The C&S Coal Chutes: Pine, Como, Dickey, Pitkin and almost Breckenridge

[Paul R.]

Is that T a pickup or a coupe ?

[Todd Hackett]

Mike Trent wrote

Are those possibly counterweights on the chain to help raise the steel chute?

I don't see anything on the chain that looks like a weight. Looking some more at the chain, it doesn't seem to attach to the apron, or if it does, it's slack. The last apron has a pull rope similar to the wood aprons at Como, but the sides don't appear to be able to extend down and back for the counterweights. It seems that if the apron was pulled down with the rope, it would slam down if there were no counterweights or lowering mechanism. It also looks like the end of the chain is laying on a block near the top of the chute. Maybe that end would be dropped down, and the chain was similar to a roll-up door chain where you pull one end to drop it and one to raise. If that's the case, there would probably be something else that's hidden in this view attached to the horizontal shaft to raise and lower the apron.

Close-up:

[Todd Hackett]

Paul R. wrote

Is that T a pickup or a coupe ?

Looks like a pickup to me.

[Chris Walker]

Todd and Mike,
those counterweights appear to be a number of weights with the chain passing through.  An interesting detail.




And as I said earlier in this thread... Those well-worn stairtreads sure would maketh the Model.