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More to come about the new project! Stay tuned....

January 1st 2013

Another semester is done, and the road ahead is long. I'm still working on the Laramie Midwest Refinery project, and have started a new web site/blog specifically for it. It can be found at laramiemidwestrefinery.com Unlike this blog, the refinery web site will be site-specific, and will include much more information than I've already posted here. It's also laid out differently than this site, in that there are specific pages for not only portions of the property, but pages that will have most of the research I've conducted. Happy New Year! -Doc

Mural

I found this mural inside one of the production buildings some time back. This takes up an entire wall - about 30 feet across. The actual size of the print for this one is 66", (5.5' wide).

Refinery

I've been continuing to work on the refinery project these past few months, and am almost done with the stills, (the concrete structures on the south side of the property). I have been photographing and documenting all around the site, but have been focusing most of my attention on the southern end of the property including up to the fence line that borders the site. It is interesting to note that there has been recent graffiti added to the stills, since the LRCD has put up their fence, no less. I've included two images of the recent vandalism. However, I'll start with an interesting image that I shot in late July.

A view from the top of the stills at sunrise

The building on the northwest corner of the property

Inside this building is one of the numerous items of furniture that have been dumped here over the years

Detail of the steel plate

This still support wall was recently tagged, as were seven others

This one was also done recently

A view of the western half of the production line buildings

Southwestern bank of stills

Looking at the back of the production building

The northeast foundation wall of the southwestern still bank

Another view of the production office, note the work by the tagger "Mund". there are several locations throughout the refinery site that bear his name

More of Mr. Mund's work

The northwest foundation wall of the southeastern still bank

Still support wall with the production office in the background

On one of the walls of the still supports

More from one of the still walls

The layers of concrete are crumbling, and some of the graffiti is disappearing as a result

More graffiti

A view of the stills

Another view of the stills

The production office at sunrise

Refinery Update

With another semester completed, I have some new images from the refinery project. Please click on the images for a better view. Starting with: Rebar Pipe

Shoe

Outhouse

Chevron

Doorway

East Side of Production

Taggage

Taggage

Still Life One

Still Life Two

Team

Stick on the Wall

Gub

Eye

Jake

Alien

Barrels

Pink Ghosts

Red Cross

Goggles

Oil Slick

Phillips 66

Green Ghosts

Below are five more images from the refinery project.

New images from the Refinery

Standard Production

StillRose

Blue Power

RCA Victor

Vanity