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| Fan House |
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| Updated 5/8/2006 |
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| Fan houses are critical for any underground mining operations. They exhaust gases from the mine in addition to providing fresh air for the miners. |
| My fan house is based on one built for the Dorrance Colliery, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. The black & white photos are from the HABS/HAER website. In this photo, you can see the engine room on the left, the fan housing in the center, the air lock and airway to the right. |
| This is the back of the fan house. |
| For the steam engine that drives the fan, I used a 250HP model that is produced by Laserkit in their American Model Builders line, shown in the photo above. |
| Below is Bob, working on the piping for the steam engine. |
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| To the left is a photo of the engine room interior. This is the first structure I have super-detailed. |
| The fan house is my first structure entered in the NMRA's achievement program. It earned 116 out of 125 merit poiints when judged at my division meeting, which I am very proud of! |