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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Without proper pressure, the steering engine was ineffective.
The back of the mill reads “Red River Milling Company”
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.
General Mills bought Consolidated Elevator’s “D” in 1943 and renamed it “A,” though no additional elevators have followed from that firm to date. Visible on the right is the first annex, built along with the elevator in 1909.
It’s never a good sign when the windows are boarded from the inside.
An abandoned ranch on the east side of the tracks. This was not the Colmor Cutoff they were waiting for.
A diesel crane and conveyor belt tripper are the major pieces of equipment that dominate the dock.
Heavy steel doors to isolate the underground magnetic separation mill from Eagle Mine’s main tunnel.
If it weren’t for the fact there were trees growing from it, and that I cropped out the end of the rail approach, one might think this is still used occasionally.