Pump house at Jefferson?

[Robert McFarland]

Isn't at least the front of the Como Depot sheathed with T&G?

[ComoDepot]

The original bldge is T&G only the north end extension is Lap.

Bob came by last night, he also had never seen mention of wells, but thought they would have needed to pump a lot of water.

Now I am intrigued as to where it came from.

[Don Pacetti]

Jeff Ramsey wrote

Hello Don. I hate to say that the ICC image you posted might not be the spring house but rather account 17, structure #8; Tool House with dimensions of 10'3" X 20'3" with eaves at 7'3" unlike 5'3" as the spring house is listed. Notice the spring house has no windows but in the image posted a small window is present matching with the ICC dimensions of 2' X 2'.  I still wonder where that spring house was?

I totally agree Jeff! Thanks for clearing that up for me. I have to build the tool house for my layout, so now I'm sure of what I am looking at. Any idea what the structure(s) are in the left background of that ICC Picture?

[Jeff Young]

First draft of my take on the Jefferson pump house, based on the ICC notes Doug kindly posted:



Comments appreciated.

Cheers,
Jeff.

[Jeff Young]

Oops, already found one mistake: the ICC notes say 1x6 door frame, not door trim.  The trim is much more likely 1x4.

I'll wait a bit to see if anything else pops up before uploading a new drawing.

Cheers,
Jeff.

[ComoDepot]

The only things that strikes me as unusual is the window to the left of the door, looks too ornate.

[Jeff Young]

> The only things that strikes me as unusual is the window to the left of the door, looks too ornate.

It does seem that way, but the ICC notes say “2-10 x 5-0 12 lts. D.H.”, which I take to be a 2’10” x 5’0” 12-light double-hung sash.

[ComoDepot]

I would go with that unless you have anything clear to the contrary.

As an aside the ICC notes are not totally accurate, I have seen errors on them.

[Jeff Young]

What about ashes/cinders?  Did pump houses generate enough that they'd dump them near the tracks to be loaded into a coal car from time to time, or would they just dump them out behind the pump house in an ever-growing pile?

[ComoDepot]

Lots of places burnt coal, my guess is that they just dumped them in any local hole/depression.

[Robert McFarland]

Didn't another post mention that at one time they were using an old Mason Bogie boiler to power the pump?

[Jeff Young]

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> Didn't another post mention that at one time they were using an old Mason Bogie boiler to power the pump?

Yep; the ICC notes mention it.

Cheers,
Jeff.

[Jeff Young]

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