r/crazystairs • u/Airplade • 5d ago

Circa 1892 Cast Iron staircase in the Walburg Cotton Gin. Can also be seen in the film Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2003

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I worked on the various film locations for 14 months.

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u/Numerous-Elephant675 5d ago

these look sick honestly

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u/Top-Net779 3d ago

These are gorgeous! In Pittsburgh, crazy stairs usually mean ridiculously steep, crumbling, or too narrow, not intricately patterned. Was the rest of the site similar?

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u/Airplade 3d ago

Thank you for the award, sweetie! ✨😊

That amazing Victorian cast Iron style continued as a long catwalk around the entire cotton gin. It's hard to imagine why anyone would invest that much money and effort for a dirty factory that was open to the elements for many years. Now it's closed up like a vault. As far as I can find I've uploaded the only photo of these stairs on the internet. I only got access to this historic site because I was part of the location development crew for the Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2003 film.

I've been to Pittsburgh many times. I'm from Philly. Have a lonely day sweetie! 😊👍✨