01-04-2011, 09:28 PM
Wayne:
Your story reminds me of one that I read (in Branchlines?) quite a few years ago.
The Olde Hide House in Acton* (back when it was a real tannery) had to scrape bits of whatever off the inside of the hides before tanning. The scrapings were collected and shipped to someplace in the Niagara Peninsula. The stuff was shipped in open gondolas -- I picture wooden ones -- and it stank, crawled with beasties, and was generally an unpleasant duty.
* it's worth the drive to Acton!
Your story reminds me of one that I read (in Branchlines?) quite a few years ago.
The Olde Hide House in Acton* (back when it was a real tannery) had to scrape bits of whatever off the inside of the hides before tanning. The scrapings were collected and shipped to someplace in the Niagara Peninsula. The stuff was shipped in open gondolas -- I picture wooden ones -- and it stank, crawled with beasties, and was generally an unpleasant duty.
* it's worth the drive to Acton!
David
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.