There were bins with hundreds of spools in them in the basement.
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When boiling beet juice accidentally spills from the gas-fired tanks two feet away, you better be wearing some of these, or bye-bye legs.
The bottom of the tailings boom is rotten. In days when the dredge, floated, gangways connected it to shore, it seemed. You can see the size of the pontoons under the boat here.
Let’s play a game called “FIND THE PIGEON”! There is one bird in this photo of dust collectors atop the King Elevator train shed.
A machine to cast copper billets.
The factory was utterly vertical.
One of the clusters of elevators. Doors would open on both sides so that vehicles could be moved through them if necessary. There is only one set of stairs in the whole building.
Can you imagine workers in a food plant smoking on the job today?
This little curled yellow thing is one of the last hints that this adobe building was lived in.
This is a 1956 furnace. It was used to forge wheels, casings, and parts for the axel shop.