sunset shot of the Western Cable Railroad depot in the middle of the Lemp brewery complex, with the malting house in the background. Western used to have an exclusive shipping contract with Lemp.