Disassembly and Storage of the Pioneer Pump House
1/14/2021 - The sheet metal covering the house is being removed. The wooden frame is next. The blue tags document where each piece was located.
1/14/2021
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1/14/2021
1/16/2021 - Starting to remove the frame.
1/16/2021
1/20/2021 - The frame is gone.
1/20/2021
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1/20/2021
1/22/2021 - View of lower part of pump.
1/24/2021 - View of pump, belt stretcher, and engine.
1/27/2021
1/27/2021 - Closer view of engine. The maker's plate is now visible after being buried for many years. Hard to read here, but it says Faribanks Morse 12HP.
1/27/2021 - Closer view of pump.
1/28/2021
1/31/2021 - Closeup of lower part of tri-plex pump.
1/31/2021 - Closer view of belt stretcher or support.
2/1/2021 - Lower part of pump.
2/1/2021
2/1/2021 - Engine has two flywheels and one smaller diameter wooden pulley for the belt.
2/1/2021 - Fairbanks Morse 12HP engine.
2/3/2021 - The engine and pump have now been moved to the storage bin on the right. I wasn't there to see that.
2/3/2021 - There are two storage bins. One contains the engine, pump, and belt stretcher. The other has most of the wood from the pump house.
2/3/2021 - The pump and engine in the bin. One of the workers is behind the engine.
2/3/2021
2/5/2021 - The base where the engine was. The pipe on the left was probably for water from the pump, which was where the worker is standing.
2/5/2021 - This rectangular box on top of the engine is a lubricator. The green wires coming out of the top are actually tubes for oil.
2/8/2021 - This is a McCord Force Feed Lubricator.
2/8/2021 - Closer view of the belt stretcher, which is in the bin with the engine and pump.
2/12/2021 - Another view of where the pump house was.
2/20/2021 - All the tanks for the refinery have been moved to another site.
3/14/2021 - View of the pump house site with storage bins in background. The site has been graded.
3/21/2021 - View of complete site with refinery in background.
3/21/2021 - Another view of pump house site and storage bins.