One of a pair of poles to hold the electric lines for the streetcars entering and exiting the tunnel.
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No windows? Bricks? Must be for flammables.
I wish I knew the story of this popcorn-themed boxcar.
Standing on the fence barricade that used to keep squatters out of the tunnel, the size of the space is impressive. What you see here is the current length of the tunnel; I set up a flashlight at the end to illuminate the concrete wall that is the lower portal.
General Mills bought Consolidated Elevator’s “D” in 1943 and renamed it “A,” though no additional elevators have followed from that firm to date. Visible on the right is the first annex, built along with the elevator in 1909.
Ground floor windows were built to be barred.
Looking toward the power station at the edge of the explosives plant.
“M.H. ’56; Al Malmsten ’44”. Brick Graffiti Series.
Wind took the spring melt on the trees growing in taconite pellets and made it airborne. Loading chutes in the background.
Shuttered windows on the side of one of the collapsing bonded warehouses.