Re: Chama round house/ machine shop history ?s

I purchased three Chama shop related drawings from DPL’s D&RGW Papers collection:

- Equipment drawings - 6th;FFC6;Sf6;OVFF32 – Location of boilers, Chama shop, 1899

Simple drawing but nice stack details, 2 boilers.

- Equipment drawings - 6th;FFC16;Sf4;OVFF121 – Chama Shops, 1900

Small drawing but sufficient detail of machine shop, boiler house and blacksmith shop. Shows location of tools – bolt cutter, grindstone, drill press, lathe, planer, all belt driven. 2 boilers, one engine.

- Equipment drawings - 6th;FFC16;Sf3;OVFF113 – Shop Improvements, Chama, 1909

Shows 3 boilers (!?) and 2 engines in different location, a little more blacksmith shop detail, some structural detail and pulley/shaft/engine details. Pretty nice, larger.

These drawings dovetail nicely with the list in Jeff’s post. Old shop equipment material can sometimes be found by searching Google Books, old ads and/or manuals. Would be nice to see some interior photos, there are a couple boiler room shots in the archives. Anybody know what the interiors look like today, how they’re used?

Mike McKenzie
Frankfort IL