Control Room

The company headquarters. Abandoned last time I drove past it, though it is the classiest building in downtown South Bend.

Above the offices is this little section of factory that still has strips of wood flooring. This may be where the upholstery was cut.

Molten copper pouring being a very dangerous thing to do by hand, this scale measured the load for the “Auto Caster” that actually formed the cooling copper in its molds.

Looking at the headframe for Shaft 3 from the tower for Shaft 1. Below is the roof of the Dry House. It was hard to remind myself that these building have been abandoned longer than I’ve been alive.

Since this picture was taken, the roof has totally collapsed in this area.

It is unclear whether this area was for coal dumping or ore dumping, though the huge dents in the steel plating suggests the latter.

Inside the west portal is a big liquid propane hand warmer, for workers to take the cold off their gloves as they handled the switches and doors of Cramer Tunnel. Mamiya GA645 / Kodak Pro 400

An insurance office.

Storms and waves, focused by the Port of Wisconsin entry have focused the faces to tear-up these boards below.