This electric Wellman crane was added to extract coal from ships for the power plant that Erie built beside their dock. Now, with the advent of self-unloading boats, it’s been replaced by a funnel and conveyor belt.
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One thing that made the Eagle Mine unique is the underground mill, left of this picture. As the rocks moved down the mill, they would be turned into finer and finer powder.
Water at the bottom of the silo was perfectly clear.
There is a flipped tram car about a third of the way down the cliff.
The BOMARC launch buildings are spaced on a large concrete pad that looks like a parking lot. Out of view are underground pipes for fueling and cooling the rocket motors.
Furnace #7, as seen from #6’s catwalks. Cue morning fog.
One night, I camped behind the sugar mill. You can tell be the clouds that a cold front was moving out—it was a hot day.
Portland Huron and downtown Duluth from the end of the Elevator A slip.
The building is winking.
For a short time, CN mounted flood lights atop the abandoned dock.