It was a strange choice, although I appreciate it, for the firm reusing the shops to brick up the doorways while leaving the doors.
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The building was the victim of many small fires over the years, and one big fire in 1995.
There were a few traces of the building’s past, mostly in the doors and floors, some of which still had rails embedded in the concrete. The building could store 174 streetcars inside of its walls.
The whole smelter ran on gravity… elevating the various raw materials and working with them until at the bottom of the furnace, copper poured out.
Note the wood and rubber wheels on this powder cart.
The top floor of the Meal Storage Elevator.
From the street, it’s clear that almost every window and door had boards over it, but not every building had a roof. Silly priorities.
In an old ward, two men would have shared this room.
When the ship loaders were added, a doorway was cut through the metal silo to make a room for the grain handling equipment. Note the dust sensor in the corner of the torch-cut archway.
Since this picture was taken, the roof has totally collapsed in this area.