Did anyone have the Girder and Panel Hydrodynamic set (1960s toy)?

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Did any of you play with the Girder and Panel construction sets from the 1960s?

Over the holidays my brother and I dug out Girder and Panel Hydrodynamic set #11 from my grandparents' basement. You could build chemical plants with a working pump, piping and tanks. I had hours of fun with this when I was little. I believe it to be the most awesome toy ever invented.

The instruction booklet had plans for a DDT plant, coal tar distillation facility, synthetic rubber plant, ammonia plant, sulfuric acid plant and other wondrous chemical plants of the modern age.

We only had the hydrodynamic set, but there were many others, such as the bridge and turnpike set and some others with electric motors so you could build cranes and other moving structures. Of course you could build skyscrapers too, with girders and panel frame and curtain walls.



This is what I played with:

http://elisson1.blogspot.com/2009/01...-projects.html


If you had enough parts you could build something like this:

http://www.girderpanel.com/NewGirderPanel.htm


Here are some other sets:


http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006..._e2_gray_1.php



http://www.timewarptoys.com/gallery.htm



http://www.museumofplay.org/blogs/in...ing-an-empire/