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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A century-old ghost sign for Royal House Flour was preserved after a building is built above and through it! Looking from the north annex elevator toward the headhouse.
Looking at the top of the Washburn Crosby elevator from a mirrored window in the Guthrie Theater.
Behind the main shaft is this familiar industrial sight… a running count of days since the last injury.
The left wall is stacked high with wooden crates holding spools. Tags hang on machines describing the last batch of silk the mill ever produced.
Books in nooks and not getting a look… about the crook with hooks that cooks.
A long exposure under the trestle-like approach to the dock, under which trains still pass regularly.
Looking out of the wavy stock shop.
This volume gauge could be read from 30 feet away, which is useful when the control panels and valves are that far away.
Part of a vintage neon sign. I hope it’s been preserved–it reminds me of the sign that hung over my grandfather’s tv sales and repair shop in small town Minnesota.