Winding Gulf work

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Tue Dec 16 13:48:55 EST 2008


Pemberton is correct.

Mark Webb


> Bluefield Daily Telegraph

> November 19, 1908

>

> PREPARING FOR WORK ON VIRGINIAN CONTRACT

> ------

> Twenty-Four Miles of Winding Gulf Route Must be Finished Within Ten Months

>

> The contractors who secured the contracts for the twenty-four miles of track

> which is to be laid on the Winding Gulf route of the Virginian railway between

> Mullins and Pendleton have got large forces of men on the ground preparing for

> the work. All of the contracts specify that the work must be finished in

> September 1909, and all of the firms have laid their plans with that view.

> There will be three tunnels on the route, one of which will be 800 feet long

> while the other two will be 400 and 500 respectively. The route chosen is a

> good one with a good grade and there are no bad places in the entire twenty-four

> miles so far as is known. The route has not been cross sectioned as yet, but

> every indication points to a fairly easy job. All of the contractors will work

> from both ends and unless the weather gets so bad as to make work impossible

> there is no reason why it should not be finished within the contract time.

> Camps are being erected and some of the contractors have commenced to bring

> their laborers. It is expected that between 2,000 and 2,500 men will be

> employed on the work, which will take nearly ten months. As was stated in the

> Telegraph of Sunday the cost of the work will be about $1,000,000.

> ------

>

> [A 1953 VGN track chart shows Pemberton twenty-four miles from Mullins instead

> of Pendleton as mentioned in the article. Comments anyone? The same chart shows

> the three tunnels to be 229', 416' and 476' respectively.]

>

>

> Gordon Hamilton




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