Building Wave

Where the trees are sprouting–below the skyways and criss-crossing pipes–are two sets of railroad tracks that turned through this narrow alleyway through the middle of the production line to drop off raw materials and pick up finished product.

Will coming down “Darwin’s Ladder”.

A panoramic view of the sintering plant’s gas plant (?). Everyone who visits must get a picture of these rusty smokestacks!

Indianapolis’ beautiful downtown is in the distance, past the gas storage tank.

On the left you can see one of the later air shafts for the mine below, which allowed for natural air exchange with the main production areas of the coal mine. That is to say, there were no fans blowing fresh air down below.

The mill is one of the tallest buildings in the city. It’s too bad that the cupola with its big skylights and flagpole were removed.

The last batch of molded metal stuck in the chute, this metallurgical furnace was falling apart brick by disintegrating brick b the time I got to it. On the upper floors there is a sophisticated network of vents and chimneys to make these little furnaces as hot as possible.

I found out some of my friends were going to be married while I was on top of Gold Medal one evening while it was snowing.

Looking toward the old power house, right below one of its arteries.