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Re: Old Structures - MountainMan - 03-13-2009 Charlie B Wrote:Thanks MountainMan, Those are great pictures. Makes perfect sense when you think abut it. Barbers, after all, started out long ago as surgeons, hence the red and white stripes. An awful lot of the small mining towns were supported by a few business folk who did double duty, such as a drygoods store that doubled as the post office. Made sense because it was one of the only places for non-drinkers to hang out. BTW - Lowell Thomas, the world renowned news personality, was from Victor, Colorado, where two of those phots came from. The very decrepit looking Post Office in Elmo is still in service and lived in. Elmo is one of the best preserved ghost towns in the West, and is open in the summer for walking tours. The rest of the year, you can't really get there anyway. Re: Old Structures - jim currie - 03-14-2009 moutainman is that a photo of fourth street in victor if so when was it taken ? Jim Re: Old Structures - ngauger - 03-14-2009 Have you been to the Library of Congress Libray site yet??? <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html">http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html</a><!-- m --> Click there - then in the upper right corner "Search" put the following (one line at a time WARNING: It's addictive, one night I spent 5 hours getting "lost" in our history old west town railroad steam engine historical building mines mine workers railroad worker Have fun!!!!!!! Let me know what you think!!! Re: Old Structures - Charlie B - 04-05-2009 These are the old Standard Oil Co buildings in Negley, Ohio The wooden one at one time served as a bunk house for the Itialian workers that laid the bricks for the other buildings. Later years it served as a parts department for the Youngstown and Southern Railroad. Charlie Re: Old Structures - MountainMan - 04-06-2009 What purpose did the brick buildings serve? Any more pictures of them? Re: Old Structures - Charlie B - 04-06-2009 The first brick building that is visible was a machine shop which function was the same for the railroad. The other building was used for a locomotive shop, complete with a pit and drop table. While it was Standard Oil property the shop was a pump house. They pumped 30, 000 barrels of oil a day from wells in the surrounding area. Here is one of the one they are using for a locomotive shop. I didn't realize that I don't have any other photos. I'll have to get some while I can. Charlie Re: Old Structures/Ravages of time - Charlie B - 04-07-2009 The first picture was taken May 17, 1981, the second one April 4, 2009. The same little building, (sand house) just different angles. The railroad suffered from years of neglect. The fellow that is GM now has worked for 25 years saving the railroad from several different owners that wanted to destroy it. It looks to be safe now and the new owners/operator are gaining new business. Re: Old Structures - Bigsteel - 04-07-2009 great pics charlie ,its such a shame to see shortlines in such disrepair.at some point i want to get down to the chemical/plastics plant on the river and get some pics of there switcher.it looks to be an older SW series.and the only one left around here...--josh Re: Old Structures - sgtcarl1 - 04-08-2009 A few years ago, when we went to Iowa, I spoted some old locos on a side track off what used to be the Rock Island Lines. The locos were in a sad state of repair. They were primered white, and the letters ICE were drawn on with what looked like magic markers. We learned they belonged to ICE railroad, and were waiting to be repainted. Well, you should see them. now! ICE= Iowa Chicago Enterprise. Long live the shortlines! Re: Old Structures - MadModeler - 04-10-2009 Neat pictures there. Here's one of a farmhouse my wife and I were taking. We plan to return this weekend to get some measurements so I can model it and the barn on the property. This appeared to have been recently abandoned and is in pretty good shape. There are more including that of the barn. On the barn '1887' was cut into the boards. This should be a neat addition to the layout I am building. Re: Old Structures - Charlie B - 06-19-2009 This is now a store that sells used tools, but it was a bank in the beggining. It is located it Beaver Falls, Pa. Charlie Re: Old Structures - doctorwayne - 06-19-2009 Here are a few photos of what's left of the Cockshutt Plow Company works, in Brantford, Ontario: Wayne Re: Old Structures - Charlie B - 05-17-2010 Here are a couple pictures of structures built around the tracks. These are in the downtown area of East Liverpool, Ohio. The service past these buildings was discontinued in the early 60's, but the building behind the truck trailer got carloads of tires in the 70's. Charlie Re: Old Structures - MasonJar - 05-17-2010 I love those buildings with the funny angles. In another 50 years (assuming they are still standing) people will really wonder why someone built a triangular building when there was obviously lots of available space! Andrew Re: Old Structures - viperman - 05-18-2010 Good to see this thread back in action. Unfortunately, I really have nothing to contribute, other than bridge pictures from an abandoned race track not far from here. Meadowdale International Raceway, now known as Raceway Woods |