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North of the city central looms a massive thing... That's the Raunistula feed mill.
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The industrial area is more than the feed mill; the red brick textile mill Barker will soon go through conversion to something. A newer white large hall is between these older buildings.
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View from the street: extension silos made of steel dominate this side.
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This, not exactly beautiful view especially in this condition opens towards the village-like Raunistula housing area.
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Trucks have unloaded their grain at this spot since 1970's, when this extension was built. Earlier transport method was freight trains.
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Obviously the slide doors have moved up since first taggings.
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Something that catches an eye are the silos, which are not quite typical. They're checkered, it seems. Why?
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Every each checker is a steel sheet and they've been attached to each other with tens of thousands of bolts to form a silo.
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The silos again.
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Going anti-clockwise takes to the large feed storage. It has been the scene of many arsons, or practically matchstick games which ran out of hand.
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This side is extremely graffitied.
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The blind tracks have led near this loading platform, but installations like this look quite weak to have handled daily grain flow into the mill. Well, so mote it be.
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The feed storage's roof has skylights..
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..and vegetation. Some of the fires must have damaged the roof to this state.
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The mill looks perhaps best from South, when the original 30 silos show off most.
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One track stopper is still around, but the actual tracks have been removed.
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Going around the corner, some container in the bush.
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Going around the next corner takes back to the this side. Early morning sun glows nicely on the rusting steel.
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The mill, a concretic example of what keen vandals are capable of doing to a quite new and good conditioned building in short time.
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A slum alley? Actually this is on the roof between the mill and steel silos. After another fire in 2004 and some weak re-securing actions, the roof provided an alternative access into the building. That was, until someone ripped the doors open again.
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Oh yeah. Everything smashed. But what is that rope doing hanging from the top window?? No-one can't possibly have used it for climbing, no?
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Catwalk straight above the photographer provides access to the top of the steel silos.
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