Roundhouses in Roanoke

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Ron, Any particular memories stand out? Were the steamers still in storage at that time?   John Garner

 

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I remember walking in the old Virginian roundhouse -- Ron Hash

 

On Friday, September 20, 2019, 6:21:47 AM EDT, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org <mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> > wrote: 

 

 

A sad sight Ken. Look forward to the Arrow article.

 

Abe, thanks for taking and sharing these photos with us. I’m sure it was all gone in less than a week. Rare photos indeed.

 

So now we know Roanoke had 6 roundhouses for 14 years; 1920-1934. What a busy place! Amazing.

 

John Garner

 

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John

 

Those photos will be in a future Arrow, but show the place being torn down. Abe seems to recall it was August 1960, but could be anytime that summer. The N&W had no use for the place, servicing was going to Shaffers Crossing or the electrics to the Motor Barn.

 

Shaffers Crossing roundhouse was completed in 1920 according to the annual report.

 

Here is Abe’s slide of the VGN roundhouse being demolished. Have to wait for the Arrow in the future for the larger image! :)

 

Ken Miller



 

On Sep 19, 2019, at 4:45 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org <mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> > wrote:

 

Ken,

These dates you've given would seem to indicate that there were 6 roundhouses standing in Roanoke for ten years 1924-1934. From my memory I'm thinking  Shaffers Crossing roundhouse was built in 1924. I've not looked up to confirm however.
To my knowledge the remaining roundhouse in East End Shops is the last original building of the Roanoke Machine Works. There was a portion of the original RMW foundry standing (later became part of the Research Lab) until a few years ago. It was attached to the east end of the Boiler Shop.

John Garner

P.S. Do Abe's slides show it being torn down or just abandoned. I haven't seen them. Thx.

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John

The roundhouse for the VGN was taken down in summer 1960 as per Abe Burnett’s slides. The two at 12th Street came down in 1934 just before year end from a file I have somewhere on them. The Shaffer Crossing one stood until about 1982, the passenger car one at Roanoke Shops is still standing, the one at the Shops turntable was still there, late steam era, like 1957, but I don’t know exactly when it was taken down.

Best
Ken Mller



On Sep 19, 2019, at 9:58 AM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org <mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> > wrote:

For general interest.

Portion of a Roanoke map c.1930 by Sone Printing Co.

For a relatively small city . . . six roundhouses are shown standing 
at that particular time. Not sure for how many years that was true. Ten at most?

John Garner, Newport VA


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