I am not sure what this machine does, but I have a hunch that it husks and cleans the sugar beets as they come into the plant. It is certainly the biggest single piece of equipment in any of the mills.
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A massive steel sheer’s equally massive drive cog. Imagine the force.
Part of the system below Dock 2.
The copula stacks were fitted with scrubbers. Making metal is a very polluting activity.
A panorama next to a long abandoned adit. The tram has seen better days.
Looking toward Duluth from the top of a Dock 1 light tower. NP Dock 1 is on the left… an earlier competitor to Allouez. The stars reflect on Lake Superior.
The conveyor between the shore and Dock 2. Note the gap in the aerial walkway that used to connect Dock 4 to the rest of the complex.
Hanging over the crane cab, looking over at the trane-sized doors below. The steel beam tracing the left wall is the support for the gantry crane this photo was taken from.
SWP4-A on the left and Viterra C on the right in a 90-degree panorama.
A printing press in the attic of the Reception Hospital.