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Post by ptc on Oct 11, 2019 19:08:37 GMT
Well sort of. Most natural gas utilities have or had natural gas holders for peak shaving purposes. They would contract with their supplier for xxx cubic feet on a daily basis and if the temperature dropped to a very low level, they would need an additional supply to augment what they received from their supplier. Thus, they had gas holders.
One of Harry's clients wanted one on their layout so here is an excellent example of what they looked like.
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Post by Joe Saggese on Oct 11, 2019 20:56:00 GMT
I always liked gas tanks.
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Post by Spice7 on Oct 11, 2019 21:15:19 GMT
Outstanding.
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Post by twincities on Oct 11, 2019 22:34:02 GMT
PTC off subject sort of but the gas tank with the metal caging made me think of mid 1950's to a tank only half as tall but twice as wide with metal caging around it was for furnace fuel back in the day, sadly it was torn out sometime after 1963
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Post by kstrains on Oct 12, 2019 12:44:20 GMT
As always More great work from Harry!
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Post by ptc on Oct 12, 2019 13:31:17 GMT
At one point in my career, I worked for a natural gas utility, so the gas holders were part of our operations. Harry did a nice job in replicating them.
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Post by nicky on Oct 12, 2019 13:36:23 GMT
Nice detailed gas tank. I've only seen Harry's work on the internet. Maybe one day I will get a chance in person.
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Post by Country Joe on Oct 12, 2019 21:26:14 GMT
Harry does amazing work. Having a personal connection to a scene on the layout makes it more fun. If I had room on my layout I would have a petroleum terminal with a guy on top of a tank taking a sample like I did in my younger days.
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Post by ptc on Oct 12, 2019 21:28:37 GMT
Ray, gas holers came in many styles. My utility had the one with the "cage" effect and was much wider.
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Post by ptc on Oct 12, 2019 21:32:09 GMT
Like this.
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