1. Coal and water at Lurich

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List of major buildings etc. at Lurich.?? We have a photo of the station 
and a section shed in the Archives.?? The 1903 station was there until at 
least 1933.

Jim Blackstock

2840 	Lurich 	VA 	Comb. Station 24x61
2840 	Lurich 	VA 	Tower Interlocks 32 Lever 1909 19x27
2840 	Lurich 	VA 	50,000 gal. two wood water tanks
2840 	Lurich 	VA 	Telegraph Office 11x18 moved to Narrows no date
2840 	Lurich 	VA 	250,000 gal. steel water tank
2840 	Lurich 	VA 	Coal Station


On 10/9/2019 7:51 AM, NW Mailing List wrote:
> Hi Vince
>
> These are always the kind of questions that help me remember the value of our Archives.  A simple search for Lurich turned up a variety of drawings that help answer some of the questions here
>
> https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=156486
>
> That is from 1899 showing a storage shed at the west end of the sidings.
>
> https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=133962
>
> This one from November 1924 is less than perfect, but shows what I think is three tracks (two main) a siding and a small spur at Lurich.
>
> https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=99383
>
> This one is probably the best single reference of the lot, a track chart that was updated to 1950, with two main tracks, a station or house track and several smaller spurs in the vicinity of the shelter shed.
>
> Thank all the dedicated volunteers who have been scanning and cataloging these drawings. Any are available for purchase.
>
> Best
> Ken Miller
>> On Oct 8, 2019, at 10:31 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hello to all the members here.
>>
>> The comment about additional eastbound power being added at Dry Branch was interesting. There was double track there from the trestle over the creek westbound for a mile or so (to where the section house and water tank were) until maybe the late fifties.
>>
>> Some older folks told us there were three tracks there "a long time ago". The right of way was definitely wide enough for that to have been true. Makes me wonder what all really was there back then. When I was a kid there was nothing left but the foundations.
>>
>> Respectfully;
>> Vince Albert
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