Deepwater in 1907 -- Mercer County, WV

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A Virginian track chart lists Oakvale as MP 329.8 and Rock as MP 351.5, so the distance between would be 21.7 miles.

Gordon Hamilton
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  Gordon what is the distance between Oakvale and Rock? Cal Reynolds.
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    In and About the City
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        Work on the Deepwater railway between Oakvale and Rock is being pushed with renewed energy.  Twenty-five hundred men are employed on this stretch, and they are being worked in double shifts--night and day.  It is the intention of the contractors to have this part of the road completed within five months.

    Bluefield Daily Telegraph
    January 23, 1907

    [Imagine the logistics of feeding and housing  2,500 men in the rugged terrain between these two points.]

    Gordon Hamilton


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