I lived in a 2 story/basement/full attic house from 1946 till 1958 that was
covered with the faux brick panels. as I recall they were about 1/2 inch thick,
possibly asbestos mixed with something else, similar in composition to ceiling
tile. The house was heated with a coal furnace, coal was delivered by Hessler
Bros via a dump truck with a chute thru the basement window into a wood coal
bin. Dad finally put in a stoker so we didn't have to hand feed the beast. Our
train room was in the attic, insulated, no a/c. This was not a shack but the
largest house in our block, slate roof and 3 car 2 story garage/barn in the
back yard. Dad had an oval of hand laid track and a dockside, kinsman box car,
S scale, and I had an af layout started till I decided to go H-O. This took
place in Scotia NY. Dad was a steam engineer working at ALCO in Schenectady
till he was riffed when diesels took over.
That's my story,
Luther "S"tephens
--- In [email protected], "Robert Boring" <borore@...> wrote:
>
> 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
>
>
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