Loading Dock

Ultimately, it was the bad roof that doomed these buildings.

Part of the plant has been reused as a scrap metal yard.

When the ship loaders were added, a doorway was cut through the metal silo to make a room for the grain handling equipment. Note the dust sensor in the corner of the torch-cut archway.

Looking up to the second floor of the Nitrating House, where cotton would be soaked in nitric acid. These brought cotton into the building.

I love that the administration building–almost 100 years old now–still carries the original name.

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.

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.

One of the few artifacts left in the chapel section is this old floor buffing machine.

The sidewalks are littered with rocks.