Asbestos rope isn’t something you can buy at Home Depot anymore, but it’s fire and heat resistant stuff; great for industrial work, like in a sugar mill.
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Fantastic brick graffiti piece by a Duluthian in 1933! Is the stick drawing of a horse? Feel free to weigh in.
This building had no identity issues. My chief regret was not spending more time documenting the ghost signs around the complex.
The last of four radar domes on the base.
Goals for 1980, still tacked onto the wall.
Part of a series I am shooting of patriotic Americana left in abandoned factories.
The ’59’ is just a reference to that work station. Unfortunately the scrappers beat me to this machine–there was not much left besides the 2-ton shell and this control panel.
The back of the neon sign before it was converted to LED lighting. The image is mirrored so it can be read.
A closeup of a flour chute.
Shot on a Pentax 67 in monochrome and toned to match the set. For some time the marquee was lit at night to advertise the fact that the city bought it and planned to apply for credits to repair it.