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We said we couldn't see why things had to be this way. They brought-in more lamps.

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    A self portrait on a tire swing outside the Service Building.

    Nopeming Sanatorium carried the burden of an epidemic for one of America’s key industrial boomtowns, before it was cut up, smashed-in, and swept under the rug. Now is the time for me to tell its story. READ IT»

    Note the large belt pulley in the center of the frame. Follow the axel it's on and you'll see several belts still attached to the drive, which was originally steam-driven.

    In 1957, the managers of this circa-1905 silk mill chained the doors closed. Virtually nothing inside has been touched for more than half a century.. Introducing Klotz: the last silk mill of its kind, anywhere. READ IT»

    To answer the question, "What was left?"

    Builder of drill presses for Studebaker, South Bend Lathe, Oliver Plow and even Notre Dame. This century-old foundry and factory was recently demolished, without so much as a blip on the internet. I’m here to fix that. READ IT»