N&W Concrete Mile Posts

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Don’t know about the first, but I’d suspect at Roanoke Shops for quality control.

The standard drawing L-142, Detail and Form for Standard Concrete Milepost was shown as issued on May 28, 1916, and issue 2 was September 28, 1926.

There was an earlier version of a concrete post sign, which were for the county line post, which was issued on July 14, 1909, so there might have been an earlier version. 

A search of the archives for “Mile post” results in several drawings, but the first that came up is the earliest

https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=101917 <https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=101917>

Indicates a triangular post, dated 1891, but is somewhat vague, and does not tell what the material was.

Ken Miller

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> I always wondered where the N&W's concrete Mile Posts were cast.
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> Second question is, When was the conversion to concrete MP's done?
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> Third question is, What did the N&W's Mile Posts look like before they were concrete ?
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