Wheelchair Party

This “pit” would allow workers to crawl below locomotives to service them.

The glow from the city is bright enough to read by.

Rubber dock boots still sits under the desk in the dock office, near keys to rusted locks and files of fired employees.

This higher level floor was cleared out ahead of a failed development plan. The skyscraper office building suddenly became something that looked like a parking ramp.

A number of skyways carried the production line across roads and railroad tracks in and around the plant. An identical skyway to this one was cut off sometime in the past decade (judging by the rust), probably for its steel.

The conveyorway that carried the sintering material to the mixing floor at the top of the plant.

One of the pair of motors that powered this mine shaft. In the 1950s, this shaft was designated a rescue shaft, and was only maintained for emergencies. One reason that Cheratte built Shaft 3 nearby was because these motors and infrastructure did not have the capacity that the giant mine below called for.

Hunter climbing up to the coal tower.

The Hamm-stenciled chairs are all destroyed as far as I know, now, as are the custom ladders built in-house for the company. Taken between the Filter House and Keg Wash House.