Valves

Doohickies

no, i believe the proper terminology for this is "thingamajig".

:-p

;-)

I made ya post a bad post! ha!

...hurried it up, cant ya turn them gird darn doohickies ta the right an the thingamajigs ta the left FASTER?

I thought they were "whatchamacallits".

...I thought "whatchamacallits" was a blanket term :-)

"whatchamacallit" is a blanket term used only when its a model - TD 78 13 or higher..... anything under that would technically be a Thingamajig.... Dohickie can be used for anthing else =8-)

Very beautiful, though! I love it!

silkster40z
...are we talkin' football? ':-)

So, I am correct to assume that this is not a Model TD 78 13? MY Bad! So, it's definitely a thingamajig, then.

naw, its'a neural sandwich prep thingamawhatsit-yall'callit-jig

we need to ask motts for the correct technical model numbering is. This will solve the Dohickie, thingamajig, and whatchmacallit issue. But lets not get too technical with this as it would open an entire new book of ... ..... errrrrrr........ummm........ WHATCHMACALLITS!
lol

I like how Mott's gets a wide variety of shots. Far away, close up, upside down, and inside out. Get a real feel for the place.

This appears to be a fire sprinkler riser. In other words, this would be where the water would come in from the main water line to feed the fire sprinklers for the building. I may be wrong but that is my guess. Interesting to note that the line at the bottom of the riser appears to be cut or disconnected and that there are other parts missing. I am not sure who would remove these and why. They would not be easy to damage or remove with random vandalism. The only thing I can figure is they may have been brass or some other metal that could be of value. Interesting shot, I like it...

The regular "viewers" are wound up in this gallery. Next to the spectacular photography and history, it's the best part of the website....

Valves and flanges. Cbcraw they were probably scrapped, definitely if the pipe/fittings were copper or brass, but some people will scrap steel. It could be a sprinkler line, or more likely a steam line from the boilers. Could also be condensate from the steam lines that is being pumped back into the system, that may be a small flash tank to the left (flash tank allows high pressure steam to flash and thus reduce to a lower pressure/condensate). Sprinkler and water lines are usually copper/pvc, straight water will rust black/threaded pipe. There are dry sprinkler systems that utilize black steel/threaded pipe though (water won't run through the pipe until there's a fire).