Sprouts of life in center of a smashed glass block.
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This was taken before the top of the docks really started to rot-out; now this stretch past the crane is distinctly unsafe to cross. Still, you can’t beat the view of Dock #2 winding into the distance, where the approach is chopped-off before the yard used to extend.
The now-demolished Sanatorium, for patients of the asylum that contracted the disease.
The whole smelter ran on gravity… elevating the various raw materials and working with them until at the bottom of the furnace, copper poured out.
Sheet metal over the windows. A red boot sole in the tumbleweeds. Is it inside, or outside?
The basement of the asylum was a strange place. Take, this fireplace, for instance, in an otherwise barren room. Random cinderblock (left) has created a little room behind the fireplace. To round out the strangeness, a toilet was plumbed into the middle of the space. Note the stone foundations.
…out of our depth.
A sharp turn in the coatings department twists the steel out of sight.
The hiking around Central City is beautiful and full of history. Just get a proper topo map!
When the factory’s production line was up for auction, many parts were removed, crated and labeled with big painted numbers to ease their removal by buyers. Not everything sold, however, so not one dark corner of the factory seems without a pile of dislocated industrial junk.