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The Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex

In 1975 the US army finished construction on a 6 billion dollar, 127.000 square foot facility with a 79 foot fall concrete pyramid so thick it could shield nuclear electromagnetic radiation. This pyramid was equipped with 4 massive radars and a control room that provided launch control for over 100 anti-ballistic missiles designed to intercept incoming warheads during the Cold War Era. This was the first facility of its kind ever completed in the United States as part of the US’s planned 12-part anti-ballistic missile defense system, known as the Safeguard Program. However, the facility was only in full operation for roughly 3 days, and 8 months later it was fully decommissioned. The facility sat inactive and abandoned for years with only rumors of it still being in use, probably because of the maintained property, barb wire fencing, spot lights, constant security presence, and many active cameras surrounding the site. It wasn’t until 2008 that they started allowing occasional tours, but the interior of the pyramid has always been strictly forbidden to all public access. In 2022 the pyramid itself was sold to Bitzero Blockchain Inc. who plans to now now turn it into a data center. 

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Ancient pillars holding up grass fields.
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The Main Street plant. 

Back in the early twentieth century, Hydroelectricity was the leading industry on the east bank of Minneapolis. In 1894, The General Electric Company constructed a station on Main Street to supply power for the city’s electric street lights. Though the original building caught fire in 1911, and it was immediately rebuilt into the building that still stands today.
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Rack city
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As above, so is below. A trip to an alien underworld. 

I’ve lost so many things in this place, from brand new
flash lights, to camera equipment, even drain boots..
The unspeakable sludge in this system will swallow it,
whole. One thing I never lost was my urge to capture
these beautiful brick pillars in all there glory, And with
this last trip, I think we managed to do just that. Huge
shoutout to @secondlivinghuman for helping with the
lighting on frames 2, 3 and 4. Bro turned into a track
star running from pillar to pillar changing the colors for
each one in the 4th frame. Legend. 

Also, We couldn’t decide between 2 n 3.
Which ones y’all favorite?
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