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At least the chimney is connected to the building.
At least the chimney is connected to the building.
Oy vey!
Oy vey!
If you do a bit of research, you'll probably find out the building dates to 1920+/-. It's a utilitarian design - the high center allowed placement of gantries, hoists, etc, and facilitated positive ventilation and lighting via the windows that lined upper portions (if needed and installed that way). Smokestacks were more common then too, as many facilities had need of onsite power via steam generation and burned coal or gas to generate it. G-pa worked for a sugar company and was variously stationed at several of their plants up and down the front range of the Rockies. Each plant was designed pretty much exactly like this. The company has long since been merged out of existence and their facilities either mothballed or repurposed. To a "T" the buildings all remain, however the smokestacks have been removed. They tend to weather faster than the buildings and can become hazardous.
If you do a bit of research, you'll probably find out the building dates to 1920+/-. It's a utilitarian design - the high center allowed placement of gantries, hoists, etc, and facilitated positive ventilation and lighting via the windows that lined upper portions (if needed and installed that way). Smokestacks were more common then too, as many facilities had need of onsite power via steam generation and burned coal or gas to generate it. G-pa worked for a sugar company and was variously stationed at several of their plants up and down the front range of the Rockies. Each plant was designed pretty much exactly like this. The company has long since been merged out of existence and their facilities either mothballed or repurposed. To a "T" the buildings all remain, however the smokestacks have been removed. They tend to weather faster than the buildings and can become hazardous.
I tend to like the look of old factory buildings.
I tend to like the look of old factory buildings.
I’m going with simple incinerator. Most schools built through the 60’s had them. What do you think they did with all those retards drawings in 1st grade?
I’m going with simple incinerator.
Most schools built through the 60’s had them. What do you think they did with all those retards drawings in 1st grade?
Incinerator chimneys were typically no more than 30 feet high. Steam plants burning coal tended to elevate their smokestacks such that the coal soot had a chance to dissipate and didn't "smoke out" buildings/houses in close proximity. Scrubbers? We don't need no stinking scrubbers.
Back when I was in grade school in the 60s, the local Safeway grocery store had an incinerator behind it to burn boxes. Had a 2' diameter metal chimney maybe 15 feet tall - plus another 10' of similarly sized metal mesh to catch and retain flying matter. Those were the days before Denver was a smog infested shithole - likely contributed to the problem. Back then everybody burned their garbage.
Incinerator chimneys were typically no more than 30 feet high. Steam plants burning coal tended to elevate their smokestacks such that the coal soot had a chance to dissipate and didn't "smoke out" buildings/houses in close proximity. Scrubbers? We don't need no stinking scrubbers.
Back when I was in grade school in the 60s, the local Safeway grocery store had an incinerator behind it to burn boxes. Had a 2' diameter metal chimney maybe 15 feet tall - plus another 10' of similarly sized metal mesh to catch and retain flying matter. Those were the days before Denver was a smog infested shithole - likely contributed to the problem. Back then everybody burned their garbage.
In 1992 Aurora was a nice place. I miss Stapleton.
In 1992 Aurora was a nice place.
I miss Stapleton.
I've seen old warehouses like this. Sometimes they have railroad tracking going right into the building.
I've seen old warehouses like this. Sometimes they have railroad tracking going right into the building.
Does it have wooden doors?
Does it have wooden doors?
Probably
Probably
Oy vey, the 10 million remaining holocaust survivors now have PTSD. This reminds us of the Auschwitz’s ovempns
Oy vey, the 10 million remaining holocaust survivors now have PTSD. This reminds us of the Auschwitz’s ovempns
Good.
Good.
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