I couldn’t help but include this ghost sign for a demolished motel…
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Looking out across the elevator row from Portland Huron’s roof. Don’t you love the color of the sky?
The powerplant was roughly in the middle of the rail works.
Daisy Mill could accept shipments from water, rail, and truck at one time. Now everything comes and goes by rail.
On the outside of the steel silos and headhouse is a riveted bulge that does not look like the silos. Inside is this elevator, a rudimentary (read: dangerous) and old (read: dangerous) freight elevator.
Looking at the huge and modern Cargill B2 from the circa-1919 Lake Superior “I”. This is a rather unique perspective of Enger Tower and Skyline.
It is unclear when the ‘Superior Warehouse Company’ sign was put up, but it was likely around 1916-1917, when maps indicate it served as a dry goods warehouse, operated by Twohy-Eimon Mercantile Company. The Sivertson sign was likely added in the mid-1980s. In this image I tried to preserve the colors the bricks turn at sunset.
The historical entrance.
The back wall of the ballroom, showing water-warped floors.
Debating immigrants.