Fw: N&W Railway Spittoon (eBay 290229411884)

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Frank,

I checked Dwg. B38064 today and it has no pattern number reference, casting 
(no pun intended) doubt on whether these cuspidors were cast in the N&W 
foundry.  The drawing specified cast iron with exterior painted black, 1" 
raised letters; N&W and 1/8" wide stripes painted gold bronze.  Enameled 
white inside.

I originally located the above drawing by searching the database in 
www.nwhs.org, using the following steps: The Archives, Browse the Archives, 
Search Documents and enter "Cuspidor."  You could use a similar search for 
other station furniture.  I remember seeing drawings of station stoves and 
partners' desks (a big shop-made wooden desk where two seated employees 
faced each other), but these desks may not have been used often in stations, 
particularly smaller stations.

I know a fee schedule has been set up for ordering drawings, but I see that 
the procedure has not added to the NWHS website yet.  Otherwise the steps 
would be  Our Online Store The Commissary, Drawings from the Archives.

Gordon Hamilton

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From: "Gordon Hamilton" <gordonshamilton at cox.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 8:43 PM
Subject: Re: N&W Railway Spittoon (eBay 290229411884)



> Frank,

>

> The NWHS Archives has a drawing, NW-B38064 dated 12/1/1941, for a 

> "Standard Cuspidor."  I don't know what the drawing shows, but if it has a 

> pattern number, the spitoon was probably made in the N&W foundry.  I'll 

> try to look the drawing up the next time I'm at the Archives.

>

> Gordon Hamilton

>

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> May 14, 2008

>

> Hello, all!

>

> Regarding N&W cast iron spittoons, does anyone know if these were produced 

> by the N&W foundry at Roanoke, or were these procured from another source? 

> An example (recently sold) is shown at:

> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290229411884&ssPageName=ADME:B:WNA:US:1123

>

> Thanks,

>

> Frank Scheer

> f_scheer at yahoo.com

>

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