My 14 yr. old diesel broke down again today, the forth time in two weeks. So I bought my first new vehicle in 14 years, another truck. While the gooseneck hitch is being installed, time is being taken to update some posts. Here are some pictures just as you walk into the building. This is two steps inside the door of a 190,000 sq. ft. building.
This picture is of chutes above and to the left of the door way.
This picture is straight ahead of the door and is one of the two boilers that are 10 stories tall and supported by the roof. These will become the drop chutes for dropping steel to the basement level. You can see the plaster on chicken wire on the outside that will be removed before cutting the steel. The inside of the boilers are coated with firebrick that is being retested for asbestos. Every eight feet inside the boilers is a series of about twenty pipes that will have to be cut out to allow steel to fall at each level.
This is a thing a ma jig just to the right of the door. It is sitting on a carriage that will be reused to move equipment and steel around the factory. A few pieces of farm scrap will be used to make this trailer.
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