Weir Dam & Pond

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Bob confirmed what I had assumed was the purpose of the weir dam, pond and
pump house. Many thanks. I attach a Google satellite image that I have
added steam era remnant titles showing the ex-N&W roundhouse and water tank
relative to the dam/water source.

Mike Pierry, Jr.


On Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 5:34 PM, NW Mailing List
<nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>wrote:


> This was the water supply for the railroad. We knew it as first dam when I

> was a kid growing up in the area and trying to sneak in to fish in it. Must

> have been a thousand railroad police in Bristol then as every time we

> turned around there stood one. The pump house in the photo was later used

> by a ready mix concrete business which occupies to this day the area where

> the sanding facilities were located. It is my understanding that it was

> called first dam because there was another dam further up stream from

> Bristol that served a grist mill that was known locally as second dam. The

> creek is named Beaver Creek.

>

> Bob McCracken

>

> Sent from my iPad

>

> On Sep 14, 2013, at 8:39 AM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>

> wrote:

>

>  Not able to help with that.  If that’s where the steam locomotive water

> came from, nobody ever said.

>

> EdKing

>

>  *From:* NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>

> *Sent:* Friday, September 13, 2013 5:56 PM

> *To:* NW Mailing List <NW-Mailing-List at nwhs.org>

> *Subject:* Weir Dam & Pond

>

> In Bristol, just below the tracks (29W shows on the siding) and the old

> roundhouse, is this weir dam and storage pond. Perhaps Ed King would like

> to elaborate on its function and what looks like a pump house on the far

> side of the creek?

>

> Mike Pierry, Jr.

>

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