Looking out from my perch close to the Kam toward the Ogilvie head house. To the left is a newer concrete annex, probably built in the years it bore the name Saskatchewan Pool 8.
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A line of huge machines wait to be used as parts under a long-disused belt drive.
Looking at the tallest part of the plant from a skeletal loading dock. Kodak Portra 160/Mamiya 6.
I found a face.
“Ballistite is a smokeless propellant made from two high explosives, nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine. It was developed and patented by Alfred Nobel in the late 19th century.” -Wikipedia.
A control panel that was mothballed, anticipating a time when the plant may be reactivated.
Looking down a manlift on the ore dock side of the elevator. It’s a belt-less belt-o-vator!
The top of the docks are so rotten in places that you can see the lake through the boards. In the foreground you can see the controls for the chutes, which work on a clutch.
The last trace of Mitchell, Minnesota is a pile of cans on the side of the main street, Mitchell Avenue. These will be recognizable for another century or so, for future history-minded explorers.
ADM overshadows the Meal Elevator. The cleared area behind is now home to Surley Brewery.