Mike, I remember hearing stories of all the stuff thrown into dumpsters.
The wood shop was supposed to have had some really old rare wood stored.
Julius Wozek ( roundhouse foreman in 1974 ) told me years later that he
found a journal kept by the then foreman in 1864. The journal was a day to
day account of hiring, firing, and discipline. He vowed never to let it see
the light of day account of family names still present in Aurora. He felt
that it would be improper to show this to everybody. Bill
----- Original Message -----
From: <supchief17@a...>
To: <BRHSlist@egroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2000 11:04 PM
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Aurora Shops
> In a message dated 8/20/00 9:34:43 PM Central Daylight Time,
> budapest@g... writes:
>
> << Talk about the Aurora Shops brings to mind kind of a open question
about
> what was auctioned off at Aurora when the shops were closed. >>
> A woman I worked with about 6 years ago took me out to her elderly fathers
> farm on the East side of Aurora. He had a machine shop in a lean-to
building
> off a barn. As we were out there her father told me the story about a (now
I
> am guessing here, it was 6 years ago) lathe he had in the shop that was
about
> 12 feet long. I remember it being very impressive. He said it used to be
down
> at the Burlington Shops downtown, and that he picked it up "for a song."
> "They used to make steam engines with that lathe" he told me. Humoring
him,
> (as he was in his early 80's) I asked him how he got it. He mentioned
> something about a sale when they closed the shops. Your question brought
back
> this memory to me. I remember asking him how the hell he got the lathe out
to
> his house. "A flat bed truck and a crane" he answered. This fine gentleman
> used to do subcontracting work for the military in his machine shop, and
his
> "Ex-steam engine building lathe" seemed to be one of his prize
possessions.
> Mike..........
>
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