Help unravel mystery on river bottom (NW Mailing List)

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Joe,

In the first link, 6th photo down, there is what appears to be a railroad 
trestle down stream (the inlet to the turbine scroll case must be pointing 
up stream).  Do you know what the trestle was for?

Gordon Hamilton

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>

> These web pages shows a few old photos of the construction of the

> Claytor Lake dam including a several that show railroad tracks:

>

> http://www.frenchriverland.com/claytor_dam.htm

>

> http://www.radford.edu/~aeg-web/claytordam1._2.htm

>

> The first link includes a photo showing a 'concrete train' on a

> temporary bridge accross the river.

>

> Joe Shaw

> Christiansburg, VA

> http://www.krunk.org/

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