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Coal car a feature of Museum's mining exhibit
The completely renewed coal car was placed in the Model A Ford's old spot, as a feature of our coal...
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Uploaded on Sep 12, 2008
"When Coal Was King"
The coal mine car complements a 1910s coal-burning fireplace rescued from miner Alexander Fournier's...
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Uploaded on Sep 12, 2008
Coal car arrives at Renton History Museum
We had no shortage of volunteers to help get the car back inside the Museum. Here trustee...
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Uploaded on Sep 8, 2008
Loaded up and ready to go!
After eight months of painstaking reconstruction, the Renton History Museum's coal mine car is...
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Uploaded on Sep 8, 2008
Coal car leaves Conservation Center
The reconstruction of the coal mine car was finally complete, and in late August volunteers from the...
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Uploaded on Sep 8, 2008
Disconnect display is complete!
City arborist Terry Flatley pointed out that the trees gave their lives in a good cause, saying,...
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Uploaded on Aug 23, 2008
Last one in place
Mike Bartholomew uses the claw to carefully put the third log in place.
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Uploaded on Aug 23, 2008
The Claw
Mike Bartholomew's Log Hauling uses a specialized piece of equipment to move these logs around. The largest weighed about 12,000 pounds!
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Uploaded on Aug 23, 2008
One more to go...
The final log is the critical one--as long as the bottom two are properly place, the third nestles...
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Uploaded on Aug 23, 2008
Bystanders watch, fascinated
Two technicians from Knotty Tree Service watch as Mike Bartholomew lifts a log. Before coming out of...
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Uploaded on Aug 23, 2008
Easy does it!
City arborist Terry Flatley worked with Knotty Tree Service to locate just the right western red...
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Uploaded on Aug 23, 2008
Waiting and watching
Museum Director Liz Stewart watches as Mike Bartholomew pulls his tractor-trailer next to the...
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Uploaded on Aug 23, 2008
A tight space
Mike Bartholomew's Log Hauling did an amazing job of pulling into a ten-foot wide space between the...
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Uploaded on Aug 23, 2008
Coming around the corner...
Thirty feet of western red cedar take a little maneuvering room!
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Uploaded on Aug 23, 2008
Empty Disconnect
In winter 2008 the City of Renton's arborist recognized that the logs that had been displayed on the...
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Uploaded on Aug 23, 2008
The logs approach!
A tractor-trailer brought the logs into a tight space for installation on the disconnect.
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Uploaded on Aug 23, 2008
Snoqualmie Mayor Matt Larson
Mayor Matt Larson shared kind words about the historic reconstruction project and NRM during the August 8th event.
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Uploaded on Aug 23, 2008
NRM Event 8-7-2008
NRM Director Richard Anderson unveils the completed coal car for guests at the Museum's Conservation and Restoration Center.
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Uploaded on Aug 23, 2008
Logging Disconnect Display...
Fey's Roxy Theatre Neon...
Coal Car Historic...
