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16: With the girders in place, you can see how a cov-
ered hopper would be positioned for dumping, one
bay at a time. While there was no evidence of a device
to move the car, most small facilities either had some
kind of cable-operated capstan to pull the car, or a
bucket loader or similar tractor would be pressed into
service, sometimes with its own attached coupler.
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