Virginian in 1908 -- Branch line-- Bluestone Dam

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Do not forget that the orginal Lilly cemetery was moved due to the dam construction.

The new cemetery is known as the Lilly-Crews cemetery in Jumping Branch WV.


Man who loves Whitby WV 


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> Date: Tuesday, August 12, 2008, 10:59 AM

> Thanks, Alex.

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> Bud Jeffries

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> Dam

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>   Bluestone Dam was authorized in 1935, construction

> started in 1942, construction was suspended during WW II,

> dam completed in 1949.  So much for 1920s to 1930s time

> frame.

> 

>   Alex Schust

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> Bluestone Dam

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>     What year was the Bluestone Dam built/completed?

> 

>     Bud Jeffries

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> Bluestone Dam

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> 

>       Actually the citizen of Hinton, WV was correct.  The

> Virginian originally had plans to go through Hinton.  I have

> just finished writing a book on the Kanawha & Michigan

> and ran across an article in the inception of the K&M on

> the VGN who also wanted to connect to the K&M route. 

> One of the big financial panics came along and the VGN

> decided to move to its present trackage.  It had plans to go

> through Summers, Greenbrier and Monroe Counties.  A

> Charleston newspaper reported on December 23, 1913 that the

> VGN May take over the K&M and oppose the New River Dam. 

>   In a letter to T.N. Reed,of Hinton, Vice President Dupuy

> of the VGN, says: 

> 

>       The VHN Railway does most assuredly expect to build

> its line down New River from Rich Creek to and beyond Hinton

> and with this fixed purpose in view it causes us the

> greatest concern to think that the public service commission

> of WV may authorize a high dam on that part of the New

> River, which, if built  will seriously interfere with the

> grade line of the railway.

> 

>       I am not now in position to state when we will

> commence the construction of this portion of our line,

> because it is dependent upon a number of circumstances and

> negotiations, some of which are going forward at this time;

> but I can state with the fullest confidence that the VGN

> railway looks forward to building this line in the near

> future, and considers it a very, very important part of its

> general scheme of usefulness to its own stockholders and to

> the state of WV.  In conclusion, I sincerely hope that it

> will be you pleasure to aid us in preventing such a high dam

> being built on New River as will interfere with our

> railroads construction."

> 

>       The Bluestone Dam was built which probably stopped

> any VGN railway from utilizing this route.    

> 

>       On another VGN matter---  What do you think of the

> following:  

> 

>       While a connection to the former K&M railway

> (NYC) did not occur until 1931 with the building of the

> Deepwater Bridge,  it brought into being the longing of H.H.

> Rogers of the VGN who first expressed an interest in 1913. 

> If this bridge had been built earlier perhaps the VGN would

> have lasted longer than 1959?   Any comments.    

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