This floor of the workhouse had corkscrew conveyors–big augers–in the floor to move material around. Most of the walls that were metal were missing, leaving the concrete structure and open doors.
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Standing atop the dust collector, the factory breaks down into diverging patterns, processes.
An alarm panel in the powerpplant, now demolished.
An unplanned skylight. It’s unclear why some parts of the building had wooden roofing, while others were highly reinforced with brick.
This drying house was full of ventilation ducts, broken scales, and insulated carts to haul powder around the line.
On the scale of the big machine shop, the huge piles of clothing look insignificant.
The sexiest feature of Kurth is this steel arch over the silos on its south side. The manholes in the floor open to the silos directly, and flimsy grates might catch a hurried worker. Grates were removable so that workers could descend into the concrete tubes, so a few are missing today.
Looking toward the old power house, right below one of its arteries.
Typical bunk rooms in MS-20.
The control room was used through the mid-1990s as the plant was used to stabilize the power grid.