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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Matt</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I am with you. I know there was a Dorney before 1910.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">In looking at the Valuations 1916 there were 3 shanty's at Dorney. Two about 14x19 and one 3x5. That 3x5 is listed as a Tool Box Shanty. That was even smaller than the toilets. Perhaps the 1901 structure Alex found. There are no dates of construction in the valuations.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">The first drawing in the N&WHS for Dorney I could find was dated 2/12/1909. It was for the foundation for the water softerner. </div><div><br></div>
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<div><div id="ydpc79a41deyiv5849816326"><div>Thanks Jim. The structure stood until somewhere between 1953 and 1959 - pretty durable for gravel!<div><br clear="none"></div><div>The capacity from your source is interesting. I have a photo in my collection, ca. 1912, with the following caption:</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>"This is an 880-ton pocket, with sand drying house, boiler house, and small overhead dry sand bin.” </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>I’ll add your 700t reference to my notes.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>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. </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div> Matt Goodman<br clear="none" id="ydpc79a41deyiv5849816326lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br clear="none"><blockquote type="cite"><div id="ydpc79a41deyiv5849816326yqt65910" class="ydpc79a41deyiv5849816326yqt0709179318"><div>On Jul 17, 2025, at 6:15 PM, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org> wrote:</div><br clear="none" class="ydpc79a41deyiv5849816326Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div><div id="ydpc79a41deyiv5849816326ydp69d8efbdyahoo_quoted_3050386948" class="ydpc79a41deyiv5849816326ydp69d8efbdyahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:16px;" class="ydpc79a41deyiv5849816326ydp69d8efbdyahoo-style-wrap"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;">
<div dir="ltr" class="ydpc79a41deyiv5849816326ydp69d8efbdquoted-text-header">Matt</div><div dir="ltr" class="ydpc79a41deyiv5849816326ydp69d8efbdquoted-text-header"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" class="ydpc79a41deyiv5849816326ydp69d8efbdquoted-text-header">I am not sure where you are going but it is rather interesting.</div><div dir="ltr" class="ydpc79a41deyiv5849816326ydp69d8efbdquoted-text-header"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" class="ydpc79a41deyiv5849816326ydp69d8efbdquoted-text-header">The first time Dorney showed up in my station list was a 1910 N&W station list.</div><div dir="ltr" class="ydpc79a41deyiv5849816326ydp69d8efbdquoted-text-header"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" class="ydpc79a41deyiv5849816326ydp69d8efbdquoted-text-header">A 1917 list of N&W coaling stations contains the following:</div><div dir="ltr" class="ydpc79a41deyiv5849816326ydp69d8efbdquoted-text-header"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" class="ydpc79a41deyiv5849816326ydp69d8efbdquoted-text-header">Dorney Built 1910 Concrete</div><div dir="ltr" class="ydpc79a41deyiv5849816326ydp69d8efbdquoted-text-header">4 Tracks 8 chutes</div><div dir="ltr" class="ydpc79a41deyiv5849816326ydp69d8efbdquoted-text-header">Link Belt 700 ton cap.</div><div dir="ltr" class="ydpc79a41deyiv5849816326ydp69d8efbdquoted-text-header"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" class="ydpc79a41deyiv5849816326ydp69d8efbdquoted-text-header">I might add the valuations of 1916 and later show construction gravel. I think they forgot to mention cement.</div><div dir="ltr" class="ydpc79a41deyiv5849816326ydp69d8efbdquoted-text-header"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" class="ydpc79a41deyiv5849816326ydp69d8efbdquoted-text-header">Jim Blackstock</div><div dir="ltr" class="ydpc79a41deyiv5849816326ydp69d8efbdquoted-text-header"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" class="ydpc79a41deyiv5849816326ydp69d8efbdquoted-text-header"><br clear="none"></div><div class="ydpc79a41deyiv5849816326ydp69d8efbdquoted-text-header"><br clear="none"></div><div class="ydpc79a41deyiv5849816326ydp69d8efbdquoted-text-header">On Thursday, July 17, 2025 at 02:51:59 PM EDT, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org> wrote:
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<div><div dir="ltr">Hi everyone, <br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">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.<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">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. <br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">An 1887 Scioto Valley Railroad public timetable (N&W predecessor) from the rails and trails site does not list Dorney. <br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">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). <br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Thanks!<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Matt Goodman<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Columbus, Ohio, US <br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">________________________________________<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:NW-Mailing-List@nwhs.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NW-Mailing-List@nwhs.org</a><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">To change your subscription go to<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><a shape="rect" href="https://pairlist6.pair.net/mailman/options/nw-mailing-list" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://pairlist6.pair.net/mailman/options/nw-mailing-list</a><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Browse the NW-Mailing-List archives at<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><a shape="rect" href="https://pairlist6.pair.net/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://pairlist6.pair.net/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/</a><br clear="none"></div></div>
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