Silos of history

Someone climbed this
Strathroy, ON
August 2019
This photo originally shared on Instagram

Tucked next to a railroad crossing in Strathroy, a small town west of London, a trio of silos dominates the skyline and casts a comforting shadow over the edge-of-downtown streets beside it.

Because the world never stops changing, it's been a while since this facility was used for its original purpose. It's now home to a craft brewery, one of many popping up throughout southern Ontario to feed consumers' exploding interest in better beer and better community.

To the owners' credit, they've retained virtually all the architecture that made this place special in the first place. And as I stand at the base and look skyward, I think of the now-vanished people who once worked here, and how at least one of them had to climb the ladder you see here.

No external cage. Or grips. Or safety equipment of any kind. Just bare, rusting metal and a stomach made of iron.

I guess life really was different back then. And so were the people who lived - and worked - it.

Before I turn around and head home, I silently wish I could have met them. And maybe had a friendly chat over a mug or two.

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