Location: 44.0202°N, -77.8025°W; Alt: ???m (estimate)
	Photo Date: 11 June, 2005
	ISO: 200
	Aperture/Shutter: F/5, 1/400
	Focal Length: 15mm
	Camera: Fuji S5000
Category: Miscellaneous Pics

Salem, Ontario
Now a victim of the very sand and stones it once commanded, the former control tower lies forgotten here at the head of the gravel pit. Although the windows are barred and the doors are firmly bolted against intruders, it has suffered a good deal of abuse to the exterior from the local youth. The 2nd floor platform (not visable) does provide an excellent view of the site and the interior of the master control room.
Looking inside, this building continues the place's eerie feeling of instant egress as coffee cups and work coats are still in place on and around the control panel. The panel itself also doesn't disappoint, plenty of now dark lights, knobs and toggle switches line it's 3 angular sides like the cockpit of some kind of BBC space craft. Now it simply waits to be consumed by the rapidly eroding sand left behind by the ecologically devistating process it inspired.

(See the Gravel Watch website to find information on the rehabilitation of Ontario's gravel pits.)