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Howard Branch: Climax Elevator

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#1025 with train #95, September 1, 1946. Photo taken from the top of a boxcar on the house track. Depot w/c is in the foreground. James Burke photo.
Photo provided by the Greenwood Co. Historical Society. Early 20th century photo.
James Burke Photo from the Iron Horse and I, circa 1946.
February 1976 photo byJames Burke
February 1976 photo byJames Burke

The elevator was 25' wide at the track and 26' deep. The sheathing was corrugated metal with 1.25" corrugation spacing and 26" wide panels. The bands around it were 4'10" apart. The bands were 6" high and 4" deep, sheathed with sheet metal, and the bolts which go through the structure were spaced 3' apart. The doorway at the hopper was 10' wide and 11' high. The elevator burned down in October, 2001.

 

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