Blacksburg Grand Union Terminal Station and End-of-Track

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John,

Thanks for providing the map. Another thing perhaps of interest is that because of the elevation change between the tracks and Draper Road (Water Street) incoming coal for the VT power plant was dumped there and loaded into trucks for the less than a mile trip to the power plant. When the branch was shortened in 1966 a new coal dump was built just short of Rt.114 and coal to the VT power plant was trucked from there, about 5-6 miles.

      Ray
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> On Dec 29, 2024, at 3:09 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> Thanks for the correction Ray. I've attached a 1921 Sanborn map that clearly shows the location of the station as you describe. Water St. seems to have been straightened out a bit to become Draper Rd.
> 
> John Garner
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> 
> I believe the street in the foreground is Main Street and the station was located about where the Blacksburg Municipal Building is today. Draper Road (also known then as Water Street) went under the tracks just before the tracks reached the station.
> 
>   Ray
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> <N&W station map Blacksburg VA c.1921.jpg>
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