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Hall

This one building was really vast and beautiful, it looked like an assembly hall but I believe it was used for storage. Both walls were dotted with platforms that jutted out in intervals and a trench ran through the center that used to have railroad tracks, enabling the cars to roll through to pick up or drop off material.
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makes me feel like i'm smack in the middle of ragtime, wondering about Henry Ford could do for me and why JP Morgan wanted to be my mentor. crazy.
spooky
Thu 02-23-2006
Wow...it's massive!
Bri
Thu 02-23-2006
Awesome...

"I am the captain and this is my shrine.
Lord of the manor. See what I leave behind.
River in flames, cities on fire.
Yes, I'm a relic trapped in the wire.
Oh industry, whatever will become of me?"
Bri
Thu 02-23-2006
Impressive, this hall is larger than a lot of factories.
psychadellic one
Thu 02-23-2006
I love this picture. I can almost hear the trains too........ And those balconies are the coolest!
Jude
Thu 02-23-2006
It reminds me of.....something...never mind
Ragdolledwahine
Thu 02-23-2006
Wow, the different depths are really amazing!
REWilson
Thu 02-23-2006
I like the general muted quality of the image and then the fact that certain colors pop out. The lighting is superb.
Grace
Fri 02-24-2006
isn't there a scene in Star Wars that looks something like this?
jane
Fri 02-24-2006
All right, I'm sorry to bring the quality of the whole conversation down, but...it reminds me of a Donkey Kong level. Or Donkey Kong Country. The industrial part.
Valatiel
Sat 02-25-2006
I absolutely love this shot. It reminds me of downtown brooklyn when i was a kid (and thats a long time ago !!! lol)
silkster40z
Sun 02-26-2006
What a majestic old structure...too bad it is slated for destruction. I've enjoyed touring your gallery...so much to see.
Kort
Mon 02-27-2006
it reminds me of a cathedral. stained glass. *points*
white orchid
Thu 03-02-2006
to me, it's futuristic, like star wars...
those tunnels on the deathstar that served no purpose except a place to have space dogfights...
pat ratchet
Sat 06-03-2006
The studbaker plant was very beautiful. They tore it down about 6 or 7 years ago. it was hideous on the outside but man makes me wish I had seen the inside. real pleasure to see a town Im from on here.
D. Kovatch
Sun 04-15-2007
Motts--
this would make a fantastic screensaver!
Atlas
Tue 05-01-2007
I looked this up in the South Bend center for history. It was a loading and recieving dock from the railroad. Each platform on levels 1-4 were different stages on the assembly line. If you look close enough there is a boom crane to haul matrerials to each level. The plant was verticle in size for the lack of real estate so materials were shipped "just in time" for the line.
JP - ELkhart Indiana
Sun 08-10-2008
The avrage Railroad Auto Parts Boxcar is 86 feet long and 17 feet tall.
Brendan
Thu 01-29-2009

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