Thanks, Nelson. It sounds like a great subject for a Zephyr article (hint,
hint). I've felt frustrated not to have this basic part of a servicing facility
available. In HO scale, at least, there have been kits and built models for
several different Burlington water towers, coaling towers, depots, and other
company buildings, including handcar shed, section house, even dry closest. But
for sand houses, I've never seen anything, not even a plan (not for the Q
anyway; there have been kits for e.g., the D&RGW narrow gauge, Colorado
Midland, and others).
Do you know the age of that tower you photographed? What I really want to know
is about when the 'modern' metal cylinder design replaced the old saltbox sand
houses you see in early 20th-c. photos.
Thanks again, and happy modeling!
Jonathan
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "Nelson Moyer" <ku0a@...> wrote:
>
> I posted five close-up photos of the sand tower in Burlington. Photos of
> the whole tower are in my Burlington Depot Album. I need to know more about
> how the tower operated, i.e. which is the fill pipe and which is the
> delivery pipe. As the tower sits now, a hose is connected to the long pipe
> extending from the tower. That pipe comes out of the center of the tank at
> the bottom with a three-way splitter, however only one of the splits is
> connected. Above the connected pipe is a cradle with another pipe that
> isn't connected to anything. What was that pipe for? Two weights are on
> slide rods and markers are on one of the two rods in the earlier photos.
> Those markers don't appear in recent photos, so apparently they were removed
> when the tower was repainted. What did the markers indicate, sand level?
> What were the pulley cables connected to besides the weights? There appears
> to be a vent in the top of the tank. How was it constructed and used? I
> assume there was s drying house and a air pressure system to deliver sand to
> the tower, but I've never seen any pictures of the drying house.
>
>
>
> I measured the tower, and I've drawn a preliminary set of HO scale plans for
> a model. Now I need to know how to make the detail parts and connect the
> pipes.
>
>
>
> Nelson Moyer
>
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