Thursday, January 21, 2021
The Concrete Ruins used to be part of a large mine. Aside from sorting raw material, it's difficult to say what exactly these structures once housed or what methods were used in sorting. There were large hoppers at the top of the tallest buildings which funneled material into lower parts of the structures, through holes in the floor and down a long slope. The existence of a large water basin along with channels in the floors from the top sorting station down the hill lead me to believe water was employed in funneling ore to different end points below. The building towards the base of the hill could have thus been a pump house and the one next to it may have been the hopper where the final product of this facility was loaded into trucks and hauled off.
This was an extremely chill spot. Despite it being completely gutted/bare concrete, it's the kind of place where I could enjoy just hanging out and vibing all day. Fire up a BBQ grill and listen to the wind and the woods. Damn, I miss summer...
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