Detroit Steam

clips taken in detroit 2015-16
less than 5 in grand rapids and wyandotte




Detroit incinerates garbage, once burned the produced steam generates electricity and provides heat around the city, as described in the MetroTimes

"Each year, 800,000 tons of garbage — supplied both by the city and private haulers — are trucked to the incinerator; most of it is burned, generating the intense heat used to create steam in a series of massive boilers. That steam is piped to the plant on Beacon Street — the one designated a historical landmark by the mechanical engineers — at the eastern edge of downtown. From there, the steam, after pressure is reduced to make it compatible with the equipment of end users, flows into what has been scaled back to 39 miles of pipe, heating and cooling buildings from the Renaissance Center on the riverfront to the Fisher Building in the New Center area, with buildings large and small in between."

This collection was inspired by the steam that slips away from the underground and quietly graces the streets of Detroit everyday. It lead to the recording of steam in all places around the city, to appreciate its beauty and abundance that is always tucked into the background.

Detroit breathes warm breath