Researching First Reference to Dorney

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Thanks Jim. The structure stood until somewhere between 1953 and 1959 - pretty durable for gravel!

The capacity from your source is interesting. I have a photo in my collection, ca. 1912, with the following caption:

"This is an 880-ton pocket, with sand drying house, boiler house, and small overhead dry sand bin.” 

I’ll add your 700t reference to my notes.

My project is a history of the place name, potentially for the Pickaway County Historical Society. The few locals that know the name associate it with a stop on the Scioto Valley Traction interurban. It was that, but given it was in far from any public roads, it was effectively only used for N&W employees of the plant. My assumption is that the place name came to be in 1901 (Alex Schust’s book), but I’m hoping earlier N&W timetables can confirm or refine when “Dorney” was first used. 

 Matt Goodman

> On Jul 17, 2025, at 6:15 PM, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> Matt
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> I am not sure where you are going but it is rather interesting.
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> The first time Dorney showed up in my station list was a 1910 N&W station list.
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> A 1917 list of N&W coaling stations contains the following:
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> Dorney Built 1910 Concrete
> 4 Tracks 8 chutes
> Link Belt 700 ton cap.
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> I might add the valuations of 1916 and later show construction gravel.  I think they forgot to mention cement.
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> Jim Blackstock
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> On Thursday, July 17, 2025 at 02:51:59 PM EDT, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> Hi everyone,
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> I’m gathering some final notes on the Dorney, Ohio coaling station, and would like to nail down when that place-name was first referenced for a writing project.
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> The earliest reference I have is in Alex Schust’s book on the Scioto Division, where he states a tool house was built at Dorney in 1901.
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> An 1887 Scioto Valley Railroad public timetable (N&W predecessor) from the rails and trails site does not list Dorney.
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> If any of you have some early, pre 1901, N&W timetables that you could check, I’d be very appreciative. Dorney was located just south of Circleville Ohio (zooming out a bit, between Chillicothe and Columbus).
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> Thanks!
> 
> Matt Goodman
> Columbus, Ohio, US
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