Since this thread spun back to the furnace, the scouts and I were camping at Pine Grove Furnace State Park in August. Not much left of the old guy…
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The park is at the mid point of the Appalachian trail. Well known stop for the trail hikers. Ice cream challenge is still on.
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Folks;
Enjoyed the video on the Cornwall Furnace. Visited it back when I was in college. Most of my step-family lived in Goosetown. A few of them were in Miners Village.
Grandpa Vranesic, Uncle Jack and Uncle Paul all worked for Bethlehem Steel in the Cornwall area. The company had a neat little railroad to haul iron ore from the pit. The diesel locomotives even had “air chime whistles.”
Best, David Meashey
Thanks for the photos David. I am quite fascinated by this little operation. As there really is nothing like it in our area its fascinating. I need to get mine finished. It is all but done just need to make the stone parts and I can put it out.
Devon,
You asked and I complied as I promised!
I’m interested to see how close you are size wise with the model as too the napkin drawings I provided a year later? I don’t care what scale it is !
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https://patents.google.com/patent/US354279
Weimers patent
A drone video of the site is shown on the following Facebook page.
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Carrick Furnace - Fort Loudon, PA
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The property includes the limestone furnace stack, a Peter L. Weimer … 1879 P.L. Weimer blowing engine, and associated steam boilers for the steam engine.
Carrick Furnace - Fort Loudon, PA - Landmark & Historical Place, Geographical Place | Facebook is the video link if it will work
Fascinating. Didn’t know what a “blowing engine” was, very cool.
Just to bring up Hollywood’s find again,
https://patents.google.com/patent/US354279
This “blowing engine” is quite different, and quite interesting. Correct me if I’m wrong, but it seems to be a low-pressure steam-operated bellows. But I may be way off course.
So Devon posted this on another forum thread.
I personally thought it was proper to add it to this thread since it was the FIRST FREAKIN TIME I had ever seen his results of the work " I " put into THIS thread !
Looks freaking great!!
Perhaps but you didn’t do the tour with the owners
Thats runny rooster. Sorry you missed it since you’re pretty much are the driving inspiration for this project. Thank you for the complement. I do think when I get it all put together it will be a nice little industry. With the MIK being part of the over all scene and the recent information you provided on the actual operations I hope I don’t Devon this and will have a nice scene for summer.
I very much plan yo use the pictures in this thread to make the stone base for the boiler and the stone furnace. using the same technique I used to make the stone loading dock.
Devin, I agree with the Rooster, “Looks freaking great!!”.
Cliff
PS: In Maryland, we don’t generally use Pennsylvanian terms such as “freaking.” I guess Rooster’s harking back to his Amish ancestry.
PSS: Down here, we usually just get to the heart of the matter and say “fricking.”
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Clifford,
It’s Pennsyltucky and yes the Amish (German/ Irish) ancestry exists within me but when you have ancestry that is from Waynesboro you get tired of saying Frick so you say Freak with the N,Inn,IN attached.
http://www.vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/detail.aspx?id=327
This is ALL Devon’s fault but I will blame Hollywood as he MADE me drive out there again for a napkin drawing only after we did EBT and …ahhh never mind !
Don’t forget i had the old man here as well.