The Engine House’s boiler, which would have been fired all day all day, virtually from the day the shop opened until the day it closed.
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Rows of offices under the power plant, which was in the middle of being demolished during my adventure. Despite the snow, this was meant as an interior.
This big rusty sphere hides behind the incomplete 5-stack.
One evening I spent an hour lighting tea candles through the tunnels below the elevator. It was a magical transformation.
Elevator B, used by a local farmer, stands behind an old farm truck at the edge of town.
Presumably, in a nuclear blast the antenna would be blown flat and pop back up, allowing communication even after a near-direct hit.
Part of the back of the distribution boards; the rear of a giant remote transformer switch.
A little catwalk gives access to the most important gauges in the building. Behind them are huge vents and fans. I bet it got steamy in here.
Because the shaft is nearly vertical, rocks riding inside shift a lot. To keep them from breaking down the door and raining into the shaft.
This is an elevator to move mine car loads of sand to the surface for cleaning and eventually glass production. Below is a flooded equipment vault. In front and behind is a loop through the larger tunnels in the mine. The horizontal braces supported electric cables for the mine carts.