Hey Mr. Motts -- Just a bit of history from an old fart (73) who remembers several years of stock car racing here during the late '40s and early '50s. The track was clay and ran the complete perimeter of the stadium. Yeah, it was a tight track. but race cars in those days didn't go all that fast. They also held some open wheel races here, and at least two or three hell driver shows a year (local boy Jack Kochman was a favorite). I don't know what year staged the last race -- I moved out of the state in 1950 and have never been back since. But thanks for the memories -- I never thought I'd see the stadium again.

waaaaa -- next to the last pix and I want to see 5,000 more of them. Great job Motts. See you in Nevada one of these days!

I'm pretty sure Nick is right -- an early WW II sonar set, This must have been taken inside the sub chaser.

Old wooden hull tug boat -- this one has to be close to 100 years old -- if not older. I don't think they made any tugs with wooden hulls after the 1930s. Too bad this antique is beyond restoration.

It's amazing that the bow has rusted completely through so that you can see right inside the ship. This one must have been built with very poor steel -- possibly a wartime rush job.

Hey Mr. Motts, I love your building pix, but these ship shots to me are the greatest you have ever done. I've seen other series of this place, but you have them all beat. Still wish you would get to some of the old Nevada mines. Oh yeah, was there any way to tell who built this big old straight-eight diesel. Woodward only made the electrical controls.

I really enjoy/appreciate your photos of old equipment like this. With your eye for these kind of photos, I wish you lived in Nevada or No.Cal., where there are hundreds of abandoned mines and ore mills that you could sneak around with your camera. In fact, there is even a ghost area (now only a crossroad) named Motts just south of Carson City and the town of Genoa. Relatives?

possibly more of a fire escape than a stairwell. Being detached from the main building, it would be free from smoke or flames should a fire occur in the main structure.

You could probably build a new small house today for what it would cost to replace this chimney. Love your eye for outstanding architecture and design.

Hey Matt, thanks for the very detailed explanation of a rather strange cooking device. I have never seen one of these and appreciate your remarks. It seems like its sort of an early or commercial-type pressure cooker, right? I wonder if the three different levels resulted in three different cooking times or temperatures. There must have been plenty of internal pressure to require such heavy hinges and latch wheels. Again, thanks.