Most of the gauges on the control panels were broken.
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I like to think of this as a giant straw, through which the factory is slowly draining the earth, leaving nothing but reinforced concrete below…
A chalkboard halfway to the headhouse is untouched since the mill closed. It still has the cheat sheets!
A small upper level was accessible via ladder through the hole in this ceiling. Ben for scale.
Much of the plant depended on steam, not only for heat but for mechanical power.
A 8-foot-tall volume indicator that could be read from across the beet boiler floor–convenient when the controls are 20 feet away.
Panorama from where the skyway connected the cleaning house and elevator. ADM Meal Storage is to the right, ADM-4 is to the extreme right, and Kurth is on the left.
Looking toward the famous Duluth Aerial Lift Bridge from Lake Superior. Shot on a the legendary Pentax 67.
Camera: Voigtlander Bessa Film: Acros 100
If there was a problem with the conveyor belt, the grain would go out these chutes.