N Scale Architect - 10502 - Structure, Building, Industrial, Creamery - Industrial Structures

Specific Item Information: The Sheffield Farms Creamery kit was inspired by the creamery that still stands in Bloomville, New York along the abandoned Kingston Branch of the New York Central (originally the Ulster & Delaware Railway). When this creamery opened in 1892, it was the first to use the milk pasteurization process in the United States. As with many creamery operations, gravity played a major part in the movement of liquids through the various stages of the process flow. Unprocessed milk was brought from local dairy farms in 110 lbs. cans via horse and buggy (later flat bed trucks) to the Delivery Area at the upper level of this structure. Until it closed in 1960, milk and milk products were shipped by rail from this location to markets in the metropolitan New York area via the Loading Dock at the lower level of this structure. Processed milk was shipped in cans until milk cars (reefers) with insulated tanks were developed in the 1940’s. The Kingston Branch continued operations through the Penn Central era and was eventually abandoned by Conrail in 1978. Throughout this period this multi-level structure was adapted to several other uses including a tannery, a furniture factory and a truck repair facility. Completed model is two levels high and measures 4"(H) x 4"(W) x 6"(L).

Road Name History: A factory (previously manufactory) or manufacturing plant is an industrial site, usually consisting of buildings and machinery, or more commonly a complex having several buildings, where workers manufacture goods or operate machines processing one product into another.

Factories arose with the introduction of machinery during the Industrial Revolution when the capital and space requirements became too great for cottage industry or workshops. Early factories that contained small amounts of machinery, such as one or two spinning mules, and fewer than a dozen workers have been called "glorified workshops".

Most modern factories have large warehouses or warehouse-like facilities that contain heavy equipment used for assembly line production. Large factories tend to be located with access to multiple modes of transportation, with some having rail, highway and water loading and unloading facilities.

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Brand/Importer Information: The N Scale Architect was founded in 1991 by Russ Kaufman who has been active in model railroading since the early 1970s. Although many model railroaders received a Lionel Train as their first train set, Russ and his brother Bill were bitten by the model railroad bug in the form of an Aurora N-Scale set.

Russ started The N Scale Architect based on the encouragement of fellow modelers who thought that the plans he had drawn up for scratch building over the years might be enjoyed by others in kit form. The first kits featured detailed step-by-step instructions with hand drawn illustrations and plastic templates to be used for cutting the various pieces. This tradition of high quality instructions continues with the addition of "in-process" and color photos and, thanks to better computer aided programs, more detailed drawings. These templates have been replaced with laser-cut micro-plywood pieces along with the addition of many detailing castings which are now also available separately as part of their "Making A Scene" product line.