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HURRAY!!! ;o)</div>
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I assume that must have been true of all the railroads who used the elevated watchman's towers.</div>
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Emmaus, PA</div>
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<div dir="ltr">He had a Bat Pole for the trip down :^) Bur seriously, the gates were lever-operated from "upstairs"
<div>Jim Cochran</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="x_gmail_attr">On Sat, Sep 20, 2025 at 10:43 AM NW Mailing List <<a href="mailto:nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org">nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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Boy, o' Boy -- I sure feel sorry for the poor guy who had to keep going up and down that ladder every time a train came along!</div>
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Main Street Crossing (Highway 11) Marion, Virginia. Notice the War Time bond advertisement on the side.
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Gary P. Price<br>
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> Message: 1<br>
> Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2025 08:23:15 -0400<br>
> From: NW Mailing List <<a href="mailto:nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org" target="_blank">nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org</a>><br>
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> Subject: crossing watch box/tower<br>
> Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:mailman.8954.1758201600.722595.nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org" target="_blank">mailman.8954.1758201600.722595.nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org</a>><br>
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> I am looking for any/all information on N&W crossing watch boxes/towers.<br>
>> From the archives I have the following on actual and proposed locations:<br>
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> *proposed watch box tower & crossing gates, State Street, Bristol Va.*<br>
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> *Watch Box and Crossing gates Fleet Street*<br>
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> *Hyde Park Ohio*<br>
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> *Proposed crossing watch box tower for Boden Ferry Road X'ing, Norfolk<br>
> Virginia*<br>
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> *Harrison St. Radford, VA*<br>
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> *Proposed location of watch tower at First Street (Comers Crossing),<br>
> Hopewell, Va.*<br>
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> *Proposed Crossing Gates, Ashville , OH*<br>
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> *Proposed crossing gate and watch tower at West Ave. New Boston, OH*<br>
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> I am particularly interested in photos of these structures, but any<br>
> information on them will be appreciated. I have been told that in some<br>
> cases, after they were no longer used at crossings , they were removed<br>
> from their towers and placed at various locations for different uses.<br>
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> Thanks in advance,<br>
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> Jim Cochran<br>
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> Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2025 12:09:58 -0400<br>
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> Jim,<br>
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> There were five in Circlevlle, at least one in Chillicothe, and at least one (almost certainly more) in Columbus before the grade separation. Other than Ashville that you mentioned, I wouldn?t be surprised if there were others in the Scioto Valley, especially
Portsmouth.<br>
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> Matt Goodman<br>
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>> On Sep 18, 2025, at 8:23?AM, NW Mailing List <<a href="mailto:nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org" target="_blank">nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> I am looking for any/all information on N&W crossing watch boxes/towers. From the archives I have the following on actual and proposed locations:<br>
>> proposed watch box tower & crossing gates, State Street, Bristol Va.<br>
>> Watch Box and Crossing gates Fleet Street<br>
>> Hyde Park Ohio<br>
>> Proposed crossing watch box tower for Boden Ferry Road X'ing, Norfolk Virginia<br>
>> Harrison St. Radford, VA<br>
>> Proposed location of watch tower at First Street (Comers Crossing), Hopewell, Va.<br>
>> Proposed Crossing Gates, Ashville , OH<br>
>> Proposed crossing gate and watch tower at West Ave. New Boston, OH<br>
>> I am particularly interested in photos of these structures, but any information on them will be appreciated. I have been told that in some cases, after they were no longer used at crossings , they were removed from their towers and placed at various locations
for different uses.<br>
>> Thanks in advance,<br>
>> Jim Cochran<br>
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