Re: Como Roundhouse
| January 27, 2015 09:03AM |
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OK guys, here is the story according to my memory...(and some of you know what little memory I have left 
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The turntable that was used for the bridge at the Loop came from a Catholic school in Denver. I don’t remember the name, even though my ex brother-in-law graduated from there. It was being used there as a bridge. It was the original turntable for the bridge at the Loop and still fit to a "T".
Several other turntables were discovered being used at supports or beams for an old warehouse in Denver. When it was decided the building would be torn down....for urban renewal....the turntables were saved!
Two of those were sent to the Loop so a turntable could be placed at each end of the line. No one thought to think about if there was any room to do this...which there was not. The turntables were sold for scrap and eventually ended up in Georgetown by the lake. After doing some measuring, it was concluded that one of those tables would be a perfect fit for the Como pit...and it was!!! It was mentioned that the turntables from the building were C&S and I really feel that the current turntable at Como is the original or really damn close.
As for the fate of the other tables from the building....I have no idea.
OK....my 3 cents!!
Jerry
)The turntable that was used for the bridge at the Loop came from a Catholic school in Denver. I don’t remember the name, even though my ex brother-in-law graduated from there. It was being used there as a bridge. It was the original turntable for the bridge at the Loop and still fit to a "T".
Several other turntables were discovered being used at supports or beams for an old warehouse in Denver. When it was decided the building would be torn down....for urban renewal....the turntables were saved!
Two of those were sent to the Loop so a turntable could be placed at each end of the line. No one thought to think about if there was any room to do this...which there was not. The turntables were sold for scrap and eventually ended up in Georgetown by the lake. After doing some measuring, it was concluded that one of those tables would be a perfect fit for the Como pit...and it was!!! It was mentioned that the turntables from the building were C&S and I really feel that the current turntable at Como is the original or really damn close.
As for the fate of the other tables from the building....I have no idea.
OK....my 3 cents!!
Jerry
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