--- In [email protected], "richgajnak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Just a hunch, but I suspect broken glass wouldn't be shipped as
> an "open load," particularly in today's world.
>
> Rich G.
>
Depends what "today's world" means...? When I worked in brewing, we
had a coal hopper spotted by the bottling hall ('C' House in
Milwaukee). Broken brown bottles generated during bottling were
accumulated on waste glass conveyors and eventually ended up in the
hopper for return to the glass plant. That glass plant would have
been Midland Glass in Terre Haute, Indiana.
A coal hopper was used so excess liquid could drain out. Sometimes a
full bottle would make it through and as supervisors we occassionally
had to climb into the car to haul out some local drunk who was
looking for unbroken bottles. Sad story, they used to get cut up a
bit. We'd patch them up but never give them beer.
That was in the 70's and early 80's. Doubt it happens any more,
glass is now used far less in beer packaging. OTOH, 70's and 80's
are pretty contemporary for S scale.
Jim K.
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