N&W in 1911--Featured in ad

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 I remember, in Bluefield, that the smell of coal & steam mix smoke was always a welcome thing for me, especially in the Winter time when the weather was falling , but then , us young "whippersnappers" just thought that was life, and good times.  My Mom didn't care for the cinders on her Monday morning laundry, or on our Sunday dress clothes. Bluefield, is situated in a West to East valley with an almost constant breeze and no humidity, the smoke didn't last long.
Gene A.
 
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  "Clean Mountain Air" ad doesn't mention the hundred of steam engine movements per day.  :-)


  Which brings me to the real question: was Bluefield, or Williamson "smokey", or did the wind blow smoke away from town?  
  Mike Rector




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  Bluefield Daily Telegraph
  September 22, 1911

  [The following advertisement by the Bluefield newspaper is unusual because it features a profile of the N&W mainline between Norfolk and Columbus.  It is best viewed full screen, and a transcription of the caption follows the image.]



      EXAMINE THE ABOVE PROFILE.  IT WILL SHOW YOU THAT BLUEFIELD IS THE HIGHEST
  POINT ON THE LINE OF THE NORFOLK & WESTERN--A LOCATION ON THE MOUNTAIN TO
  WHERE GOOD, PURE AIR BRINGS HEALTH AND HAPPINESS.  BLUEFIELD OFFERS MANY CHANCES
  FOR THE ENTERPRISING AND ADVANTAGES TO THE HOME-SEEKERS--GOOD SCHOOLS, ALL MOD-
  ERN CITY-LIFE FACILITIES--BUT STILL CLOSE TO THE MOUNTAINS AND NATURE.  MAKE INQUIR-
  IES OF THE DAILY TELEGRAPH, BLUEFIELD, W. VA., AND ALL QUESTIONS WILL BE PROMPTLY
  ANSWERED.

  Gordon Hamilton

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