879 Comments for Buffalo Central Terminal

I wonder how old it is? It reminds me of a book I read as a child on the discovery of the Titanic, which had boilers just like this one (as did most turn-of-the-century ocean liners).

The fire box blower is top center and the fire box is bottom center.
This is definitly a "Scotch Marine" fire tube boiler

This is a fire tube boiler, most likely a "Scotch Marine" type.
The tubes are called "passes, this is where the gases of combustion flow to heat the water contained inside the shell. What you see here is the rear door and tube sheet(the water is behind this tube sheet), the large opening is the first pass and the main fire chamber, the smaller openings are the other passes.
This appears to be a four pass boiler.

it looks a little like the empire state building, the pic is really nice, can you tell me where it is located maybe ill go see it myself?

dang, Lynne! Is that where my mind be gettin'?
I know'd I was worried about somtin' ;- ]

quest, don't be gettin' all philosophical-like on us, now. ;-)

Damn I love this shot!

Coke: 1886; Pepsi: 1898.

the end looks like the beginning....

The Collegfe in Bufflo has a nickname of LegoLand cuz it looks like a bunch of legos...

Motts.....urban warrior.

The blue works well for it though....makes it look more antequated of a photograph.

Neat that the terminal below has such lovely details.

Glad to know it's going through restoration and cleaning.....instead of demolition, like so many of our architectural treasures.

Kind of neat the way that ONE window was spared the fate of bad weather, stupid kids and vagrants.

I love the old architecture....the transoms made hallways a little less claustrophobic feeling, let in natural light, and something a bit more interesting than a plain ordinary wall to view while walking to each office.