Structure at Pembroke, VA

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Nathan Simmons
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On 12/30/2010 9:11, NW Mailing List wrote:

> Its the remains of a storage/loader for crushed stone I assume. August 

> A. Thieme took some photos there (photos in his book "The Norfolk & 

> Western - As I knew it" available in our online commissary).

>

> Pembroke Limestone 0-4-0 (very interesting image)

> http://nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=43147

>

> Empty limestone train heading back to quarry (This is just west of 

> loader, now approximate location of highway road)

> http://nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=43148

>

> O. Winston Link shot photos here as well. I found these that show the 

> concrete structure:

>> http://linkmuseum.pastperfect-online.com/37479cgi/mweb.exe?request=record;id=03619E55-0CF2-43A7-B256-871319963988;type=102 

>>

>> http://linkmuseum.pastperfect-online.com/37479cgi/mweb.exe?request=record;id=90CFE13D-FFD0-44B8-9D91-249908905210;type=102 

>>

>

> As I understand it, the N&W combo station stood some distance east of 

> this structure. Archives has photos, but nothing scanned it appears.

>

> - Roger Link

>

>

> On 12/29/2010 10:36 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:

>> There used to be a quarry of some sort at Pembroke (mining the 

>> limestone or

>> dolomite), but I don't think I ever knew just what their product was 

>> (maybe

>> lime?). Anyway, I can remember seeing a tank switcher (or was it a 

>> fireless

>> cooker?) when we passed there, next to some sort of structure. My 

>> guess is

>> that this was the structure I remember, and it may have been some 

>> kind of

>> storage bin for whatever product they were producing. I realize this 

>> is all

>> rather vague, but you have to remember we are talking about 55 years ago

>> (more or less). Jim Nichols

>>

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>> *Subject:* Structure at Pembroke, VA

>>

>> Can anyone identify the concrete structure seen in this photo at 

>> Pembroke, VA?

>>

>> http://www.pbase.com/whitethorne/image/131462238

>>

>> Jeff Hawkins

>>

>>

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