Crating Building

This ward was the last occupied place in the hospital. It was used as a chemical dependency (drug and alcohol) inpatient program. It seems that they were allowed to paint the walls before they abandoned it… I go back and forth, thinking it is a shame and thinking it is a little cool.

Old conveyor belts are draped over the sides of the ore chutes to cut down on the noise and wear of the dumping trains.

A better view of the belt system that drives all the machinery in the plant.

A natural reaction with this kind of view.

The chapel (left) and surgical suite (straight on) move in an out of view as fog rolls up from the St. Louis River valley.

Just outside of the blast furnace is a series of platforms and catwalks to bring workers to the stoves.

Without their walls these Solvent Recovery Line buildings look like blast walls. Their concrete inner structures were part of the design so if there was an explosion inside it would ‘blow out’ with a puff instead of a bang. Now most of these are demolished or overgrown.

A switch for the yard engines, now on the edge of the property where nobody will find it.

Looking from one workhouse at another, with the other residents of Mill Hell falling into place as the distance grows. Across the rail yard you can see Froedert Malt elevator and Calumet.