Anyone Else Fascinated By Old Locomotives?

Working the yard...

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When we were kids the railway tracks were somewhat of mysterious place. You never knew what you might find, there was the smell of the creosote, tracks leading off to who knew where. These pics remind me of those days, did not always have to see a train to make the tracks a special (but dangerous) place.

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I remember walking the tracks and trestles out by my grandparents. As much as I miss everyone from when I was growing up, I really miss the slower pace of life. A lot of these old pictures remind me of some good times when I was a lot younger.
 
Said the other day that the railways were mysterious places. Todays challenge is to guess for what purpose this still standing structure was built for. It is not railway related.

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Black 03 Z06 said:
Said the other day that the railways were mysterious places. Todays challenge is to guess for what purpose this still standing structure was built for. It is not railway related.

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To man with people with guns defending the Town from attacking invaders? Either that or it was the original CN Tower.... :Biggrin:
 
Interesting Eric that you mention guns because there is a connection.

The structure is called a "shot tower" and used to create perfectly round shotgun pellets. The following is the Wikipedia story about this one located in Iowa. An interesting read.

There is a similar tower in Corning, New York and they used that one for drawing long thin glass tubes for thermometers and other instruments.

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Shot Tower (Dubuque) - Wikipedia

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So class that is all for today. Make sure your homework is done for tomorrow and you may resume drinking now. :Biggrin:
 

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