Taken from under the headframe.
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For some time, Purina ran a feed service out of the elevator. Inside and outside were signs of its past presence.
Looking toward the Quenching Tower from the coal tower platform.
An old nurse’s station (you can tell because of the half-door with table) with torn-up tiles. Notice through the curved doorway that even the ceiling has a curvature.
On the dark side of the workhouse at sunset, you can almost see where the walls used to be. Kodak Portra 160/Mamiya 6.
The sexiest feature of Kurth is this steel arch over the silos on its south side. The manholes in the floor open to the silos directly, and flimsy grates might catch a hurried worker. Grates were removable so that workers could descend into the concrete tubes, so a few are missing today.
Grain is taken from the bottom of the silos through a conveyor in a tunnel. These blowers keep the air in the tunnel fresh.
Sidewalks to a boarded barracks, each making the other obsolete in the night.
On the roof, looking toward Jay Cook Park over the ruins of the Hart House. You can see how Nopmeing (“out in the woods) got its name. Fujicolor 100 on Leica M7.
The chapel (left) and surgical suite (straight on) move in an out of view as fog rolls up from the St. Louis River valley.