Concrete Whistle Post

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Whistle Post were wood then cast iron never
concrete

Larry Evans
Kenova, WV


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>I don't know when they were first used; however there is a drawing of the

> concrete mile post in Tom Dressler and James Brewer's N & W Standards

> Drawing book.  The drawing is dated May 29, 1916 with revisions on 

> September

> 30, 1926, January 19, 1961 and August 19, 1963.  The 1963 revision states

> that it provided luminous letters and numerals.

>

> I hope this helps.

>

> Skip Sledge

>

> I'll post this question again, after about a five year interlude, there

> having been no information having been developed from the last inquiry.

> Perhaps by now the gene pool has developed to a higher order.

>

> When did concrete mileposts come into use on the N&W, and of what

> construction were the previous mileposts? Do any photographs or drawings 

> of

> the earlier mileposts exist?

>

> -- abram burnett

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