Part of the decommissioned plant was used by the Air Force for virtual bombing runs. This is the guard shack for the radar station.
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The last of four radar domes on the base.
One of the hundreds of wells across the depot, as seen through an open rail door. In the distance, the radome.
For reasons unknown, this building’s concrete was designed a little thinly. It reminds me of a Chicago, IL building constructed during WWI when concrete and steel were strictly rationed and many buildings went up with insufficient superstructures. I do not have a build date for this one yet.
Looking across at the Cargill elevator.
A look at the Longmont Sugar Mill in May 2014.
One thing that struck me as a midwesterner in the South was the vines. They seem to be able to completely cover a building when left alone for a few decades.
Looking toward the famous Duluth Aerial Lift Bridge from Lake Superior. Shot on a the legendary Pentax 67.
The belts on these mills have long ben missing.
Identical warehouses seem a little newer than the rest of the plant. I suspect these were added in the mid-1950s for the Korean War, during which about 200 buildings were added to the complex.