Main Entrance
The main entrance from the inside of the Château Lumière. A big door sheds light on the stairs to the ground floor.
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Ferrum Schafisheim
Ferrum is an old, traditional company in Switzerland with over 100 years of history. But the foundry business got less and less profitable until this…
Pallet Jack
Currently several companies that bought the machines from the closed foundry are disassembling them in order to be sent to a new “assignment” – so this forklift is not retired yet…
Hammered
Close to the ovens the hammers are laying like someone will use them again in a minute. But it’s months ago since the last mold was cast…
A Floor down
Who does not have to look down if there is a hole in the floor?
Yellow Arm
Once used to handle the heavy, molded parts, a crane stands like a big, yellow arm with red muscles.
Enter the Foundry
The door between the warehouse and the foundry. Material transport only – but where shall the women with the kid go?
Lost Weight
There are still a lot of things around in the old Ferrum foundry – like this old scale going up to 5 tons.
Ferrum Schafisheim
Ferrum is an old, traditional foundry in Switzerland. As the foundry business got no longer profitable, this part of the production ceased last year. Together with an employee we had the opportunity to visit the location which usually is NOT accessible, as the area is
Lost Walls
In the middle of a field, behind some bushes, two lost walls are all that’s left from former building. A picture from the “Post Apocalypse” series.