Abandoned America

The Northern Central Grain Elevator in Baltimore once was the largest grain terminal on the East Coast of the United States. Inside was a maze of pipes and some of the foulest water I've ever encountered, possibly an unholy, decades-old dirt-beer from whatever was left inside.

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Baltimore's Abandoned Northern Central Grain Elevator

Once a major part of Baltimore's harbor, the Northern Central Grain elevator was left abandoned for years. What happened?

Jan 26, 2023 at 4:57amMastodon for Android
Show threadKaj of the CreekJan 26, 2023
@AbandonedAmerica great shot—looks like a creepy mechanical crab, which is pretty perfect for B’more
Show threadAbandoned AmericaJan 26, 2023
@SpeedOfHuman thank you, and yes it does!
Show threadTom Helmut Rathke 📷☕🇩🇪🇺🇸🇺🇦Jan 26, 2023
@AbandonedAmerica I was going to compliment you on this image but I just can't get over the smell.
Show threadAbandoned AmericaJan 26, 2023
@rathke it was pretty godawful, not gonna lie
Show threadLost ObjectsJan 26, 2023
@AbandonedAmerica
reminds me of my grandparents furnace circa 1940's
Show threadAbandoned AmericaJan 26, 2023
@lostobjects they just have had cool furniture!
Show threadJe ne comprends pasJan 26, 2023
@AbandonedAmerica That description is *chef's kiss*. Mmm-mmm.
Show threadAbandoned AmericaJan 26, 2023
@zebulonmysterioso thanks! It was disgusting!
Show threadJe ne comprends pasJan 26, 2023
@AbandonedAmerica I'm imagining the Bog of Eternal Stench.
Show threadAbandoned AmericaJan 27, 2023
@zebulonmysterioso it was close
Show threadJude Marr PhD (he, they)Jan 26, 2023
@AbandonedAmerica this is a great photo. like grunge louise bourgeois. like late-stage patriarchal capitalism. love it
Show threadAbandoned AmericaJan 27, 2023
@judemarr thank you Jude! It was a pretty wild space to be in, grossness aside
Show threadDr. Tineke D'HaeseleerJan 26, 2023
@AbandonedAmerica amazing photography as always 
Show threadAbandoned AmericaJan 27, 2023
@tinebeest thank you!
Show threadLizardJan 26, 2023
@AbandonedAmerica I love this stuff. I have been fascinated with ruins and decay for literally as long as I can remember. I blame “London Bridge Is Falling Down”, the first book I clearly remember reading by myself, around age 3. It opened with a two-page spread of the bridge collapsing, and I’d spend hours studying the image. Hey, it was 1968! We didn’t have YouTube or Nintendo back then! We did what we could with what we had! (Adjusts belt onion, yells at clouds.)
Show threadMatt ThomasonJan 26, 2023

@LizardSF

Ruins and decay? The current plans for the UK are just that, you'll love it!

Show threadAbandoned AmericaJan 27, 2023
@LizardSF man, London Bridge isn't just falling, it's exploding! But jokes aside, it's a great illustration and I totally get where you're coming from. For me, it may well have been the forest bedroom in Where The Wild Things Are
Show threadSander AntoniadesJan 26, 2023
@AbandonedAmerica Isn't that the one they're trying to re-open in season 2 of the Wire?
Show threadAbandoned AmericaJan 26, 2023
@s4ra8s I have not watched past season 1 (gotta get back to it) but my guess is that was Locust Point
Show threadSander AntoniadesJan 26, 2023
@AbandonedAmerica After a quick web search it was Locust Point which apparently was gone and is now condos.
Show threadAbandoned AmericaJan 27, 2023
@s4ra8s yep! I vaguely remembered that was the one
Show threadDogzillaJan 26, 2023
@AbandonedAmerica Mmmm…dirt beer
Show threadAbandoned AmericaJan 26, 2023
@Dogzilla better than no beer in some circles I guess
Show threadNorman WilsonJan 27, 2023
@AbandonedAmerica @Dogzilla Beerly.
Show threadDogzillaJan 27, 2023
@AbandonedAmerica I didn’t realize you’d already met my friends
Show threadIza Running AgainJan 26, 2023
@AbandonedAmerica Natty Boh!
Show threadAbandoned AmericaJan 26, 2023
@IzabelaKaramia lol more like Nasty Boh, amirite? 😬
Show threadShield MaidenJan 26, 2023
@AbandonedAmerica This photo is like a moment when huge metal robots were stopped in their tracks in some abandoned building...
Show threadAbandoned AmericaJan 26, 2023
@Judeet88 I had similar thoughts as well
Show threadcatsynth / amanda cJan 26, 2023
@AbandonedAmerica I particularly like the asymmetric angles of the pipes.
Show threadAbandoned AmericaJan 26, 2023
@catsynth me too! They were fun to shoot!
Show threadBeast of Bourbon 🩷💜💙Jan 26, 2023
@AbandonedAmerica @keli this is a BioShock level
Show threadacmJan 26, 2023
@AbandonedAmerica "dirt beer"!!!!
Show threadDan Morgan Jan 26, 2023
@AbandonedAmerica @jeffjarvis Grain terminals aren’t for making beer. They’re for storage and export of grain. I’m sick of seeing this boosted with such an inane comment and replies.
Show threadAbandoned AmericaJan 26, 2023
@DanMorgan @jeffjarvis rather than debate with you about how this is in fact something that could occur given the circumstances (water and grain are def present and yeast can come from as little as combining flour - also a grain and thus likely present! - and water) I'm instead going to point out how smug and rude your response is and just block you. To be clear, it's not because you disagree, or that you're wrong, it's because you were a jerk about it
Show threadNorman WilsonJan 27, 2023
@DanMorgan @AbandonedAmerica @jeffjarvis Have a beer and chill, mate.
Show threadDavid WillmoreJan 26, 2023
@AbandonedAmerica That looks like a typical video game map. Maybe Left 4 Dead 2's map "hard rain".
Show threadAbandoned AmericaJan 26, 2023
@willmore that is one I have not played but I hear there's a resemblance often 😊
Show threadJaneJan 28, 2023
@AbandonedAmerica These pipes look like legs, with knees all over the shop.
Show threadAbandoned AmericaJan 29, 2023
@JayemJM I agree!