Coal Shute

coalvet · By: **coalvet** On: Sat Feb 05, 2011 10:45 am

Saw this add from a 1911 House and Garden magazine, think it's still available? :lol:

Dann757 · By: **Dann757** On: Sat Feb 05, 2011 10:55 am

Imagine that. I bet every last aspect of that was American made; idea, design, mining of iron ore, manufacture. The paper it was printed on, the lumber on the house in the photo, the camera that took the picture, those were the days.

whistlenut · By: **whistlenut** On: Sat Feb 05, 2011 10:59 am

I've seen these years ago in Boston, but I'm not thinking they are still around......unless some thrifty old dude took it home and stuffed it in the corner....It is a treasure of times gone by.....when 'men were men and women were damned glad of it!'

Hope you are lucky with this hunt. You can get your own TV show!

kozel · By: **kozel** On: Sat Feb 05, 2011 1:01 pm

You can find coal chute covers on the sidewalks of Manhattan today. Scroll down on this page....

http://www.forgotten-ny.com/STREET%20SC ... nhole.html

lowfog01 · By: **lowfog01** On: Sat Feb 05, 2011 2:59 pm

That is soooo cool! I'll definitely be looking down the next time I'm in NYC. Thanks, Lisa

WNY · By: **WNY** On: Sat Feb 05, 2011 4:20 pm

THere is still a few around this area, actually the coal doors on the sides of the foundations. We saw a few vintage coal bins in some houses we looked at a few years back...

Stephen in Soky · By: **Stephen in Soky** On: Tue Feb 08, 2011 6:30 pm

The new ones lack the nifty little drop out and I suspect they're not nearly so well made: http://www.doitbest.com/Screen+and+stor ... 103514.dib

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