Missant Trucking, Hamtramck
In Hamtramck, near Factory Zero and the detention center and recycling center, is a medium sized abandoned foundry building in a triangular nook. The entire area where the old roads were is fenced off today, but you can easily get in. Inmates can shout through the windows too, making it a bit different. This building is called the Missant Trucking Company, but was called Swedish Crucible Steel Co. before it switched hands. The first room you can get in is completely soaked, probably due to some different roofing that doesn't last as long as the other building space. Factories neatly arrange pipes and conduits for organization. I have a feeling this pool had to do with a sort of machine. Today it is an uncomfortable shade of green. If this used to be a forge, I'm sure this space was for the furnaces. A popular product of now old and defunct Northern Crane Co of Detroit was the gantry crane. In 2018 I assume some crew went through here and took down a large piece that covered th...