tank

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"Tanks" to everyone who responded and added information.  This area is my
greatest interest since it is where my family is from and the object of
that future model empire that I dream about.
Jim Cochran

On Sat, Aug 4, 2018 at 12:40 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:

> It did feed water stand pipes on either side of the main line. See NWHS
> HS-CC10261.
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> Alex Schust
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> *Sent:* Saturday, August 04, 2018 8:27 AM
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> *Subject:* Re: tank
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> Jim
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> I would suspect this is a railroad tank. From what I can see in the scan,
> it appears to be a standard design for a N&W 100,000 gallon steel tank as
> per standard L-283, introduced March 5, 1924.
>
> I don’t have handy my later list of water facilities at the moment. There
> is a 50,000 gallon tank listed for North Fork in the 1915 list.
>
> I suspect it fed water column(s) rather than a direct spout due to spacing
> conditions on the ground. I have not checked
>
> Ken Miller
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> > On Aug 3, 2018, at 6:59 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > There is a slide currently on Ebay showing what I believe to the the
> West end of Byrd yard in Northfork in Oct. 58.
> >
> > https://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-Slide-N-W-Norfolk-
> Western-Steam-Caboose-518037-Northfork-WV-1958/352407563723?hash=
> item520d20adcb%3Ag%3AK9oAAOSwM5RbTfeH&_sop=1&_
> pgn=3&_nkw=%28norfolk+western%29+-n.w.t+-n.w.a+-jeans+-tag+-
> tags+-shorts+-cert+-arrowheads+-dell+-coa+-wheels+-women&rt=nc
> >
> > Centered in the shot is a black water tank.  I would assume that this
> tank was for the town water supply and not associated with the railroad.
> > Can anyone verify this/add any additional information?
> > Thanks,
> > Jim Cochran
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