Dereliction

A steam-powered winch used to pull logs. "Donkeys" were also used in mining and maritime industries. Collier Logging Museum, Chiloquin, Oregon.

Steam engine wood burner. Collier Logging Museum, Chiloquin, Oregon.

Collier Logging Museum, Oregon, USA.

Used in the California redwoods and around Mt. Shasta beginning in the 1890s. Built in 1884, Baldwin Locomotive, Philadelphia. Wheel base is 72 inches. Collier Logging Museum, Chiloquin, Oregon.

Used in the California redwoods and around Mt. Shasta beginning in the 1890s. No. 7372 Baldwin Locomotive, Philadelphia 1884. Collier Logging Museum, Chiloquin, Oregon.

Collier Logging Museum, Chiloquin, Oregon.

Collier Logging Museum, Chiloquin, Oregon.

A very small car, its purpose unknown to me. Siskiyou is the name of a mountain range and a county in northern California. Collier Logging Museum, Chiloquin, Oregon.

This was a school in the 1920s or 30s, then a new one was built closer to town. At the time, this would have been the "country school" for farm kids. Later it was used as school district offices and storage, but has been abandoned for many years. There are still a lot of maintenance and office supplies inside, moldering away. I suppose it will be torn down at some point, but I wish the owner (probably the county) would leave it alone or restore it. As everywhere else - no money for that. Another version:

It was interesting to see how this corner was constructed, hollow, with several layers of bricks. There were no pipes or wires inside it, so would that be for added strength? It's a shame to see a nice old building like this crumble away, but there are so many like it...