Tank location

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I was made aware of that tank by a long-time Bristol yard-based NS/NW mechanic a decade ago. It was still functioning and used by the concrete plant at that time. I'm pretty sure that is the one to which Ed refers.
As to the roundhouse, one of these days I will ask permission of the current owners to get a photo of the interior.

Mike Pierry, Jr.

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> On Jun 14, 2016, at 6:46 AM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
>    Thete is apparently still what is left of a Water Tank in the vicinity of the remains of the Roundhouse in Bristol. I've attached a aerial shot in this email. I enjoy the emails,thanks,
>    Matthew in the Bluegrass State.
> Moderator:
>  http://nwhs.org/mailinglist/2016/20160614.Bristol_roundhouse_screenshot.jpg
> 
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> 
> Date: 06/13/2016 2:13 PM (GMT-05:00) 
> To: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> 
> Subject: Re: Tank location 
> 
> Mike -
>  
> Vance was just west of that new electronics plant a couple of miles below the Weaver Pike underpass.  It was about at the foot of the hump between there and Bluff City.
>  
> Southern steam engines were serviced at the N&W roundhouse.  There was a water tank west of the roundhouse used for both roads.   Southern locomotives could be seen in the roundhouse next to N&W  locomotives. 
>  
> It was a busy place during WWII.  Southern 2-10-2s were rated at 1600 tons west of Bristol while N&W Y-6s were rated at 3100 east. 
>  
> EdKing
>  
> From: NW Mailing List
> Sent: Monday, June 13, 2016 10:21 AM
> To: NW Mailing List
> Subject: Re: Tank location
>  
> Ed,
>  
> Appreciate your response. Which leads to two additional questions: Where was Vance Siding? And, did the post-war SR steam locomotives take on water at the NW tank or had Southern into Bristol gone totally diesel by then?
>  
> Mike
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> On Jun 12, 2016, at 8:14 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
> 
> Mike -
>  
> As far as I know, the name Vance’s Tank was an old name; there may  have been a tank there at one time but there was none in the post war era.
>  
> The siding’s official name was “Vance”.
>  
> EdK
>  
> From: NW Mailing List
> Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2016 9:46 AM
> To: NW Mailing List
> Subject: Tank location
>  
> Question to Ed King: Where on Vance Tank Road was the water tank located in Bristol, TN? The Bristol, Virginia tank I am familiar with as it still exists near the roundhouse segment.
>  
> Thanks,
>  
> Mike Pierry, Jr.
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