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Tower

Tower

The tower supported two large cranes used to pick coal up from the barges.
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Halp! You did such a good job of lining up this shot that I am corn-fused on the perspective.
Lynne
Sat 10-01-2005
This is a really impressive shot! One of my favorites so far!
hrm
Sat 10-01-2005
The suspension cables appear to be holding the horizon in-place, cut just one and the world will collapse on it-self.

Man!!! my world...oh my
Bob
Mon 10-03-2005
Bob, that was exactly what I thought when I first saw this picture! Then I thought perhaps it was the beginning of a long bridge that ended with huge suspension cables on the other side. It is truly a great shot, isn't it?
Lynne
Mon 10-03-2005
These are the coal towers. Barges would dock on either side of the peir. Huge coal buckets would be driven out along cables underneath the steel booms spanning out from either side. The buckets would then descend into the barges scooping up tons of coal at a time and then raise back up into those dark slanted shaped funnels on the side. The coal then would be automatically loaded onto the conveyer belt and on into the boiler house. The operators booths can be seen just behind the funnels . The conveyer has been removed on this tower, you can see where the roofing was just above the center passage on the ground floor.
RedDragon
Thu 10-06-2005
Middle of winter, stuck on that tower from 3-5 hours one night because security decided to nest down below. Im surprised i didn't get frostbite
Scarecrow
Mon 06-23-2008

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