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Preservation Team · Railroad Operations · Archaeology
Preservation Team · Railroad Operations · Archaeology


October 2006
October 2006
Photo by Savannah Morning News, 1975
Photo by Savannah Morning News, 1975 Compressor Room
Roof Construction
Compressor Room roof
shortly after project began.
Current view of the roof looking east.
The Compressor Room roof nears completion as CHS Preservation Team
members, Ian Ashenfelter, Nathan Harris, and Jack Tyson continue to rebuild it. Compressor Room
Roof Construction
Compressor Room cricket roof shortly
before decking was installed.
Roof decking. Compressor Room
Roof Construction
A roofing membrane was installed with the
assistance of John Herdina, roofing consultant.
Nathan Harris installs a cricket on
the north side of the monitor. Compressor Room
Roof Construction
Interior view of the south wall
before roof was completed.
Current interior view.
The interior of the Compressor Room has also
changed with the addition of the new roof. Traditional Masonry
Travis Brown pours quicklime into
the center of the mound of sand.
Master Bricklayer Gerard Lynch was a special guest at the Roundhouse
Railroad Museum earlier this month. While here, he gave CHS Preservation
Team members a hands-on demonstration on making traditional mortar.
Making mortar the old-fashioned way
Gerard Lynch starts off by explaining the
difference between traditional and ready-made
mortar. A mound of Savannah River sand is
prepared for the hands-on demonstration. Lynch invites team members to feel the heat
coming from the exothermic reaction
between the sand and lime.
Making mortar the old-fashioned way
Steam is produced when Lynch and team
members mix sand and lime together.
Traditional Masonry Travis Brown pours water into the
mixture while team members stir.
Lynch prepares the mixture of sand
and lime for the addition of water.
Making mortar the old-fashioned way
Traditional Masonry Close-up view of the finished product.
Preservation team members mix lime, sand,
and water to make mortar.
Making mortar the old-fashioned way
Traditional Masonry Tender Frame Shop
The southeast room on the first floor of the
Tender Frame Shop is complete. It now
serves as the Railroad Operations Office.
View of room after completion.
View of southeast room
shortly after project began
Rehabilitation Tender Frame Shop
View of southeast corner of the
room shortly after project began
After completion.
Rehabilitation Tender Frame Shop
David Bird, Terry Koller, and Lily McNee
moved into the new Railroad Operations office.
Moving Day
Northeast corner of the new office.
Southeast corner. Overnight Shed
Preservation Team member Joe Lyons helps
construct a pit cover for one of the lanes.
View of pit cover as it is being built.
Pit Cover Construction
The two existing plywood pit
covers were unstable and needed
replacing. Preservation Team
Members Charles Adkins, Jack
Tyson, and Joe Lyons constructed
new ones. Overnight Shed
Terry Koller shoves an historic boxcar into the lane
with the nearly completed pit cover.
Preservation Team members stand
proudly in front of the train car and
nearly finished pit cover.
Pit Cover Construction Overnight Shed
View of lane pit before
construction of new pit cover.
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View of pit cover
after completion.
Pit Cover Construction Coach & Paint Shops
The steel columns in the historic Paint Shop are currently being restored. Recently
some of the repaired columns were painted Central of Georgia Bottle Green on the
bottom and white on the top. The way these columns were painted is historically-based
on how they originally looked upon the buildings completion in 1924-25.
Steel columns during repair work.
Steel Column Restoration
Steel columns after painting. Coach & Paint Shops
During their repair work on the Paint Shops
structural steel, preservation team members found
columns that were signed during the railroad era.
Steel column signed on January 13, 1937.
Steel Column Restoration
Close-up view Coach & Paint Shops
Windows in the Paint Shop are currently
being removed for restoration work.
Chris Latson, Joe Rothwell, and Tim
Gaffney remove a window from the
interior west wall of the Paint Shop.
Window Restoration
Current view of west façade with most
of the main floor windows removed. Carpentry Shop
Stabilization
The CHS Preservation Team has started
the fifth phase of repointing on the east
wall of the Carpentry Shop.
Current view
Current aerial view with scaffolding set up for
fifth phase of repointing on the east wall. Blacksmith Shop
Masonry Repair
The concrete floor in the southwest end of the
Blacksmith Shop was cracking due to numerous factors
including uneven settling from previous repairs.
View of the repaired concrete floor.
CHS Preservation Team
members recently repaired
the concrete floor in the
Blacksmith Shop. Blacksmith Shop
Historic Masonry Specialist Travis Brown drills
away deteriorated concrete in order to repair it.
Close-up view of deteriorated concrete.
Masonry Repair David Bird and Terry Koller go over an historic map of
the site to determine the original track layout.
Lily McNee holds the level as David and
Terry survey the track layout.
Railroad Operations
David Bird and Terry Koller are
installing tracks on the northwest
end of the site. Views of the new tracks being laid
Tracks are currently being laid on
the northwest end of the site.
Railroad Operations Storehouse
Tear Down This Wall.
Metal lathe being moved.
With help from Curator Lydia Moreton and
John Roberson, Bryan Law moved the metal
lathe from the Storehouse in order to relocate
the exhibit and remove the exhibit walls.
The line shaft exhibit walls in the
Storehouse are currently being taken
down in order to relocate the exhibit and
facilitate future repairs and restoration
work to the building. Site Work
Preservation Team members
continue whitewashing the
retaining wall on Purse Street.
Whitewashing the Retaining Wall
Current view
Jason Cobb applies whitewash to the wall. Best of the South:
Preserving Southern Architecture Award
The Coastal Heritage Society Preservation Team received top honors from the Southeast
Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians (SESAH). The Best of the South Award
is given to a project, in an eleven state region, that preserves or restores an historic building,
or complex of buildings, in an outstanding manner and that demonstrates excellence in
research, technique, and documentation.
Preservation Planner/Project Manager Tracy Bakic (far
right) and Project Manager Jeanne Fullam (second from
right) accept the award at the SESAH Awards Banquet in
Auburn, Alabama.
One of the architecturally significant sites
viewed during the conference. Historic Savannah Foundation Preservation Award
The Coastal Heritage Society Preservation Team also received a Preservation Award from
the Historic Savannah Foundation. The award honors the work preformed on the Tender
Frame Shop, Spring Hill Redoubt, Backshops, and Overnight Shed. This is the third year in
a row that the Preservation Team has received this honor.
Curator of Exhibits and Archaeology Rita Elliott and
Curator of Buildings Stewart Dohrman accept award
certificates from HSF representatives.
HSF representatives congratulate
Coastal Heritage Society recipients.