Rohrer Mines

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John,


I believe that it is looking upstream.  Looking upstream, today's Wasena 
Park would be on the left at a lower elevation than today's Ferdinand 
Ave. on the right, and that is consistent with the slope of the bridge, 
which is upward to the right.


Gordon


On 1/20/2019 10:29 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:
>
> Gordon, Do you happen to know if this view is looking up or down 
> stream?  Thanks,   John Garner
>
> *From:*NW Mailing List [mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org]
> *Sent:* Sunday, January 20, 2019 3:02 PM
> *To:* NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
> *Subject:* Re: Rohrer Mines
>
> Peter,
>
> I have been interesed in the Rorer NG for some time, and NWHS member 
> Stephen Warren has done extensive research on it. Briefly it extended 
> some 9 miles from ore mines in Roanoke County (now in the City of 
> Roanoke) to a washing facility in what is now Wasena Park and then 
> continued to a transfer facility at the south side of the N&W's yard.  
> The principal in the company was Ferdinand Rorer who has two streets 
> in Roanoke named for him (Ferdinand Ave. and Rorer Ave).  It has been 
> recorded that Rorer delighted in giving rides on the NG to influential 
> friends.
>
> I'm attaching a scan showing the NG bridge over the Roanoke River that 
> you referred to.  This shows the bridge after being converted to a 
> pedestrian walkway and after the short span to the right in this image 
> had collapsed.
>
> Gordon Hamilton
>
> On 1/18/2019 6:16 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:
>
>     In May of 1887, while R.P.C. Sanderson was the assistant to the
>     superintendent of motive power for the Norfolk and Western, he was
>     the court appointed receiver for the Rohrer mine property. This
>     included the oversite of the erection of two steel bridges over
>     the Roanoke River with 120 foot spans. Since he was a full time
>     employee of the N&W he had to squeeze the bridge work into the
>     early morning and evenings.
>
>     Two questions: where were the Rohrer mines? and does anyone know
>     if those bridges still exist? I have found references to the mine
>     in engineering journals but they simply say the Rohrer mine was in
>     Roanoke County.
>
>     There is a little irony in R.P.C. taking charge of the building of
>     bridges. Just before he went to work for the N&W he was hired by
>     the City of New York as one of three engineers for a bridge to be
>     built across the Harlem River. He didn't last a week before he
>     quit because of the politics involved. He wouldn't comprise what
>     he thought was morally correct.
>
>     Peter Getz
>
>
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