Coaling Locations-5/1/1926 "Official List of Officers, Stations, Agents, Etc. of St. There are 106 locations listed. Coaling Locations-5/1/1926 "Official List of Officers, Stations, Agents, Etc. of St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co.
COAL CHUTE LOCATIONS as of February, 1907 There are 48 locations listed. Most are gravity fed coal chute and trestle type installation. However, the list also includes link belt (3) and platform bucket (3) types. From the February, 1907 "Official List of Officers, Stations, Agents, Etc. of St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co."
I bought an old Railway Age Gazette article about the coaling tower in West Tulsa. I want to model it. Wish to find the location of this coaling tower. Tulsa, OK (West) Mechanical (*F.M.) 300 tons 1 n/a I'm sure it's gone now, but want to visit the location. Many thanks.
Yes. I did some research on this a while back. Underwood, who was a Springfieldian, and perhaps a Frisco employee, patented this system. Will post more when I find my research data
The Underwood patented coal system was used in conjunction with gravity-feed, trestle type coal facilities. The trestle type coal docks took up a lot of real estate and were often replaced with modern concrete tower structures. See the attached patent drawing, dated August 16, 1904. The system was invented by Flavius Jeremiah Underwood of Springfield, MO. Period city directories show that he lived at 1851 N Benton, but list no occupation. One would think that he was in the employ of the Frisco or the Memphis Road.
