Shot on a Pentax 67 in monochrome and toned to match the set. For some time the marquee was lit at night to advertise the fact that the city bought it and planned to apply for credits to repair it.
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Looking past the Osborn along the side of the Hughitt Slip, where there have always been grain elevators for more than 100 years.
The chalkboard in the filtering plant reminds new visitors of the last day.
One side of the street is demolished. The other is not.
King Elevator sits in the corner of a more recently-defunct lumber mill: Great Western Timber. Perhaps in the future I will write the history of it. Arista 100 in 120.
In the nitrating house.
The newer train barn for the SK Pool 4 complex has a car tipper that would clamp and turn the grain cars to dump them into hoppers. FP-100c.
Dominion was acquired by UGG, which designated the elevator ‘M’. Their offices still have safety signage.
Elevator B, used by a local farmer, stands behind an old farm truck at the edge of town.
I wish I had the equipment then that I have now… I look back at these 10-year-old pictures and can’t ignore all the grain.