Bottom Box

A control panel that was mothballed, anticipating a time when the plant may be reactivated.

The end of the heating line allowed glass to cool slowly, and thus be stronger.

This building cleaned the barrels that transported ingredients through the plant.

The aft lifeboat survived auction, although now all it holds is an emergency ladder to help men who’ve fallen overboard get on deck.

A scribbled note on a doorframe… lost details.

Because there’s no Port-a-John underground.

The roof compromised, rain water rolls down the main stairway.

There are so many pipes i the factory–I wonder how many people knew where they all went, in the days these machines operated at capacity.

Cracked gauges have a certain quality that hearkens to movies, I think. One can imagine the gauges going off the scales before dramatically cracking, throwing glass right at the camera. This damage, however, is unfortunate vandalism.