N&W in 1911--Dam railroad

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Sun Mar 13 23:24:16 EDT 2011


Dave,

Thanks for the correction, particulary for the record. Now that I look at the name again, I can see that I should have noticed that it was wrong when I typed it.

Gordon.



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Gordon:

It's Byllesby according to the AEP web site. Pretty location; Dad used to take me with him in the summer when school was out and he had a short service call to make (he and my grandfather/his father were both AEP employees their entire professional careers).

Dave Phelps

In a message dated 3/13/2011 9:22:41 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org writes:
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
August 1, 1911

RAILROAD TO DAMS
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Five Miles to be Built on Cripple Creek Branch
Five miles of railroad are to be built on the Cripple Creek branch of the Norfolk and Western, extending from Grayson to a point where the Appalachian Power Company is to build its dams on New River. The contract for this work has been let to J. J. Boxley & Sons. The work, which will be started at once and pushed so that material may be carried to the Appalachian Power Company's camps, will be of a heavy nature. About three thousand yards of masonry will have to be put in for bridges, culverts, etc. The Appalachian Power Company recently placed an order for 100,000 barrels of cement to be used in the construction of its dams, which will be used to generate power to electrically operate the mines and other plants in the territory adjacent to the Norfolk and Western lines in the coalfields and east of Bluefield.
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[Appalachian has two dams locate along the former N&W Cripple Creek Extension (now a hiking/biking trail), viz., Byllisby @ 21.5 MW and Buck @ 8.5 MW.]

Gordon Hamilton


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