Bob, I remember seeing that asphalt brick covering on some older homes (read shacks) out here in Oregon shortly after the war. I would guess it was in about 2x3 foot sheets and put on much like three tab shingles are now. Haven't seen it in a long time.
Bob Boring ----- Original Message ----- From: Bob Werre To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 1:37 PM Subject: Re: {S-Scale List}old structures/new structures There is a wonderful book out that contains mostly smaller Canadian grain elevators. It's a fairly recent book so many were painted bright colors. It's a celebration of the passing of that era when elevators dotted the tracks at every water stop and sometimes between. I don't have it here and don't recall it's name--maybe tomorrow. I have viewed the video that Pieter had posted on this list a few times. That elevator is right along with what the Dakotas' had. What was somewhat foreign to me, was the elevator that Building and Structure Company put out in laser cut styrene some years ago. It had outside horizontal bracing that I had never seen before. However on the way to the Denver convention I stopped and photographed a medium sized unit with such bracing. So 500 miles between the Dakotas and Colorado with similar growing seasons and weather conditions brought out different construction techniques. Before I wrap this up, I'll mention another thing that was common, and probably just down the road from the Zeiska residence. If one were to view a model of a Soo Line station the judges might give it a bad review because of sloppy application of brickwork. Actually it wasn't brick at all. Many older homes and railroad stations that were hard to heat were covered with an asphalt wrapper embossed with a brick pattern. So if one were to take some brick paper and wrap your station without taking into consideration how it lined up or if the wrapper actually went around the corner you would be following what really was done. I have photos of a couple of Soo Line combination stations with living quarters above with such treatment. Unfortunately, I'm not certain how this stuff was applied and what sizes the stuff was sold in. Bob Werre PhotoTraxx On 3/12/12 1:13 PM, Daniel McConnachie wrote: This is true in Canada as well, but as someone else pointed out there were significant differences between Eastern and Western grain elevators and barns. Size and roof construction being the biggest difference. So there are some regional influences. One other note, most house construction in Canada is usually brick with some stone in parts of Ontario. Here as well there are exceptions. Wood is the preferred material in Canada's Maritimes. Daniel McConnachie Retired Head of Music Stouffville District Secondary School ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
