I am not sure what caused the discoloration, but two of the walls near the door to the machine shop are stained yellow-red. I assume this had to do with the walls in relation to blowing piles of iron ore, and that the walls have been partly infused with iron oxide. Any other ideas?
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The sexiest feature of Kurth is this steel arch over the silos on its south side. The manholes in the floor open to the silos directly, and flimsy grates might catch a hurried worker. Grates were removable so that workers could descend into the concrete tubes, so a few are missing today.
This bay would host boxcars as workers would fill them with the fruits of the factory.
The workshop and parts room was full of light and meticulously sorted bolts, nuts, washers, gaskets, and all sorts of specialty hardware.
These long curved corridors connected the wards. Locked doors on both of their ends were a security and comfort feature. Sounds and people would be sealed in their respective wards, as the hallways would act like beautiful airlocks; they were so long that it was unlikely that doors would be open on both sides at the same time. Portra 160.
I really like the way this high-ceilinged room is decaying. Well, decayed. It’s demolished now.
A shuttered house at the end of the block doesn’t even have boards on it anymore.
A matrix panorama of the brewhouse staircase, post-scrapping. So pretty…
A sign facing the city on an exterior wall–a sort of motivational poster.
Atop Elevator ‘M’, formerly Cargill ‘O’.