Roanole Coal Tower and wash rack

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I'm not sure what you are referring to about a coaling tower at Roanoke Shops.  Roanoke Shops was a back shop where heavy repairs were given to locomotives.  The servicing of locomotives between trips, including coaling, was done some 2.5 mile west at Shaffers Crossing where there was a very large coaling station.  I am attaching an image of this coaling station from the Virginia Tech digital image library.

Gordon Hamiton
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  I was reading through a copy of "N&W: Giant of Steam" last night, and while looking at the aerial photo of the Roanoke shops on page 48, I did not see the large coaling tower seen in several of Link's photos and elsewhere.  I had always assumed (yeah, a dangerous path to walk) that it was in the area that is now east of Williamson Drive.  Based on the photo, it is not where I thought it was, or it is obscured in the photo.
   
  So, my question to the experts is:  Just where were the coaling tower, the wash bays and the water plugs?
   
  Thanks in advance.

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  John C. Abbott 

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