This is what the mine shops look like from the road between Gaastra, MI and Rogers Location (formerly Bates, MI). The community was renamed for the mine, probably under the heavy influence of M.A. Hanna.
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This photo illustrates how vertical the complex is.
The top of the grain handler of Ogilvie’s. The flagpole serves as a lightning rod. In fact, I would not be surprised if that was its primary purpose.
A wounded flour mill, muscled into the corner to keep out of the way.
The old hospital (left) and ugly modern additions (right).
Energy conserving window plastic does no good when the doors are all open and the heat’s off.
A big sliding fire door opens onto a train dock.
Sidewalks to a boarded barracks, each making the other obsolete in the night.
Seven TV sets and not one shows my reflection. I’d also like to point out not two of these are the same.
On the dark side of the workhouse at sunset, you can almost see where the walls used to be. Kodak Portra 160/Mamiya 6.