The sun was setting outside, highlighting the textures and lines that made the form of the power plant take a fourth dimension–time.
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Looking from one workhouse at another, with the other residents of Mill Hell falling into place as the distance grows. Across the rail yard you can see Froedert Malt elevator and Calumet.
A familiar scene in Control Tower B, though the microphone has not been used for years.
The old boilers of the steam plant have been mostly gutted to remove loose asbestos.
No wonder the factory shut down; everyone was scheduled to work 9 to 5 and the clock’s broken! (In all seriousness, this is/used to be a beautiful timepiece, especially for a utilitarian factory like this.
A colorful makeshift wall.
The world’s biggest paper machine was installed here about a century before this photo was taken. The orange in the windows is the brick building across the street–the new part of the plant.
Rows of offices under the power plant, which was in the middle of being demolished during my adventure. Despite the snow, this was meant as an interior.
I really like the way this high-ceilinged room is decaying. Well, decayed. It’s demolished now.
From Main Street, looking straight up at the A Mill, only the silence makes one think that nobody’s still inside, grinding grain into Pillsbury’s Best.