One of the principal businesses in McConnell was a farm implement and lumber store. This is too new to have been bought there, but I like that it’s still on the edge of town. It’s more comfortable than the emptiness beyond, that used to be a little prairie town.
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Aluminum spools replaced their wooden counterparts, later in the factory’s history.
The metallic arms of the missile erector, which would stand rockets over the blast pit in the launch position. Medium Format film–cheap but excellent Fomapan 100 in a Pentax 67.
The first step of the filtering process is being spun through this tube.
Looking down Pommenicher Straße from Gaststätte Rosarius, the monstrous machine about to devour the town bites at the ground.
Fake Fact: The term ‘stovetop hat’ was coined by Island Station’s architect while trying to explain why he wanted to put the steel chimney on the station. ‘Live Here’ was part of the advertising when the building was host to artist lofts. They weren’t kidding.
The roof of the King Elevator had two small vents and a terrific view of Sleeping Giant Provincial Park. Arista 100 in 120.
2005. Looking across the Mississippi from a park the night after the first snow.
The generator room was state of the art when it was installed, allowing the complex to use motors and electric lighting ahead of its competitors.
Too big to be scrapped, to simple to be auctioned. It waited for the demo crews and demo cranes to arrive.