Como and Outhouse

Posted by ComoDepot on
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I have 2 Outhouses to excavate. The one by the Depot seemed to contain a lot of whiskey bottles...

The old ones in town were basically pits covered by a movable building, when they filled up a new pit was dug, the Outhouse moved and the old one covered up. The alternate would have been to dig them out....

I do not know what was common practice for the Railroad. Nor do I recollect any stories fro the era about them. The ones for the Hotel seemed to be in the same position which suggests that they were emptied?

I also understand the the Como Coal Chutes were those originally slated for Breckenridge and then they changed their minds during construction and built them in Como.

I would imagine it much more likely if there were Chutes no longer needed that they would be moved instead of being abandoned and new ones built.