Jack,
As you can see from Mont's post coal storage varied also. I have an aerial photo
of a town 30 mi. NE of here with the concrete coal bunkers Mont described. My
Grandparent's lived next to a coal dealer in Marshalltown IA. He used a elevator
similar to a farm elevator to unload hoppers onto piles of different grades of coal.

The easiest ways to describe the sheds (shed's have a sloped roof not a peaked
one) is to say: Take a Velveeta cheese box, put sliding doors on each long side,
then lift up one long side!
Here are some gons with coal loads from the M&StL Landmesser 'hot box' list.

L&N 51632 46 CYC pg 233 50000-59999 GA Coal, Go 7/1/49 19 coal Middle Grove 20"
set out
L&N 58706 46 CYC pg 233 50000-59999 GA Coal, Go 8/15/50 19 coal Rogers 20" set
out
L&N 72215 72000-72999 GA Coal, Go 7/11/48 9 coal Brighton -
L&N 72215 72000-72999 GA Coal, Go 7/10/48 95 coal Morning Sun -
B&O 251484 250500-256499 GB Gon, Stl O-27A 1922 Cambria USRA Mil 6/26/50 95 coal
Palmer - set out
C&NW 70713 46 CYC pg 216 70501-71999 GB Gon,Stl 5/30/48 19 coal Waseca -
NYC 707657 707500-707999 GB Stl,Drop 377-G 1919 PSCC 11/22/48 19 coal Montgomery
20" 1954 Equip Diagr Book G-3
PRR 343090 46 CYC pg 228 342600-344499 GB Stl,Drop G28 Klasing 7/24/50 19 coal
Helena - set out
CB&Q 167673 165000-167999 GS Composit 7/12/48 895 coal Tracy -
CB&Q 81406 81000-81499 GS Steel 2/18/49 X East coal Gifford 1' repacked
IC 83308 82720-83992 GS Composit 7/29/48 95 coal Abingdon -
M&StL 30363 30001-30499 GS 16 Drop GATC 3/2/49 95 coal Morning Sun 15" set out
M&StL 30393 30001-30499 GS 16 Drop GATC 5/6/49 95 coal Seaton 15" set out
RI 187918 46 CYC pg 243 187000-188999 GS Coal,Dum 5/8/49 95 coal Brighton 15"
set out
Clark Propst

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