Comments on: The Cheese Room (and cars) http://www.coppercountryexplorer.com/2009/01/the-cheese-room-and-cars/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:14:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: explorer http://www.coppercountryexplorer.com/2009/01/the-cheese-room-and-cars/comment-page-1/#comment-2027 explorer Fri, 23 Jan 2009 04:12:38 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/?p=2498#comment-2027 timbers... I didn't notice any other building in that direction, but we exited the complex from the west and didn't circle back around to look for any other ruins. We did find a large concrete foundation just south-west of the building (across form the "wax room") that looked rather modern as well. Its possible that offices were in a separate building, but there was so much space still unaccounted for in the factory that there must of been some in there. timbers…

I didn’t notice any other building in that direction, but we exited the complex from the west and didn’t circle back around to look for any other ruins. We did find a large concrete foundation just south-west of the building (across form the “wax room”) that looked rather modern as well. Its possible that offices were in a separate building, but there was so much space still unaccounted for in the factory that there must of been some in there.

]]> By: timbers http://www.coppercountryexplorer.com/2009/01/the-cheese-room-and-cars/comment-page-1/#comment-2026 timbers Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:15:31 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/?p=2498#comment-2026 There was one more building that is no longer there. It was between the factory and the rock filled cylinder "filter thing". It was a tall open building - and I think it's been filled in with dirt now - but don't know when that was done. I remember being in there when I was younger... and wonder if that is where the offices could have been. It wasn't the same sandstone material as the other part and looked more modern to me in my memories... I remember it being large and grey. There was one more building that is no longer there. It was between the factory and the rock filled cylinder “filter thing”. It was a tall open building – and I think it’s been filled in with dirt now – but don’t know when that was done. I remember being in there when I was younger… and wonder if that is where the offices could have been. It wasn’t the same sandstone material as the other part and looked more modern to me in my memories… I remember it being large and grey.

]]> By: Bill In Indiana http://www.coppercountryexplorer.com/2009/01/the-cheese-room-and-cars/comment-page-1/#comment-2025 Bill In Indiana Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:54:08 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/?p=2498#comment-2025 Great input Timbers! Great input Timbers!

]]> By: explorer http://www.coppercountryexplorer.com/2009/01/the-cheese-room-and-cars/comment-page-1/#comment-2024 explorer Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:46:43 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/?p=2498#comment-2024 Guys I was just giving you all a hard time. Its all good. :) Guys I was just giving you all a hard time. Its all good. :)

]]> By: Dale Beitz http://www.coppercountryexplorer.com/2009/01/the-cheese-room-and-cars/comment-page-1/#comment-2023 Dale Beitz Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:37:42 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/?p=2498#comment-2023 Same here, Mike! No disrespect meant. When I saw dcclarks's comment, I just had to let mine out. The Stella Cheese Factory is a great series of posts. Same here, Mike! No disrespect meant. When I saw dcclarks’s comment, I just had to let mine out. The Stella Cheese Factory is a great series of posts.

]]> By: dcclark http://www.coppercountryexplorer.com/2009/01/the-cheese-room-and-cars/comment-page-1/#comment-2022 dcclark Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:28:45 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/?p=2498#comment-2022 You're a cheese whiz, Mike! Seriously, I actually like this series a lot. I just couldn't hold back... You’re a cheese whiz, Mike!

Seriously, I actually like this series a lot. I just couldn’t hold back…

]]> By: Jay Wrix http://www.coppercountryexplorer.com/2009/01/the-cheese-room-and-cars/comment-page-1/#comment-2021 Jay Wrix Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:20:37 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/?p=2498#comment-2021 Heh, I Like Cheese..... Heh, I Like Cheese…..

]]> By: explorer http://www.coppercountryexplorer.com/2009/01/the-cheese-room-and-cars/comment-page-1/#comment-2020 explorer Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:32:56 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/?p=2498#comment-2020 bill... Great catch on the door. A fire door makes perfect sense if I'm right about what the room behind the door was used for - a boiler room. As for the rest of the peanut gallery, I think I'm getting the point. More mines and less cheese... bill…

Great catch on the door. A fire door makes perfect sense if I’m right about what the room behind the door was used for – a boiler room.

As for the rest of the peanut gallery, I think I’m getting the point. More mines and less cheese…

]]> By: John from the Prairie http://www.coppercountryexplorer.com/2009/01/the-cheese-room-and-cars/comment-page-1/#comment-2019 John from the Prairie Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:08:27 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/?p=2498#comment-2019 Ok we've found the cheese mine and the cheese smelter, but where was the cheese stamp mill? Ok we’ve found the cheese mine and the cheese smelter, but where was the cheese stamp mill?

]]> By: Bill In Indiana http://www.coppercountryexplorer.com/2009/01/the-cheese-room-and-cars/comment-page-1/#comment-2018 Bill In Indiana Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:58:46 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/?p=2498#comment-2018 The door looks like a "fire door". They are normally on a rolling track, or on hinges opening to the side, or on a lever system and raised up above the opening. (pre OSHA days) However they are swung it is always arranged so that the door will close due to gravity if not held open. The doors are held open by a counterweight on a rope/pulley setup. If fire (or cheese explosions) reaches the door, the rope holding the counterweight burns through, dropping the weight, and the door slams shut. At least that is how it was suposed to work in theory. The idea also being that the door was clad in steel to make it fire proof and would keep fire from spreading inside a building. The door looks like a “fire door”. They are normally on a rolling track, or on hinges opening to the side, or on a lever system and raised up above the opening. (pre OSHA days) However they are swung it is always arranged so that the door will close due to gravity if not held open. The doors are held open by a counterweight on a rope/pulley setup. If fire (or cheese explosions) reaches the door, the rope holding the counterweight burns through, dropping the weight, and the door slams shut. At least that is how it was suposed to work in theory. The idea also being that the door was clad in steel to make it fire proof and would keep fire from spreading inside a building.

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