Electric Building - Official Work Thread

[Mike Fox]

That "aged" roofing from the Shingle Mill acquisition looks good on the building. Glad to see it used.

[John Kokas]

Even better that its used up and storage space is opened up for something that really needs it.

[Bob Holmes]

All I can say is WOW!  This building is poised to become a key infrastructure factor in the future operations and management of the WW&F Railway Museum.  That is why I and some others have made dedicated contributions to make this happen as soon as possible.

[Bob Springs]

Which color scheme will be used?

[Jeff Schumaker]

It's coming along nicely, Brendan.

Jeff S.

[Bob Holmes]

Cedar shakes, probably no color...

[Brendan Barry]

Stewart started shingling yesterday. 

[Dave Crow]

Great work, Start!

[Bill Baskerville]

It will match all our other buildings in no time.

[Jeff Schumaker]

Sizewise, how does it compare to Sheepscot station?

Jeff S.

[Stewart "Start" Rhine]

Size wise, how does it compare to Sheepscot station?

Jeff S.

It's smaller than the depot.

Today - Friday, 11/13:
* The door was installed.
* More tar paper and shingles were put on the east end before rain stopped work.
There are a couple of pics on FB.

[Bob Holmes]

Can you all start telling us about what is going to happen to the interior of the building to make it functional.  I assume there will be some sort of major electrical input from the street, and all sorts of panels, switches, meters, and breakers, etc., etc., as well as plans to move electrical distribution to the campus from here.

Fascinating project!!

[Graham Buxton]

The image  below is an extreme enlargement of a portion of one of Mike's photos posted here.



While the enlargement has produced significant graininess, under the chute at the back of the concrete truck you can see  [sticking out of the ground] various vertical  PVC conduits that were buried before  the concrete was poured. Those PVC conduits are now inside the building, but close to the wall so that they can connect to electrical equipment cabinets that will be mounted on the wall. I recall seeing  conduits  there during FWW 2019, so at least some of them had been in place for quite some time.   I don't know exactly where the other end of each conduit is, but presumably there is at least one conduit going to each of the major buildings at Sheepscot  scheduled to have electric service. I think the pole that is behind the concrete chute (but still close to the PVC conduits) is where the Power Company transformer serving the Electric building will be located.

At this point the conduits are empty, but as progress continues, cables will be pulled thru each conduit and hooked up to breaker panels in the new Electric building.

[Mike Fox]

Since I buried them, maybe I can shed some light on the conduit and Bobs question.

The large conduit, left side of the cement truck shot, goes down and turns a little and stops under where Stewart has been shingling. A drop from the pole goes to the meter that will go on that end, then into the conduit and into the building for distribution.

Each of the other conduits goes someplace. One goes to the shop, one to the house, and one each headed toward the roundhouse, car barn and bathroom (I think). I had posted some pictures of us burying these during a fall work weekend. I'll see if I can find a photo or a link.

There will be breakers (bog switchgear) in the building.

[Mike Fox]

Fall work weekend 2018

Some of the pipes are for communication..