Forum: History
01-20-2005, 10:46 PM
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More mystery tanks in Alton
I was just re-reading mcdude's excellent railroad post and noticed that in a B&W photo of the old Alton Station (17'th image into post, from mcdude collection, view from across the water, small...
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Forum: History
12-22-2004, 09:46 PM
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Mystery drum in the building
Looking at mcdude's "real photo", does anyone else think they see the mystery drum in the leftmost, lower opening (just behind the person going up the ramp) in the building in front of the Mount ?
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Forum: History
12-22-2004, 09:55 AM
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Old Mount fuel not oil
From the boiler/engine plan that RG posted (where do you get all this stuff :coolsm: ) I deduce that the old Mount's fuel was either coal or wood, certainly not oil or diesel. There's the shape &...
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Forum: History
12-21-2004, 08:51 PM
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Big drum for ?
1'st - kudos to SCG and RG, these are also the first pics of the burned old Mt that I've seen.
2'nd - WRT to the big drum and the old Mt's fuel. I couldn't find anything about what she used for...
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