Ore Yard
Looking south east along the south track of the ore yard. Different grades of iron ore and sometimes limestone were stored in piles in the ore yard. Ore was delivered in hopper cars on the adjacent track and dumped.
The electric ore bridge crane would build the piles up and then recover the ore as needed, dumping it into the stock bins alongside the furnace. The stock bins had gates at the bottom, which could be opened by a scale car running on tracks underneath the bins. The scale car extracted and weighed materials in precise quantities and then dumped them into one of the skips.
The crane operator's cab can be seen almost directly above the left rail track and the grab is above the right rail. The operator sat with his back to the furnaces.
Beyond the ore ground you may just be able to make out the reservoir, and the Morris canal was just out of sight to our right. The incline track running up to the high line along the top of the stock bins is clearly visible.