Recently I came into posession of several structures. I have been able to identify most of them, but not the structure pictured below. It has no manufacturer indicators. Any ides as to what it is?
Not quite sure what sort of machinery that represents, but it looks scratchbuilt. You won’t find any manufacturer information because it’s not a commerical model. Sure looks neat.
Where/how did you get it? That might tell us something.
I am going to guess this is HO (which would put me at a total loss) and not N but taking a stab at it, if it were N, the structure on the left looks like the roof top vent from the Walthers RJ Frost Ice Storage building and the other two could be maybe from the Glacier Gravel Co. building. What do we win if we guess right?
-Paul
Yes, it is really neat and I would like to use it on my layout. But I need some idea of what it is to present it correctly.
I received it, second hand, with several other structures I found in Souther Michigan. It was from a collection from an older gentleman who was a modeler sold his house to move into a retirement home. I have not been able to find his name, but if I could, my quandry would be solved.
It is HO scale and you would win my everlasting admiration!
Her is an other picture of it from another view point.
If it is HO I’ll take it![swg]
Hudson,
You might try posting this on the Prototype information for the modeler forum…
Tom
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Rich
Looks to me as either a concrete batch plant or an blacktop plant.
Hope this helps.
Hmm, interesting. The structure on the left in the second picture with the openings on top, looks like it could be some type of gravel processing. No clue about the others. What type of industries were the other structures? Perhaps it could be something to go along with those? If you never find out what they are for originally, you can always make them into whatever you want.
Far right looks like a rock sorting bin. But the whole thing makes me think of an old asphalt plant. Say back in the 30’s or 40’s.
The ones with legs look like Heavy Industrial bins, Most likely the forest industry. Sawdust and wood chips. The tower looking object, no idea.
I vote for a concrete processing/mixing plant or rock/sand processor.
There are various aggregates and mixings needed for different types of concrete, and it also looks very similar to a gravel processing plant near me growing up. The big bins would be for sorting stones and the middle unit for sand types. The tower thingy I am not sure of, but I could guess maybe a dryer of some sort?
Nifty looking job if it was scratch built!
The one with the bins I think was called a rock shaker to sort gravel and the other was storage and distribution and the square one looks like it collected rock dust ? Just my guess, Jim.
When making ready mix concrete the aggregates are not sorted. Aggregate comes from the supplier already sorted into the size ordered. It is then mixed with the other aggregate sizes depending on what the mix ratio is desired. Concrete roads might have a mix of 1 1/2 inch size stone and smaller with sand, fly ash, and Portland cement. Concrete foundations would have 3/4 inch and smaller.
The bin assembly pictured is set up for sand, 3/8, 3/4, and 1 1/2 inch stone. These are the most common size of aggregate used in ready mix cement. The center set of bins would be used for mixing and dispensing the Portland cement and fly ash. The boxy bin is for cement powder storage. The powder products are conveyed in heavy walled pipe either by vacuum or compressed dry air. What is missing is a conveyor for the aggregate movement and piping for the powder fly ash and cement. All this would go into what is called a batch building which is nothing more than a common hopper where all the aggregate, and powder would be sent to the ready mix truck drum to be mixed with water. All the pre measured product is mixed in the truck. As the drum turns it mixes the aggregates and powder together and the driver adds water to get the proper slump as specified in the order.
Pete