Steve,
Some industries continued to use coal into modern day. Electro-Motive's main plant in McCook, IL was heated with steam generated by coal until it was torn down in the mid 1990s.
Bill Barber Gravois Mills, MO Mon Jan 26, 2015 8:38 pm (PST) . Posted by:To add to Leo's remarks. Most industry up till after WWII used coal to power and also heat the plants. IF you attended my clinic at Rock Island and got the handout look at the inbound coal loading and also where it came from. And look at my Zephyr article in No. 59 Coal in 60 coal in to Thor Power Tool. No. 62 with the coal storage and the use of conveyors instead of the scoop to move the coal into Coal Storage bins which were all along the tracks in every town in America at one time. IF you were at the Meet in KC and on the rail trip you could get up close look at the storage buildings. And the latest 69 with the coal into the power house in Batavia and ash out. This would have been the same with any roundhouse. Coal in and ash from the ash pit out to be used as fill and ballast. Many early houses and barns were prefabed (some by Sears and sawbuck) and shipped in gons for the receiver to unload and put up the buildings. And do not forget the
Cucumber factories.
Guess I better get to work on SA and BG.
Steve in SC
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