92 Comments Posted by mammabear

Mr. Motts, thanks for the new gallery. What is the dark outline around the center window?

Thanks for the info, Tina and Claudia. I've been a cook for many years, but never worked with a tilt kettle personally. I've seen them, tho. I think they're fascinating. Yeah, I'm kind of a dork for kitchen equipment.

Does anyone know what the slag cars are made of? What material is able to hold molten steel?

The video is relly cool, I wonder what it's like to see that in person. The slag cars remind me of tilt kettles, which are huge bowls used to make very large quantites of soups and stocks in the food industry. There is a layer of steam, or a steam jacket, between the walls of the bowl. The heat from the steam is what cooks the food. They are on hinges like the slag cars, because they are so large. They're impossible to lift to poor the liquid out.

This is beautiful, Mr. Motts.

Good title. It is staggering, isn't it? These structures are like prehistoric creatures.

This would make a striking oil painting.

This seems so out of place. Like it's from a different building.

So did you risk a peek in that room, Mr. Motts?

Looks like waffles.

Beautiful shot, Mr. Motts. Marie, that's so sad. I can't imaging how heartbreaking that must have been. I would not have been able to watch either.

I just don't understand why these buildings aren't preserved. I get the whole lead paint/asbestos thing, but if you go to Europe there are plenty of old structures like this. Did they not use those materials, or do they just care more about preserving them?

I love this photo...scary to think of getting trapped in there. No one would find you for a very long time, or maybe not ever.

I'm glad you said it, I didn't want to:)

ha ha Ferdy, are you referring to the popular Wisconsin Dells attraction?