May 19 2018, Road Trip out West

Staying in Sandon BC, with Vida and Hal over the May long weekend to help them get the town ready for the season.

Huge fire in Sandon. Burning scrub and brush from the riverbank.

 

 

Tent Camping in Sandon BC.

 

 

Old Wooden water pipes with wire coils. Sandon BC

 

What is left of the floor that used to carry the creek through the town. Sandon BC

 

 

The creek through Sandon today

 

 

 

Natural spring water coming up through the ground, Sandon BC

 

 

Old Locomotive in Sandon BC

 

 

 

Old busses in Sandon BC. Exact fare please!

 

 

Ivanhoe street. Sandon BC

 

 

Brill Bus windows delaminating themselves. Very pretty shapes.

 

 

Inside a Brill Bus. Sandon. Apparently there was a Playboy photoshoot in one of these!

 

 

Corrosion. Why you should not rivet aluminum to steel. They make a battery when salt water hits it and corrode extra quickly.

 

459 vintage numbers

 

 

 

 

 

 

BRILL motor coaches. Canadian Car badge and logo

 

 

Pelton Water wheel. Turning high pressure water into electricity.

 

 

 

The old Caterpillar D7

 

 

Vintage Kenworth Truck. Sandon BC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vintage Architecture in Sandon BC

 

 

Vintage Miner Helmet with rechargeable battery. Sandon BC

 

 

Sandon Hydroelectric Powerhouse

 

Hal and Dougie set up the signs

 

 

Dogs cooling off in the creek

 

 

 

Water coming into the Sandon Powerhouse

 

 

The high pressure water pipe that carries the water down the mountain

 

 

Powerhouse tool shed

 

 

 

 

Dougie and Doggie

 

 

 

 

Firehall No. 1 Sandon BC

 

 

Many extra rails from the old railroad

 

 

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