Looking at the side of the Superior Elevator from the tracks that feed the Western. Note the old flagpole.
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The top of the grain handler of Ogilvie’s. The flagpole serves as a lightning rod. In fact, I would not be surprised if that was its primary purpose.
Looking at the tallest part of the plant from a skeletal loading dock. Kodak Portra 160/Mamiya 6.
Somewhere there was a hoe left on the ground. Given that we had read articles about photographers being mugged around the abandoned projects, we felt it wouldn’t hurt to carry this around. I am glad we did; it made a great musical drumstick against the warped Wheeler Rec Center floor.
Water at the bottom of the silo was perfectly clear.
Go on and jump in, if you want, there’s even a ladder to climb out.
“The fresh snow mixed indistinguishably from the ashes of the half-demolished power plant.”
Looking up the tallest structure left at ACME.
Taking a midwinter hike in Cramer after a blizzard and ice storm was my idea. Do my friends seem upset to you? Mamiya GA645 / Kodak Pro 400
Showering red-hot coke fresh from the furnaces near the Coal Tower (in the back) was the Quenching Tower’s duty (front).