Superior Plating

The shuttered electroplating plant on Spring Street Northeast, its tanks, signage, and contaminated infrastructure left in place after closure.

Superior Plating, Minneapolis, MN

Superior Plating was an electroplating factory on Spring Street Northeast in Minneapolis, operating for decades in the Holland neighborhood before closing in 2013. The company processed metal parts in chemical baths that included cyanide-based solutions used to bond metal coatings to surfaces.

After closing, the site was identified for contamination tied to its plating operations, and the building sat gutted and vacant for years.

Abandoned industrial warehouse interior with brick walls, metal pipes, and debris-covered concrete floor at Superior Plating in Minneapolis.View full post: Loading Bay Inside the Former Superior Plating Factory
April 24, 2013 — Superior Plating operated an electroplating factory in the Northeast Minneapolis warehouse district before closing in 2013 amid a cyanide contamination cleanup. The empty loading bay still holds its concrete floor, overhead piping, and brick walls stained from decades of industrial use.
Interior of the abandoned Superior Plating facility in Minneapolis showing industrial equipment, safety railings, and floor-level infrastructure under artificial lighting.View full post: Plating Line at Abandoned Superior Plating
April 20, 2013 — Superior Plating was a metal finishing plant in Minneapolis that processed parts in chemical baths, including cyanide based solutions used in plating. The building sits abandoned, its tanks, pipes, and hoses still in place along the production floor.
Industrial cargo truck bed loaded with yellow-wrapped materials and marked with cyanide warning labels at Superior Plating facility in Minneapolis.View full post: “Batch Cyanide” Markings at Superior Plating
April 20, 2013 — Superior Plating was a metal finishing plant in the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District that closed after decades of operation. Yellow lettering reading "Batch Cyanide" marks a holding tank once used in the plant's electroplating process, where cyanide based solutions helped bond metal coatings to parts. Pipes and valves still run along the tank where workers once managed the chemical batches.
Deteriorated interior of the abandoned Superior Plating facility in Minneapolis showing industrial equipment, exposed structures, and debris-covered floor.View full post: Overhead Crane Rail Inside the Superior Plating Factory
April 20, 2013 — Superior Plating was a metal finishing plant on Spring Street Northeast in Minneapolis before it closed and sat vacant. Inside, a steel crane rail and hoist frame span a loading bay once used to move heavy equipment between work areas.
Minneapolis downtown skyline at dusk viewed from an industrial rooftop with maintenance structures.View full post: Downtown Minneapolis Skyline from a Northeast Rooftop
April 2, 2013 — This is the downtown Minneapolis skyline viewed from a rooftop in Northeast Minneapolis, across the Mississippi River. The tall tower near the center is the Grain Belt Brewery's former office building area of downtown, with high rise apartment and condo towers that define the city's night profile. The rooftop itself sits atop the former Superior Plating factory building, a shuttered industrial site in Northeast Minneapolis.
Abandoned Superior Plating facility rooftop in Minneapolis at dusk with illuminated structures and industrial equipment.View full post: Rooftop of the Abandoned Superior Plating Factory at Night
April 2, 2013 — Superior Plating was an electroplating company in Northeast Minneapolis that closed its doors after decades of operation. The building sat vacant for years, its rooftop gathering debris and graffiti before redevelopment of the site began.
A vintage "Danger High Voltage 13,800 Volts Keep Out" warning sign hangs in an abandoned industrial electrical room in Minneapolis.View full post: “Danger High Voltage” Sign at Superior Plating
April 2, 2013 — A hand painted "Danger, High Voltage, 13,800 Volts, Keep Out" sign hangs beside a bank of meters at the former Superior Plating building in Minneapolis. The company ran an electroplating operation on the site before it closed and sat abandoned, leaving behind its old wiring and warning signs.
Abandoned Superior Plating facility in Minneapolis shows an industrial interior with scattered metal debris and railroad tracks on the floor.View full post: Debris-Strewn Production Floor at Superior Plating
March 15, 2013 — Superior Plating is a shuttered electroplating plant in Northeast Minneapolis. Inside, the old production floor sits littered with scrap pipe, lumber, and rusted equipment left behind after the business closed.
Abandoned Superior Plating facility in Minneapolis shows deteriorated industrial building with exposed metal structures and equipment at night.View full post: Inside the Abandoned Superior Plating Factory
March 15, 2013 — Superior Plating was a metal finishing plant in Northeast Minneapolis that closed after decades of operation. The site was later identified for contamination from its plating operations, and the building sat gutted and empty, with debris and rusted equipment left scattered across the factory floor.
Abandoned Superior Plating facility in Minneapolis shows deteriorated industrial equipment and electrical systems.View full post: Control Panel and Piping at Abandoned Superior Plating
March 15, 2013 — Superior Plating was a metal plating factory in Minneapolis that closed after operating for decades. The building sat abandoned and gutted, its boiler room left with corroded pipework and an old control panel still mounted on the wall.
A weathered maintenance clipboard on a rusted metal surface in the abandoned Superior Plating facility in Minneapolis.View full post: Lab Notice on a Clipboard at Superior Plating
March 15, 2013 — Superior Plating was a metal finishing plant in Northeast Minneapolis that sat vacant for years before redevelopment. A clipboard notice inside, dated September 9, 2010 and signed by a lab manager, instructs operators on dosing brightener maintenance for a nickel plating tank.
Abandoned Superior Plating industrial facility in Minneapolis showing a deteriorated interior hallway with exposed brick walls.View full post: Inside the Abandoned Superior Plating Building in Minneapolis
March 15, 2013 — Superior Plating was a metal finishing company that operated for decades in the Holland neighborhood of Northeast Minneapolis before closing and leaving the building vacant.

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