Dead Light

This seemed to be the newest building on the property.

One of Martinsdale’s defunct businesses perpendicular to the depot. Recall that Martinsdale is a T-town.

Storms and waves, focused by the Port of Wisconsin entry have focused the faces to tear-up these boards below.

This is the former air compressor house–one of them, at least–which turned steam power into air power to drive machinery across the production line.

What I make out to be the dining room or great hall of the castle, as seen through of the side rooms, which appeared to be a very ruined library. Teenager graffiti looks cooler in French.

“Five Roses” was the brand of flour that Lake of the Woods marketed. Later, this became another Manitoba Pool elevator. Notice the “POO” up top? It’s missing the ‘L’…

Looking up the rock house.

A look straight down into the chutes were taconite pellets would dump into the dock hoppers. Rebar was a safety measure to keep workers from being buried alive, were they to slip into the holes.

The snowflake (?) patterns were hand-laid throughout the hospital. It is possible some or all of these tiles were laid by patients, as it is on record that they were used for simple tasks in the name of occupational therapy.