Well, just for your own piece of mind, the actual functioning company that sits there now, BASF, is as quiet and as clean as a neighbor could ask for...
Question, which Kiln enclosure to model?
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good question Larry,
A lot of this is my "best guess" ... but I did read Salt of the Earth, a book by Arthur Pound which outlines Michigan Alkali pretty good.
You take limestone, coke and brine.... 2 out of three are abundant in Michigan, and end up with Potash, Sodium Cloride and Caustic Soda... That's about it. I know it takes huge plants and rolling stock that is pulled indoors.
I think dry ice and chlorine are a couple of by-products of this process, called the Solvay process.
I thought it would be a neat industry to try to model. I've got some of it down already, but lots of work to go. Thank you for your interest. :thumb: I wish I could get a Baldwin 0-6-0 with DCC sound, because that loco is prototypical of this industry, but alas :cry:, I can't find anyone who makes one.
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A lot of this is my "best guess" ... but I did read Salt of the Earth, a book by Arthur Pound which outlines Michigan Alkali pretty good.
You take limestone, coke and brine.... 2 out of three are abundant in Michigan, and end up with Potash, Sodium Cloride and Caustic Soda... That's about it. I know it takes huge plants and rolling stock that is pulled indoors.
I think dry ice and chlorine are a couple of by-products of this process, called the Solvay process.
I thought it would be a neat industry to try to model. I've got some of it down already, but lots of work to go. Thank you for your interest. :thumb: I wish I could get a Baldwin 0-6-0 with DCC sound, because that loco is prototypical of this industry, but alas :cry:, I can't find anyone who makes one.
EK
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Its interesting how right after Ralph stated that, SHAZAM! It's like they do a search or something!?!?
I am always looking for information on industries.sign1 Never know when such information might come in handy.EngineerKyle said:
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