Much of the signage in the mill was hand-drawn.
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In one of the hundreds of bunkers across the busy highway from the empty plant ruins. Most did not have doors, but I got lucky on this one.
A view of the Harris offices, complete with great block glass.
On the left, the formula for the sintering mix was written (“mischungszusammenselzung”) to keep track of the jobs.
The middle section of the smokestacks were coal hoppers, and this device would load the coal into the hoppers from the conveyor belt it rode across. The bottom section of the stacks were storage rooms while the very top were, surprise, chimneys for the power plant.
Ladders crawl the back of the signs. Graffiti writers’ right of passage.
The grand staircase with little balconies leaning over it. All the stone stairs are broken and graffiti marks every wall.
Looking at the top of the Washburn Crosby elevator from a mirrored window in the Guthrie Theater.
A photo from my first trip, although very little has changed in this area of the building except for the level of graffiti. I love skylights, don’t you?
Another. Planet. Coal crushers and the coke loading line.