Uploads from Oh Lenna (Photolena), tagged rusty, with geodata

Uploads from Oh Lenna (Photolena), tagged rusty, with geodata http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohlenna/tags/rusty/ Sun, 16 Aug 2009 08:34:29 -0700 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 08:34:29 -0700 http://www.flickr.com/ http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5463/buddyicons/90346838@N00.jpg?1370706232#90346838@N00 Uploads from Oh Lenna (Photolena), tagged rusty, with geodata http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohlenna/tags/rusty/ First Office on the Left http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohlenna/3825980009/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/ohlenna/">Oh Lenna (Photolena)</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohlenna/3825980009/" title="First Office on the Left"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2619/3825980009_3be59f4d92_m.jpg" width="161" height="240" alt="First Office on the Left" /></a></p> <p>A great old rusted door in an equally great decaying hallway.</p> Sun, 16 Aug 2009 08:34:29 -0700 2009-08-01T12:17:11-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Oh Lenna (Photolena)) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/3825980009 41.599869 -87.335466 41.599869 -87.335466 2409153 First Office on the Left <p>A great old rusted door in an equally great decaying hallway.</p> Oh Lenna (Photolena) abandoned vanishingpoint mail decay debris postoffice rusty indiana hallway doorway delivery gary postal peelingpaint decrepit 2009 crusty offices rustbelt urbex aloneinthedark US Mail Car http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohlenna/3065921270/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/ohlenna/">Oh Lenna (Photolena)</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohlenna/3065921270/" title="US Mail Car"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3220/3065921270_bf726e853e_m.jpg" width="240" height="158" alt="US Mail Car" /></a></p> <p>A trip to the Railrod Museum of Pennsylvania...<br /> <br /> In the back yard, they have a fenced in area where they keep the really old and rusted out trains. They're in the open and rusting out even more in the elements. <br /> <br /> You can barely make out the text on the side of this rusty and crusty baggage car but it says:<br /> <br /> UNITED STATES MAIL<br /> RAILWAY POSTAL OFFICE</p> Fri, 28 Nov 2008 06:19:32 -0800 2008-10-08T10:09:12-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Oh Lenna (Photolena)) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/3065921270 39.983502 -76.160691 39.983502 -76.160691 2500717 US Mail Car <p>A trip to the Railrod Museum of Pennsylvania...<br /> <br /> In the back yard, they have a fenced in area where they keep the really old and rusted out trains. They're in the open and rusting out even more in the elements. <br /> <br /> You can barely make out the text on the side of this rusty and crusty baggage car but it says:<br /> <br /> UNITED STATES MAIL<br /> RAILWAY POSTAL OFFICE</p> Oh Lenna (Photolena) railroad museum industrial pennsylvania decay tracks rusty railway trains railcar transportation strasburg restoration locomotive peelingpaint decrepit 2008 crusty fallingapart postalcar tainyard unitedstatesmailrailwaypostaloffice Locomotive Kiss http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohlenna/3061361145/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/ohlenna/">Oh Lenna (Photolena)</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohlenna/3061361145/" title="Locomotive Kiss"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3135/3061361145_789cccba54_m.jpg" width="240" height="161" alt="Locomotive Kiss" /></a></p> <p>A trip to the Railrod Museum of Pennsylvania...<br /> <br /> In the back yard, they have a fenced in area where they keep the really old and rusted out trains. They're in the open and rusting out even more in the elements. <br /> <br /> Just my kind of place! I was out there in the freezing cold for hours!</p> Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:02:43 -0800 2008-10-08T09:55:34-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Oh Lenna (Photolena)) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/3061361145 39.983502 -76.160691 39.983502 -76.160691 2500717 Locomotive Kiss <p>A trip to the Railrod Museum of Pennsylvania...<br /> <br /> In the back yard, they have a fenced in area where they keep the really old and rusted out trains. They're in the open and rusting out even more in the elements. <br /> <br /> Just my kind of place! I was out there in the freezing cold for hours!</p> Oh Lenna (Photolena) railroad museum track industrial pennsylvania rusty railway trains strasburg restoration locomotive 2008 crusty railcars trainyard Under "d" for debris http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohlenna/2595475370/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/ohlenna/">Oh Lenna (Photolena)</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohlenna/2595475370/" title="Under "d" for debris"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3106/2595475370_42e4d36dde_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="Under "d" for debris" /></a></p> <p>Up in the BCT tower, where old office furniture goes to die - a great old filing cabinet, rusted out beyond belief, sitting on a bed of moldy old papers.</p> Fri, 20 Jun 2008 06:52:24 -0700 2008-06-14T15:32:26-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Oh Lenna (Photolena)) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/2595475370 42.889045 -78.838748 42.889045 -78.838748 55806584 Under "d" for debris <p>Up in the BCT tower, where old office furniture goes to die - a great old filing cabinet, rusted out beyond belief, sitting on a bed of moldy old papers.</p> Oh Lenna (Photolena) newyork buffalo decay debris rusty historic trainstation artdeco 2008 crusty paperwork buffalocentralterminal officefurniture Ode Orange Vinyl http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohlenna/2595474936/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/ohlenna/">Oh Lenna (Photolena)</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohlenna/2595474936/" title="Ode Orange Vinyl"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3185/2595474936_6c95ca95a0_m.jpg" width="240" height="161" alt="Ode Orange Vinyl" /></a></p> <p>Up in the BCT tower, a lone pretty little orange flowery vinyl chair, too dainty to be an office chair, sits alone in a corner near a window, surrounded by piles of papers. Really wanted to take this one home...</p> Fri, 20 Jun 2008 06:52:10 -0700 2008-06-14T15:13:38-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Oh Lenna (Photolena)) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/2595474936 42.889045 -78.838748 42.889045 -78.838748 55806584 Ode Orange Vinyl <p>Up in the BCT tower, a lone pretty little orange flowery vinyl chair, too dainty to be an office chair, sits alone in a corner near a window, surrounded by piles of papers. Really wanted to take this one home...</p> Oh Lenna (Photolena) orange newyork buffalo chair decay scrollwork debris vinyl rusty historic trainstation artdeco ornate 2008 crusty buffalocentralterminal officefurniture Pi Pipe http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohlenna/2300380074/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/ohlenna/">Oh Lenna (Photolena)</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohlenna/2300380074/" title="Pi Pipe"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3173/2300380074_c181f1aa22_m.jpg" width="240" height="163" alt="Pi Pipe" /></a></p> <p>Ginormous pipes along the stock trestle - not sure if these were for storage or carried steam.</p> Fri, 29 Feb 2008 06:37:23 -0800 2008-02-13T15:51:56-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Oh Lenna (Photolena)) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/2300380074 33.518964 -86.787829 33.518964 -86.787829 2364559 Pi Pipe <p>Ginormous pipes along the stock trestle - not sure if these were for storage or carried steam.</p> Oh Lenna (Photolena) birmingham industrial alabama pipes rusty huge 2008 decayed pigiron steamengines cursty hotblaststoves slossfurnacesnationalhistoriclandmark One of these lockers is not like the other... http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohlenna/3803951649/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/ohlenna/">Oh Lenna (Photolena)</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohlenna/3803951649/" title="One of these lockers is not like the other..."><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2655/3803951649_4bf06efdaa_m.jpg" width="240" height="156" alt="One of these lockers is not like the other..." /></a></p> <p>They've been left to the elements for a really really long time.</p> Sun, 09 Aug 2009 10:08:32 -0700 2009-08-01T10:49:41-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Oh Lenna (Photolena)) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/3803951649 41.600503 -87.338063 41.600503 -87.338063 2409153 One of these lockers is not like the other... <p>They've been left to the elements for a really really long time.</p> Oh Lenna (Photolena) abandoned rooftop basketball religious decay debris religion rusty indiana locker gary 2009 crusty gymnasium rustbelt urbex citymethodistchurch Rusty Caboose http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohlenna/3063668894/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/ohlenna/">Oh Lenna (Photolena)</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohlenna/3063668894/" title="Rusty Caboose"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3019/3063668894_2c00fb5291_m.jpg" width="240" height="161" alt="Rusty Caboose" /></a></p> <p>A trip to the Railrod Museum of Pennsylvania...<br /> <br /> In the back yard, they have a fenced in area where they keep the really old and rusted out trains. They're in the open and rusting out even more in the elements. <br /> <br /> Just my kind of place! I was out there in the freezing cold for hours!</p> Thu, 27 Nov 2008 05:49:45 -0800 2008-10-08T10:08:34-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Oh Lenna (Photolena)) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/3063668894 39.983502 -76.160691 39.983502 -76.160691 2500717 Rusty Caboose <p>A trip to the Railrod Museum of Pennsylvania...<br /> <br /> In the back yard, they have a fenced in area where they keep the really old and rusted out trains. They're in the open and rusting out even more in the elements. <br /> <br /> Just my kind of place! I was out there in the freezing cold for hours!</p> Oh Lenna (Photolena) railroad museum industrial pennsylvania decay tracks rusty railway trains railcar strasburg restoration locomotive decrepit 2008 crusty trainyard fallingapart baggagecar All Trussed Up http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohlenna/2825040812/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/ohlenna/">Oh Lenna (Photolena)</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohlenna/2825040812/" title="All Trussed Up"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3092/2825040812_e2aa8a17d4_m.jpg" width="240" height="138" alt="All Trussed Up" /></a></p> <p>A view of the underbelly of the bridge as we tour the area where the streetcars would have travelled on the lower deck.</p> Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:23:57 -0700 2008-08-30T10:27:07-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Oh Lenna (Photolena)) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/2825040812 41.493708 -81.703648 41.493708 -81.703648 55805925 All Trussed Up <p>A view of the underbelly of the bridge as we tour the area where the streetcars would have travelled on the lower deck.</p> Oh Lenna (Photolena) bridge ohio geometric support rivets pattern tour steel cleveland rusty historic transportation tes 2008 beams discontinued lowerdeck cuyahogariver streetcars veteransmemorialbridge Bridge Patterns http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohlenna/2825040500/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/ohlenna/">Oh Lenna (Photolena)</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohlenna/2825040500/" title="Bridge Patterns"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3104/2825040500_cc80f2593e_m.jpg" width="240" height="108" alt="Bridge Patterns" /></a></p> <p>Walking through the steel section under the bridge, you can't help but notice the wonderful patterns created by the steel support beams.</p> Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:23:46 -0700 2008-08-30T10:23:35-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Oh Lenna (Photolena)) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/2825040500 41.493708 -81.703648 41.493708 -81.703648 55805925 Bridge Patterns <p>Walking through the steel section under the bridge, you can't help but notice the wonderful patterns created by the steel support beams.</p> Oh Lenna (Photolena) bridge ohio geometric support rivets pattern tour steel cleveland rusty historic transportation tes 2008 beams discontinued lowerdeck cuyahogariver streetcars veteransmemorialbridge Magic Bus http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohlenna/2312325457/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/ohlenna/">Oh Lenna (Photolena)</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohlenna/2312325457/" title="Magic Bus"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3253/2312325457_bcd79a0a3d_m.jpg" width="161" height="240" alt="Magic Bus" /></a></p> <p>So I noticed these great rusty buses that seemed abandoned in some high brush right behind Billy Tire Center (the new one) on Highway 80 in Alabama and there's some guys outside the garage hanging around. I saunter over and ask them if they mind if I photograph the buses.<br /> <br /> I get a weird look like "those rustbuckets?" and then a nice southern ""Sure darlin', go ahead...."<br /> <br /> Never hurts to ask. And what a great find - you could still read the "Louisville Transportation" on the side.</p> Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:27:40 -0800 2008-02-14T16:54:57-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Oh Lenna (Photolena)) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/2312325457 32.26636 -86.605074 32.26636 -86.605074 2442720 Magic Bus <p>So I noticed these great rusty buses that seemed abandoned in some high brush right behind Billy Tire Center (the new one) on Highway 80 in Alabama and there's some guys outside the garage hanging around. I saunter over and ask them if they mind if I photograph the buses.<br /> <br /> I get a weird look like "those rustbuckets?" and then a nice southern ""Sure darlin', go ahead...."<br /> <br /> Never hurts to ask. And what a great find - you could still read the "Louisville Transportation" on the side.</p> Oh Lenna (Photolena) bus abandoned decay alabama rusty transportation decrepit 2008 crusty brokenwindows urbex highway80 whatagreatfind louisvilletransportation Bus Got Back http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohlenna/2312325975/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/ohlenna/">Oh Lenna (Photolena)</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohlenna/2312325975/" title="Bus Got Back"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3296/2312325975_a836b89d5a_m.jpg" width="161" height="240" alt="Bus Got Back" /></a></p> <p>I guess they've gone in and grabbed the motor for scrap - and apparently all the metal around it too.</p> Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:27:59 -0800 2008-02-14T16:58:34-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Oh Lenna (Photolena)) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/2312325975 32.26636 -86.605074 32.26636 -86.605074 2442720 Bus Got Back <p>I guess they've gone in and grabbed the motor for scrap - and apparently all the metal around it too.</p> Oh Lenna (Photolena) bus abandoned decay alabama rusty transportation decrepit 2008 crusty brokenwindows ue urbex highway80 whatagreatfind louisvilletransportation I Stop For Rust http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohlenna/2313135940/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/ohlenna/">Oh Lenna (Photolena)</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohlenna/2313135940/" title="I Stop For Rust"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3291/2313135940_50f366455d_m.jpg" width="161" height="240" alt="I Stop For Rust" /></a></p> <p>Some fantastic rust shades and textures near the back "stop" light.</p> Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:28:10 -0800 2008-02-14T16:59:14-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Oh Lenna (Photolena)) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/2313135940 32.26636 -86.605074 32.26636 -86.605074 2442720 I Stop For Rust <p>Some fantastic rust shades and textures near the back "stop" light.</p> Oh Lenna (Photolena) light bus abandoned wow decay alabama rusty stop transportation decrepit 2008 crusty brokenwindows urbex highway80 whatagreatfind louisvilletransportation Rust Bus Stitch http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohlenna/2313134662/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/ohlenna/">Oh Lenna (Photolena)</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohlenna/2313134662/" title="Rust Bus Stitch"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3147/2313134662_dbf8edfe2b_m.jpg" width="240" height="164" alt="Rust Bus Stitch" /></a></p> <p>I was so inspired by the colours on this bus that I shot photos all around. I decided to try a stitch and thought the colours really popped on a black background.<br /> <br /> 5 layers and 3 angles.</p> Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:27:28 -0800 2008-02-14T16:55:25-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Oh Lenna (Photolena)) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/2313134662 32.26636 -86.605074 32.26636 -86.605074 2442720 Rust Bus Stitch <p>I was so inspired by the colours on this bus that I shot photos all around. I decided to try a stitch and thought the colours really popped on a black background.<br /> <br /> 5 layers and 3 angles.</p> Oh Lenna (Photolena) bus abandoned stitch decay alabama experiment rusty transportation layers decrepit 2008 crusty brokenwindows urbex highway80 whatagreatfind louisvilletransportation Sloss Stitch http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohlenna/2302320240/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/ohlenna/">Oh Lenna (Photolena)</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohlenna/2302320240/" title="Sloss Stitch"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3114/2302320240_3ff84413b3_m.jpg" width="240" height="196" alt="Sloss Stitch" /></a></p> <p>The last image for the set, my usual stitching of a really interesting place to photograph - the 5 stacks of hot blast stoves at Sloss Furnaces.<br /> <br /> 4 layers and 3 angles.</p> Sat, 01 Mar 2008 06:22:59 -0800 2008-02-13T15:34:22-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Oh Lenna (Photolena)) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/2302320240 33.518964 -86.787829 33.518964 -86.787829 2364559 Sloss Stitch <p>The last image for the set, my usual stitching of a really interesting place to photograph - the 5 stacks of hot blast stoves at Sloss Furnaces.<br /> <br /> 4 layers and 3 angles.</p> Oh Lenna (Photolena) birmingham industrial stitch decay alabama angles experiment rusty layers 2008 crusty slossfurnacesnationalhistoriclandmark Gearing Up http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohlenna/2302316688/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/ohlenna/">Oh Lenna (Photolena)</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohlenna/2302316688/" title="Gearing Up"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3077/2302316688_d4b10d3d3e_m.jpg" width="162" height="240" alt="Gearing Up" /></a></p> <p>Looking up at one of the hot blast stoves - everything awash in a sea of orange rust.</p> Sat, 01 Mar 2008 06:20:40 -0800 2008-02-13T15:47:51-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Oh Lenna (Photolena)) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/2302316688 33.518964 -86.787829 33.518964 -86.787829 2364559 Gearing Up <p>Looking up at one of the hot blast stoves - everything awash in a sea of orange rust.</p> Oh Lenna (Photolena) birmingham industrial decay alabama rusty gear 2008 crusty hotblaststove slossfurnacesnationalhistoriclandmark Down Deep http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohlenna/2302316950/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/ohlenna/">Oh Lenna (Photolena)</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohlenna/2302316950/" title="Down Deep"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3151/2302316950_94ee129aec_m.jpg" width="240" height="144" alt="Down Deep" /></a></p> <p>One of the large machines at Sloss is called a pig caster - a conveyor belt made up of shallow molds linked together. Ladle cars full of molten iron used to be pulled up the caster and then tilted out at the top. The molds were sprayed with water to cool the iron. All the water ran down into this dark tunnel at the bottom of the caster.</p> Sat, 01 Mar 2008 06:20:49 -0800 2008-02-13T15:59:03-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Oh Lenna (Photolena)) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/2302316950 33.518964 -86.787829 33.518964 -86.787829 2364559 Down Deep <p>One of the large machines at Sloss is called a pig caster - a conveyor belt made up of shallow molds linked together. Ladle cars full of molten iron used to be pulled up the caster and then tilted out at the top. The molds were sprayed with water to cool the iron. All the water ran down into this dark tunnel at the bottom of the caster.</p> Oh Lenna (Photolena) birmingham industrial decay alabama rusty tunnel 2008 crusty aloneinthedark slossfurnacesnationalhistoriclandmark Metal Melange http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohlenna/2299584903/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/ohlenna/">Oh Lenna (Photolena)</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohlenna/2299584903/" title="Metal Melange"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3212/2299584903_fae4238f00_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="Metal Melange" /></a></p> <p>A tangle of rusted metal pipes seems to be performing a chaotic ballet as I look up towards a blast stove.</p> Fri, 29 Feb 2008 06:37:12 -0800 2008-02-13T15:45:42-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Oh Lenna (Photolena)) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/2299584903 33.518964 -86.787829 33.518964 -86.787829 2364559 Metal Melange <p>A tangle of rusted metal pipes seems to be performing a chaotic ballet as I look up towards a blast stove.</p> Oh Lenna (Photolena) birmingham industrial alabama pipes rusty bhamref 2008 tangle decayed sloss pigiron steamengines cursty hotblaststoves slossfurnacesnationalhistoriclandmark Along the Stock Trestle http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohlenna/2300380342/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/ohlenna/">Oh Lenna (Photolena)</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohlenna/2300380342/" title="Along the Stock Trestle"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2409/2300380342_b273c27111_m.jpg" width="240" height="161" alt="Along the Stock Trestle" /></a></p> <p>Raw materials from the furnace such as iron ore, limestone and coke, came in by railroad car to the elevated stock trestle. Doors on the bottoms of the cars dumped the materials into bins below. Another railroad car ran in a tunnel below the bins (you can see it at the back), and transferred materials from the bins to the Skip Hoist.<br /> <br /> (from "A Self-Guided Tour")</p> Fri, 29 Feb 2008 06:37:33 -0800 2008-02-13T15:54:12-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Oh Lenna (Photolena)) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/2300380342 33.518964 -86.787829 33.518964 -86.787829 2364559 Along the Stock Trestle <p>Raw materials from the furnace such as iron ore, limestone and coke, came in by railroad car to the elevated stock trestle. Doors on the bottoms of the cars dumped the materials into bins below. Another railroad car ran in a tunnel below the bins (you can see it at the back), and transferred materials from the bins to the Skip Hoist.<br /> <br /> (from "A Self-Guided Tour")</p> Oh Lenna (Photolena) birmingham industrial alabama rusty limestone 2008 decayed ironore pigiron steamengines cursty hotblaststoves slossfurnacesnationalhistoriclandmark stocktrestle Take a Load Off http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohlenna/2300380578/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/ohlenna/">Oh Lenna (Photolena)</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohlenna/2300380578/" title="Take a Load Off"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3274/2300380578_68f24fb7e7_m.jpg" width="240" height="167" alt="Take a Load Off" /></a></p> <p>The extremely large railroad car bin that used to run under the stock trestle and transfer the raw materials - iron ore, limestone, coke - to the Skip Hoist. I'm guessing it would fill from the top, move along the tracks to the hoist, then dump it's contents by tipping over.<br /> <br /> It was taller than me...</p> Fri, 29 Feb 2008 06:37:43 -0800 2008-02-13T16:05:30-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Oh Lenna (Photolena)) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/2300380578 33.518964 -86.787829 33.518964 -86.787829 2364559 Take a Load Off <p>The extremely large railroad car bin that used to run under the stock trestle and transfer the raw materials - iron ore, limestone, coke - to the Skip Hoist. I'm guessing it would fill from the top, move along the tracks to the hoist, then dump it's contents by tipping over.<br /> <br /> It was taller than me...</p> Oh Lenna (Photolena) birmingham industrial alabama rusty 2008 decayed railroadcar pigiron steamengines cursty hotblaststoves materialsbin slossfurnacesnationalhistoriclandmark