Sawdust burner

Impressive ! Great from this POV ! Good Morning, Diane !

Hello, Ulrich, vielen Dank!

wow - what a terrible POV ;-)))

I almost fell backward taking that shot! ;-o

Yes, I remember these here also. A striking image and POV, Diane.

I saw some pictures of Australian ones when I was reading about these. Interesting history. Thank you, George!

A really eye-catching image Diane............taken from a great perspective!

I especially like the image in the PiP though - it's fantastic - I love the rust and the detail and especially the shape! Straight out of the realm of science fiction. It's a little like a giant Dalek (perhaps a MkI version) :-))

Two awesome images!!

Yes, many people mentioned Dalek when I posted the complete one in 2015. I had no idea what that was and when I searched online I a as surprised! Thak you, Keith!

great perspective.....

Thanks very much Annemarie!

Now I became interested to find out more! Burning saw dust? Why? Can't one even use it to heat something? Or burn to get energy? And what is done with saw dust today?

And found some answers already ;-)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beehive_burner
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawdust#Uses

There you go, Mr. Researcher! Very little sawdust is burned these days, it is now a valuable resource.

What I could not find is the reason why this was done in the first place. However, I guess there was a danger that the wood dust piles could ignite spontaneously and start burning uncontrollably.

There were two reasons. They produced copious amounts of smoke, ruining the air quality around them. (I remember the strong smell!) Second, they did start fires even though there were spark-screens on top. There would be grass fires around the burners, or an ember would start a fire on someone's house. In this case, the entire mill was burned down twice. I don't know if it was the sawdust burner that did it, but it certainly could have been. Mill fires happened with some regularity in the US and Canada.

Hier in Deutschland wird jetzt viel Sägemehl verbrannt und zwar sinnvoll als Briketts gepresst. Als ich noch berufstätig war, hatte ich wenig Zeit mich um normales Brennholz zu kümmern. Da habe ich manchmal auch Briketts aus Sägemehl in meinem Kachelofen verbrannt.
Folgendes Foto zeigt allerdings nur gewöhnliches Brennholz:
www.ipernity.com/doc/2016556/46418644

Just a little bit of rust displayed !

Just a little, yes! Thank you, Leopold!

interesting shape. I think I saw dust in one of the corners .... ;-)

Oh, really? Haha - thank you, GG!

Great! And thanks for all the information.

Thanks so much, Eva, I'm glad you like it!

On dirait une capsule spatiale abandonnée

Yes, it does! Reminds me of a Jules Verne contraption! Merci beaucoup, Jean Paul.

They look as if they have been waiting to be shot into space for quite a while:-)

Yes, some are so tired of waiting that they collapse. This one is still sturdy! Thank you, Gudrun.

Admirable et Merci pour le mot pour Mia :-)

Merci, Danielle! ;-)

very interesting rusty construction and great perspective!
Many thanks Diane for your intense visit to Cuba ;-)