This is the orig­i­nal Fort Collins water pro­cess­ing plant, the very first one here. Before it was built, all sorts of water-borne dis­eases were a prob­lem in the area. I think it was built in the 1910s. It was closed up in the mid 80s. It makes me sad to see such a well-built build­ing sit­ting in a val­ley all closed up. I want to restore it, make it a place to live or some­thing. At the very least, can I go inside and do a model shoot pretty please?

For those of you look­ing for a desk­top image of yesterday’s photo, go check out this image, which is of the same rock, but is in land­scape. It’s miss­ing the river rocks in the fore­ground, but it’s still pretty neat.