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Category Archives: Interesting Items Found
Dining Table Made from Elevator Pulley Wheel
I’m getting a lot of use out of the old freight elevator gearing. Appleseed used some of them to actuate the revolving TV wall. The pulley wheel is enormous and very heavy. We kicked around several possible uses for it. … Continue reading
Revolving Television Design
When I bought The Counts Bros. Building it contained two freight elevators that were no longer functional. Actually, they might have been functional but I wasn’t brave enough to try them out. The first picture below shows the lifting platform, … Continue reading
I’ve Made a Horrible Mistake
When I found this, I posted that it was the old Standard Furniture sign. With some help from Standard’s current owner, I realize now that I read the property records wrongly and that I was actually reading adjacent properties. After … Continue reading
This Must Be a Sign
This sign is about 4 feet high and 20 feet wide. I tried to donate it to the Birmingham History Center, but they said it was too big. I was going to give it to Steve, but he said it … Continue reading
Space 111′s Impromptu Art Installation
Wednesday I went to the weekly figure drawing class over at Space 111. Afterwards I invited everyone over to Storkland/Counts Bros. to see all the weird odds and ends and give me advice about making some art out of it … Continue reading
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Treasure in the Coal Chute
Steve from What’s on 2nd visited me on Sunday and we dug around looking for treasures. There’s a coal chute next to the old freight elevator, and we found some cool items. We found an old ink bottle for refilling … Continue reading
