"Castle Rock Branch" off the Roanoke & Southern ... ?

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Came off Winston Salem line just past where the bridge is over US 419 is, ran around and practically in front of what used to the County Library and then back to Castle Rock Road. Until a bunch of apartments/vonos were built, you could see the right of way off 419 on the Salem side of the library.

Ken Miller
On Nov 9, 2017, at 4:12 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

> Annual Report No. 13, for the year ending 1-31-1893, mentions the "Castle Rock Branch" :
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> "The Roanoke & Southern Railway, leased by your Company, completed its Castle Rock Branch, 2.79 miles in length, to an iron ore deposit, from which extensive shipments are now being made."
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> Anyone know where this branch was located?  My guess is that it was north of Martinsville, as there never seems to have been any ore development south of there.
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> -- abram burnett
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