Coal Trestle

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 railway, abandoned / shut down, kppc, historical layer / disappeared object
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This is what remains of the coal trestle, part of the KPPC rail spur. The trestle was originally used to deliver coal to building 6 and later to building 29, until it was converted to oil/natural gas. When 29 still used coal to fuel the boilers, the coal car would dump the coal into a chute which would empty directly into a steam tunnel connecting to the building (this steam tunnel was also the supply line for almost the entire hospital).

The rail spur was last used in the mid-1980s and the trestle was stripped down to its concrete piers at a later date. The piers were removed in August 2012.
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Coordinates:   40°53'48"N   73°14'29"W
This article was last modified 13 years ago