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Elevator Rear View & Power House
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The rear side of Scott's elevator shows the elevator proper and all
the ancillary buildings. Immediately behind the elevator is the scale
shed. And behind that, in the foreground of the photo, is the power
house. Just to the left of the power house is the walkway connecting
it to the scale shed. And just to the right of the scale shed is
the scale shed extension.
This photo also shows how Scott added interest to his elevator by making
the scale shed slightly shorter than the adjacent side of the elevator. |
| A closer look at the walkway shows the relationship between the rear
door of the scale house (at left), the door of the power house (at right)
and the stairs (in front of power house door.) Scott enclosed his
walkway with board and batten siding and provided a neat hand rail to keep
the operator from falling off. No dimensions are shown for the walkway
as just about any reasonable size could be used. |
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Like most peaked roofs, the roof of the power house is capped by ridge
boards, two strips which cover the upper edges of the last courses of shingles.
Scott carved the power house chimney from a piece of 3/4" square pine
using an Atlas hobby saw to cut the horizontal grooves and a #11 Xacto
knife to cut the short vertical grooves. Then he painted the whole
chimney with white paint. When it dried, he painted the surface of
the bricks either by dry brushing or by transferring paint on a rubber
eraser. |
The diagram shows the sizes Scott used to build his elevator power house.
There is a lot of latitude in these dimensions, although in general the
larger the elevator the larger the power house. Scott tried to strike
a visually balance between the sizes of the buildings to help unite the
parts into a single whole. Having had the pleasure of seeing his
model and photographing it on several occasions, I believe he has achieved
his objectives.
| J.Banner |
Saskatoon, April 2001
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