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Nostalgia & History > Purdy Metals, MojaveDate: 08/06/05 22:49 Purdy Metals, Mojave Author: TonyJ Recently our NRHS chapter was donated some large 2-3/4 x 2-3/4 color slides, 8mm movies, negatives and some prints from the estate of the late Lee Carlson. SPNudge presented the Carlson collection to me to sort, review and save. I will now begin post some of the large format color slides.
This first series I've selected were taken at Purdy Metal's scrapyard facility in Mojave. There are no dates on the slides but I would guess the late 1970s. - Tony J.  Date: 08/06/05 22:50 Re: Purdy Metals, Mojave Author: TonyJ Slide #2. Lee Carlson photo, Sellar Nugent collection. - Tony J.
 Date: 08/06/05 22:52 Re: Purdy Metals, Mojave Author: TonyJ Slide #3. Lee Carlson photo, Sellar Nugent collection. - Tony J.
 Date: 08/06/05 22:52 Re: Purdy Metals, Mojave Author: TonyJ Slide #4. Lee Carlson photo, Sellar Nugent collection. - Tony J.
 Date: 08/06/05 22:53 Re: Purdy Metals, Mojave Author: TonyJ Slide #5. Lee Carlson photo, Sellar Nugent collection. - Tony J.
 Date: 08/06/05 22:53 Re: Purdy Metals, Mojave Author: TonyJ Slide #6. Lee Carlson photo, Sellar Nugent collection. - Tony J.
 Date: 08/06/05 22:54 Re: Purdy Metals, Mojave Author: TonyJ Slide #7. Lee Carlson photo, Sellar Nugent collection. - Tony J.
 Date: 08/06/05 22:55 Re: Purdy Metals, Mojave Author: TonyJ Slide #8 shows the wheel press. Lee Carlson photo, Sellar Nugent collection. - Tony J.
 Date: 08/06/05 22:57 Re: Purdy Metals, Mojave Author: TonyJ Color Slide #9. Lee Carlson photo, Sellar Nugent collection. - Tony J.
 Date: 08/06/05 22:57 Re: Purdy Metals, Mojave Author: TonyJ Slide #10 - Lee Carlson photo, Sellar Nugent collection. - Tony J.
 Date: 08/06/05 22:58 Re: Purdy Metals, Mojave Author: TonyJ Slide #11. Lee Carlson photo, Sellar Nugent collection. - Tony J.
 Date: 08/06/05 22:59 Re: Purdy Metals, Mojave Author: TonyJ Slide #12 shows the old 45-tonner. Lee Carlson photo, Sellar Nugent collection. - Tony J.
 Date: 08/06/05 23:01 Re: Purdy Metals, Mojave Author: TonyJ slide #13. Lee Carlson photo, Sellar Nugent collection. - Tony J.
 Date: 08/06/05 23:02 Re: Purdy Metals, Mojave Author: TonyJ Slide #14. Lee Carlson photo, Sellar Nugent collection. - Tony J.
 Date: 08/06/05 23:03 Re: Purdy Metals, Mojave Author: TonyJ Slide #15. Lee Carlson photo, Sellar Nugent collection. - Tony J.
 Date: 08/06/05 23:04 Re: Purdy Metals, Mojave Author: TonyJ Slide #16. - Lee Carlson photo, Sellar Nugent collection. - Tony J.
 Date: 08/06/05 23:04 Re: Purdy Metals, Mojave Author: TonyJ Last slide in this series on Purdy Metals. - Lee Carlson photo, Sellar Nugent collection. - Tony J.
 Date: 08/06/05 23:19 Re: Purdy Metals, Mojave Author: 6088 Thanks for the memorys Tony, I was there several years go.
Date: 08/06/05 23:20 Re: Purdy Metals, Mojave Author: RyanWilkerson Tony,
Thanks for taking the time to posting these interesting shots. I really like the Cotton Belt "Stac-Pac" in the last one. -Ryan Wilkerson http://www.shastarails.com Date: 08/06/05 23:25 Re: Purdy Metals, Mojave Author: DNRY122 Back in the 70's or 80's the LA Times had an article about the "Choo-Choo Cemetery" giving a look at the Purdy facility. I think it was actually closer to Rosamond than Mojave, but the latter town is much more widely known among ferroequinologists. I was told that one factor in Purdy selecting this location was that it was as close as one could get to Los Angeles and still be in Kern County (looser environmental regs).
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