Archive for July 2009

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Industrial Abstract

Grain Elevators at the Gold Medal Flour building, now the Mill City Museum.

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Gold Medal Flour Detail

Here's some steam-punk distressed industrial action for your viewing pleasure.

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The Ubiquitous Gold Medal Flour Photo

The Gold Medal Flour sign sits atop the Mill City Museum on the Minneapolis side of the Mighty Mississippi.  The next few days' photos are from different angles of the old mill.

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Geese & Cottonwood Fluff

Enough of the Industrial Archaeology, let's go back to the birds.

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Southern Pacific 4449

This Saturday, July 18th, the Southern Pacific 4449, a 1941 Daylight Express steam locomotive that came out or retirement to pull the Freedom Train in 1976, is out for the first time in 30 years. It is on its way to Trainfest 2009 in Michigan. This Saturday July 18th, the 4449 starts its run to Chicago from Minneapolis at the Friends of the 261 facility at 8:00am. I will be there taking pictures and boarding the vintage passener cars to join in on this amazing journey. The train will not be following the traditional Amtrak route, it is an express to Chicago that will be following the classic route along the mighty Missisippi. You can also track the 4449's progress; there's a GPS page on the engine's website. There might still be tickets available there too! I plan on twittering from the train, you can follow me: @mitchsterdotcom

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Shocking Port-a-John

Wow, that's gotta be just the worst John location outside of a small town beerfest.

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Shiva, Teacup Chihuahua & Destroyer of Worlds

She's eyeing me up, I better take the photo and get going before she get's hungry!

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Juvenile Green Heron Profile

Here's the Juvie Green Heron from yesterday, only in profile.