Huge, gritty, greasy gears that had done their work for more than a century.
We've heard of various legislative projects called "The Bridge to Nowhere"--well, this is a train track to nowhere. Actually, they had just torn down part of it.
This twisted, mangled piece of steel lying in a shadowed corner reminded me of so many things. See the weld line two-thirds of the way across, from left to right?
Twisted, rusted, and very thick scrap steel from a cooling portion of the copper smelting plant.
Twisted pieces of steel, waiting for the recycler to come by and reuse the metal.
Taller of two towers at copper smelting plant in El Paso, TX. Most everything else had been torn down--the two towers would be imploded last, removing an eye-sore and pollutant in the city.
Huge, gritty, greasy gears that had done their work for more than a century.
Huge, gritty, greasy gears that had done their work for more than a century.
Huge, gritty, greasy gears that had done their work for more than a century.
See photo in original gallery.