Rebar Fall Guards A look straight down into the chutes were taconite pellets would dump into the dock hoppers. Rebar was a safety measure to keep workers from being buried alive, were they to slip into the holes. Related Similar Images ...based on the tags: black&white, grates, heights, rebar, squares, steel, tracks... My first picture at Nopeming, sometime around 2004. The same year that the county stopped mowing the lawn. The BOMARC launch buildings are spaced on a large concrete pad that looks like a parking lot. Out of view are underground pipes for fueling and cooling the rocket motors. Looking through Workhouse A from the top of a silo. The machine shop today. The overgrown offices serve no one at this former Federal Elevator in Snowflake, MB. Local kids probably call this the ‘Shootin’ Shack’, judging by its war wounds. Ben The barracks are being reclaimed by nature. These aluminum powder kegs were forgotten in storage.