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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The main staircase of the old hospital had… problems.
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.
Fermenters and mixing tanks fill this brewing room. The lighting is all natural, and is partially owed to a crumbling wall letting the sunset blast the interior in almost perfect profile.
Judging by the bed, this room was used by employees in its later years.
This volume gauge could be read from 30 feet away, which is useful when the control panels and valves are that far away.
Two steel hoppers supported by counterweights and springs, which were used to weigh incoming grain loads before being deposited in the silos beneath this floor. Garner is another way to say “big measuring tank”, if you were wondering. I fell in love with all the tubes and chutes on this floor.
One of the many blast doors. Note the plunger to seal off the airflow in the event of an attack or accidental explosion.
A view of the Harris offices, complete with great block glass.
A nice view of the aurora borealis (“Northern Lights”) strong enough to outshine the industrial lighting at the power plant. The lights in the foreground direct ships discharging coal for the station.