Rotary Dumper (Car Tip) and Ore Yard
These pictures of the rotary dumper and ore yard were taken in the summer of 1995 several
months before the plant closed. The Garden State Central model railroad club,
which models the mill on its layout, was given a complete tour of the plant. We were allowed
to take pictures almost anywhere we wanted to.
The Rotary Dumper
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| Looking out over the ore yard from the rotary dumper are left to right MikeCurry, Rob Davis(blocked by Dave Organek), Dave Organek, Dave Albertson Rich (our guide) and Bob Judge. |
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| Entering the rotary dumper area. | Cars lined up in the rotary dumper yard |
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| Mike getting ready to shoot some pictures. | |
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| The dumper control tower. | A closer shot of the control tower. |
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| Notice the convex mirror. | |
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| A good shot of the endof the dumper itself. | You can see that it has a hopper inside. |
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| More details of the dumper. | |
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| This is a pusher car that pushed the hopper into position. | It was pulled along by cable. |
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| Another shot of it. | This is looking back down where the hoppers are pushed from. |
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| Rich, Bob Judge, Dave Organek and Rob Davis look from the dumper yard into the ore yard. |
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| The whole crew entering the ore yard. The rest of the pictures are of the massive ore cranes. They had names painted on their ends. 'Faith' and 'Hope'. The ore yard was full of conveyor belts that took the ore into the buildings where the charging larrys were loaded. |
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